Guyana News

A rudimentary mechanic workshop on the reserve has residents in the Sandy Babb Street, Kitty area, pleading with authorities to remove the operations.

As part of improving access to the intermediate savannahs, government will commence construction of an access road from Wire Bridge to Tacama, Berbice a press release from the Ministry of Agriculture said on Friday.

A swift response from the Guyana Fire Service resulted in the upper flat of an apartment building being saved but the occupants of the bottom flat are counting their losses.

Communities in Mabaruma, Region One (Barima-Waini) have received equipment to the tune of some $8 million, which they will use to complete capital projects.

This tax season citizens will have far fewer options of places where they can submit their tax returns.

President David Granger has departed Guyana for a visit to the United Kingdom from April 24-28, 2017, where he will have an audience with Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, according to the Ministry of the Presidency.

Attorney-General (AG) Basil Williams SC has informed President David Granger that there is no reason for him to apologise to Justice Franklin Holder, whom he suggests should recuse himself from hearing the case brought by Carvil Duncan to fight his suspension as Public Ser-vice Commission (PSC) Chairman to ensure that the government receives a fair hearing.

Doctors who choose not to transition to the fixed establishment at the end of their contracts are unlikely to find jobs open to them in the public health sector, according to Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Presidency’s Department of Public Service Reginald Brotherson.

A 23-year-old man was shot on Friday afternoon during an exchange of gunfire with police, shortly after he and an accomplice allegedly robbed a Bourda Market vendor of $400,000 as he was about to enter his Kitty, Georgetown residence.

While the staff of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) struggle to work in its leaking, rodent-infested Camp Street Headquarters, the board is preparing to sign a lease with the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission so that they can be relocated.

Guyana lacks a specific programme for elderly care and this is to be addressed through the drafting of a strategic plan that will, among other things, ensure that seniors’ rights are respected and upheld.

An early morning fire, suspected to be electrical in origin, yesterday destroyed a fully furnished, five-bedroom house in Port Mourant, Corentyne, leaving a security guard, his wife and their three children homeless.

The Guyana Police Force on Friday conducted a series of exercises as part of Operation Assurance 2, which were aimed at testing the efficiency and effectiveness of police units in responding to acts of terrorism across the country.

Under the proposed lease agreement for rental of the building at the corner Camp and Lamaha streets, the University of Guyana (UG) would have to pay $6 million (plus VAT) per month for five years.

Launched last Friday, the fifth edition of Guyana Restaurant Week (GRW) promises to showcase Guyana’s “high standard hospitality,” over a ten-day long culinary celebration.

  Single mom Rosanne Farley thought she was prepared for parenthood until her world was thrown into disarray when her daughter was diagnosed with mild to moderate autism.

“Raising a girl child is not easy I tell you. Is like sometimes you wish they would be the same little baby girl because when they turn teenager is another ball game,” the frank words of a mother of a teenage daughter, who according to her has been giving her the “time of my life.”

President David Granger has called on Guyanese to care for the earth, adding that it is our duty to protect its resources so that they could provide sustenance, shelter and security for present and future generations.

Residents of Eteringbang in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) and businesses that operate there are breathing a sigh of relief at the reopening of the airstrip, which is now operating on a three-day schedule.

Work on the seawall sinkhole and its environs is progressing and the first phase should be finished soon, according to Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Geoffrey Vaughn.