Guyana News

Amidst fears that Muslim scholar Nezaam Ali will not face a trial in the absence of key documents which mysteriously disappeared from nine files, several legal minds are confident that the case can be salvaged by a thorough investigation and the introduction of secondary evidence.

Tuna fishing is new to Guyana but local business entrepreneur Pritipaul Singh has undertaken a US$15 million venture, which has seen success since it was established about six months ago.

Countrywide Emergency Medical Service (EMS) coverage may become a reality by 2020 as efforts will be made to expand the service annually, National Medical Director of the EMS Dr Zulfikar Bux has said.

The state-owned vehicle in which former president Donald Ramotar and his security detail is transported was outfitted with a wheel clamp by a team of officials from Smart City Solutions (SCS), the PPP said yesterday.

A year after Banks DIH (BDIH) Chairman Clifford Reis announced that the company’s sale of shares in Barbados beverage conglomerate Banks Holdings Limited (BHL) to Brazilian AmBev Group of Companies would see the company getting access to manufacture almost two dozen more beer brands, he reported to shareholders yesterday that the process was not as easy as planned.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) will be moving towards making the current grid smart in order to improve its efficiency while increasing its capacity.

Police were yesterday pursuing leads in Friday afternoon’s armed robbery in Meadow Brook Gardens, which left the wife of senior mining official of the Roraima Mining Company SILICA Ltd with a gunshot wound to her right arm.

A 14-year-old boy is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) nursing a stab wound to his abdomen after an altercation with a police officer on Friday afternoon.

President David Granger, Leader of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has congratulated Raphael Trotman, Minister of Natural Resources on his election today to the leadership of the Alliance For Change (AFC).

The PPP today said that the state owned vehicle in which former President Donald Ramotar and his security detail is transported was outfitted with wheel clamps by a team of officials from Smart City Solutions.

Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman has once again been elected leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) party after a close contest today that he won by two votes over the incumbent, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s most far reaching action since taking office plunged America’s immigration system into chaos on Saturday, not only for refugees but for legal U.S.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) says several of its systems have been hit by malware and other arrangements have to be made for billings and collections as of today.

Unless President David Granger agrees to a meeting within a fortnight, miners yesterday warned that the country will be treated to a slowdown in declarations and mass protest over issues of contention, including new tax measures that they say will hurt their operations.

A suspected bandit was fatally shot by a businessman during an attempted robbery along the McDoom Public Road yesterday afternoon, while his alleged accomplice, who managed to escape after ditching their motorbike, is now wanted by police.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday said that he will not be contesting for any of the top Alliance For Change (AFC) posts at the party’s National Conference being held today, while declaring that he wanted to make way for a new generation of leaders.

– promotions review begins A three-night candlelight vigil held by the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) has yielded results in two important areas as there will no longer be paid parking in the vicinity of public schools and the long-delayed review of the 2015 preliminary senior promotions list has begun.

Guyana yesterday became the first of 18 Caribbean countries to sign the United Nations Multi- Country Sustainable Development Framework (UN-MSDF), which will see a radical shift in the way assistance is delivered.

Saying that crime fighting demands the adoption of “new attitudes and techniques,” President David Granger yesterday urged ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to embrace planned security reforms and avoid past mistakes.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will soon be meeting with the operators of city wash bays in efforts to address the economic, environmental and public health concerns brought about by their operations.