Guyana News

One of the Mashramani contingents preparing to set off from Main Street after today’s late start due to rain.

Rain made it a bleak start to Mashramani today. On a day when hundreds would be out and about preparing floats for today’s procession, persistent rain from early this morning – accompanied by thunder and lightning –  has caused flooding in some places and could affect the readiness of some floats.

The Guyana Court of Appeal by a majority decision yesterday upheld the ruling made in 2015 by former Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang that the two-term presidential limit is unconstitutional and the matter will now be taken to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

A man was burnt to death in his son’s house early yesterday morning at Timehri.

Irish telecoms company, Digicel will cut over 1500 jobs in a restructuring that will likely have an impact on operations here and across the Caribbean.

Although threatened by showers, the rain ceased just minutes before 12pm yesterday as the Movement Against Parking Meters (MAPM) held another midday protest aimed at keeping the pressure on City Hall for a revocation of the contract.

In observance of the 47th Anniversary of the Republic, President David Granger has pardoned nine women prisoners.

Ranks from the Joint Services on Tuesday carried out a search at the Georgetown Prison during which a quantity of prohibited items was unearthed and the Guyana Prison Service has since recommended the dismissal of five prison officers.

President of the Postal and Telecommunications Workers Union (PTWU), Harold Shepherd says they are prepared to use all industrial relations avenues, and to even seek legal recourse to address the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company’s (GTT’s) decision to start laying off employees.

President David Granger  last night said that the Republic is committed to eliminating extreme poverty and eradicating inequalities.

  Armed bandits yesterday afternoon stormed the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) office on Woolford Avenue, where they held several employees at gunpoint and escaped with a quantity of valuables.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has acquired a new computerised system that can quickly and accurately collect pavement and asset data.

A four-year sentence was yesterday handed to a Nigerian national who was fingered in an almost $3 million airplane ticket scam.

The Chief Magistrate yesterday ruled to have a caution statement and five oral statements made by Anand Narine, one of the men accused of killing Babita Sarjou six years ago, admitted into evidence during the continuation of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the crime.

  Two bands having pulled out, the final count of groups that will be participating in today’s Mashramani parade stands at 21, with 11 of those being from the Ministries and public sector floats, four belonging to the regions and six to the private sector.

Childlink and the Justice Institute of Guyana are calling on the Guyana Police Force to ensure that all music is kept below 85 decibels during the Mashramani celebrations.

Million-dollar bids were opened on Tuesday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of Fire Stations at Mabaruma, Lethem and Mahdia under the Ministry of Public Security.

The Chetwynd Learning Centre, dedicated to the preservation of ideas of the late President Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, was declared open by President David Granger on Monday.

The National School of Music reigned supreme on Sunday when the curtains came down on the annual Pan-O-Rama competition at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The following letter was sent to President David Granger on behalf of the people of the United States, according to the US Embassy here.