Guyana News

Bids were opened on Tuesday at the National Procurement and Tender Administra-tion Board (NPTAB) for the construction of a Relief Structure at Good Hope, ECD, for the Ministry of Agriculture NDIA. 

The family of Carlton Meghan, who died in an explosion at the ice plant where he was working, is currently in talks with the owner of the company for compensation.

President David Granger yesterday said that Guyana will look to the Swiss Confederation for its support and expertise in implementing this country’s ‘Green’ Economy Action Plan.

New non-resident Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Guyana, Alaaeldin Wagih Roushdy yesterday presented his Letters of Credence to President David Granger at State House.

Local tourism company Wilder-ness Explorers has partnered with Europcar Suriname, to launch Europcar-Guyana, the first internationally recognised car rental service to begin operations in Guyana.

The Guyana Medical Mission (GMM) on Monday donated three patient monitors and a defibrillator to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s (GPHC) Accident and Emergency Unit, GINA said.

A man who resides in the Number One Village, Corentyne, is now a patient at the New Amsterdam Hospital after he was stabbed five times by his childhood friend, who resides in the same village.

Justice Abdullahi Zuru, a national of Nigeria, has been appointed as a consultant in the Parliamentary Drafting Division of the Ministry of Legal Affairs.

The Government Analyst Food and Drug Department yesterday issued a stern warning to fast food outlets to desist from importing products which are expired or have very little shelf life remaining.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate confirmed Rex Tillerson as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state on Wednesday, filling a key spot on the Republican’s national security team despite concerns about the former Exxon Mobil Corp chief executive officer’s ties to Russia.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) says that North-West District commuters are expected to benefit from significantly shortened travel time when the MV Barima returns to operation in about two weeks following more than a year of rehabilitation.

A movement against the implementation of parking meters in Georgetown is calling for citizens to starve Smart City Solutions (SCS) out of the market.

A trip with friends to the canal at Hague Backdam went horribly wrong on Sunday, when a 17-year-old business student of Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara lost his life, reportedly by drowning.

Former Chairman of the Guyana National Broad-casting Authority (GNBA) Leonard Craig has rejected the findings of the Board of Inquiry that cleared board members Anthony Vieira and Vic Insanally of allegations of misconduct, while saying that there are records to show they acted outside of their mandate.

Owners of properties listed in a notice from the Mayor and City Council have begun to come forward and payment plans for property rates owed are currently being worked out says Debra Lewis, the council’s spokeswoman.

Bandits robbed an East Coast Demerara (ECD) businesswoman of $6 million around noon yesterday, shortly after she left the Republic Bank Water Street branch.

Five armed bandits escaped with a quantity of gold jewellery and an undisclosed amount of cash following a daring robbery around midday yesterday at a De Willem, West Coast Demerara goldsmith’s workshop and home.

Orpheus Johnson, the accused in the murder of Nandy Park miner Travis Rudder, flew into a fit of anger and cursed at the magistrate yesterday after he was committed to stand trial for the crime.

Guyanese students entering the Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS) in September 2017 will be asked to pay an increase in tuition of more than TT$4,000.

Charged in 2015 with fatally beating his elderly, bedridden father with a piece of wood, Ali Mohamed was yesterday sent to the National Psychiatric Hospital at Berbice until he is deemed fit to stand trial.