Guyana News

Almost a dozen persons including several children are now homeless after a fire last evening  gutted two Princes Street, Georgetown dwellings.

The management of Guyana Power and Light (GPL) knew six months after it hired the now fired chief executive officer (CEO) Colin Welch, that he had deceived the company about his qualifications.

Leon Duncan called ‘Whistle’ was once again taken before the George-town Magistrate’s Court yesterday, and charged with attempted murder and discharging a loaded firearm at a man.

In light of concerns raised over the safety of the craft used by Insel Air, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has halted the airline’s operations here, pending discussions with officials from the Curacao Flag carrier.

A third suspect in the fatal beating of fisherman, Shereffudeen Nazamudeen was yesterday arrested by the police after he was implicated by villagers of Ruby, East Bank Essequibo, where the incident occurred.

Ray Yokum, Steffon Campbell and Faisal Moore who are accused of murdering Glen Xavier, are likely to know their fate later this afternoon, after a jury deliberates on the case against them.

A shop owner was yesterday released on $300,000 bail after he was brought before the court and charged with stealing US$5000 in cash, along with some documents from a businessman.

Town Clerk, Royston King, and the Chief Engineer, Colvern Venture, met with Peter Abdool, Roy Beepat of Giftland Mall and Dale Beresford on Friday, February 10 and reached an agreement on the use of the access road to the mall.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) revealed on Tuesday that it was the touching of two transmission lines of different voltages that caused the disruption in the system on Sunday, and ultimately led to blackouts across Demerara and Berbice.

In the hope of ensuring that there is more transparency and accountability in the extractive sector, the Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Multi-Stakeholder Group (G-EITI MSG) was launched yesterday.

(GuySuCo press release) The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) wishes to inform those persons who are the instigators of acts of sabotage in the Corporation, that the management takes very seriously its responsibility to secure the livelihood of its 17,000 employees, and as such, sees it as a duty to protect the assets of the Corporation and ensure the highest level of productivity.

GTT today said that a restructuring of its operations will see 120 positions becoming redundant.

The Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) today said that the lack of transparency in the controversial parking meters deal will have repercussions on future generations if the deal is not rescinded.

The ruling in the third term appeal matter has been pushed back to next Tuesday.

People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) parliamentarian Anil Nandlall has filed a legal challenge to a recent amendment of the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act that empowers the Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to prevent persons who owe taxes from leaving Guyana until they pay or make acceptable arrangements to do so.

A fisherman was yesterday afternoon beaten to death at Ruby, East Bank Essequibo, allegedly at the hands of a regional councillor and two of her relatives after he reportedly attempted to snatch her handbag.

Investigators have ruled that Sunday’s morning fire at Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara was intentionally set by Leonard Pollard, who committed suicide after killing his wife and one-year-old daughter.

Tuition for the University of Guyana (UG) is not subject to Value Added Tax (VAT) neither is the tuition for the Government Technical Institute, Cyril Potter College of Education or any other Government Education Institution.

The executive council of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) has written to its President, attorney Gem Sanford-Johnson calling on her to resign immediately.

A Guyanese man and woman died in an accident  in the wee hours of Monday morning on the New Jersey Turnpike in the US.