Guyana News

The Government Analyst-Food & Drug Department (GAFDD), in a press release, is calling on all water processing factories to conform to all the department’s requirements as it relates to the sale and distribution of treated water in five-gallon bottles.

Recognising that the education sector is in a crisis, the Ministry of Education will focus next year on improving teacher training, increasing instructional time for students, improving monitoring and evaluation and better monitoring supervision of capital projects, Education Minister Dr Rupert Roopnaraine said yesterday.

A 29 years old male supervisor is presently nursing a gunshot wound to his right thigh, having been robbed and shot by one of two bandits in the vicinity of the Ministry of Finance about 1255h.today,

GAWU today accused the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) of adopting another manoeuvre to subvert the Collective Bargaining process in the sugar industry.

Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton said yesterday that the recent death of a nine-year-old child from Kako Village, in Region Seven was due to brain damage and not meningitis as previously suspected.

A US-based Guyanese man was yesterday charged with murder after nearly decapitating his wife during the course of an argument in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York.

A Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) resident was tragically killed on Sunday evening after she was crushed by a concrete wall which collapsed in the bathroom area of her house which is currently under renovation.

In a bid to make certain that revenues from oil and gas are properly spent, drafts of eight key policies and laws are due for completion by December 31.

PPP/C parliamentarian Irfaan Ali yesterday took aim at government’s proposed $250 billion budget, saying it was “saturated with taxes” that will “suffocate” both traditional and non-traditional businesses next year.

A 33-year-old man who operates a Chinese restaurant and bar at Main and Chapel streets, New Amsterdam was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail when he appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Alex Moore charged with wounding.

Two teens who were charged with two counts of armed robbery, including a carjacking, are now awaiting sentencing after they were found guilty of both offences yesterday.

A 60-year-old woman was one of two persons who were sentenced to three years in jail and fined $8.4 million yesterday after they pleaded guilty to aiding in the trafficking of ganja.

Truck driver Lloyd Gregory Williams, who is accused of causing the death of a woman along the East Bank Demerara last Friday, was yesterday granted $500,000 bail after denying the charge.

A second suspect was yesterday arrested for questioning in connection with the murder of West Ruimveldt resident Paul Rodney, and the High Court also granted the police an extension to further detain the first suspect.

The Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) is currently reviewing a new label for the Wieting and Richter (W&R) Ltd, which had been using an illegal labels on its bottled water.

A Whim, Corentyne family is pleading with the Region Six authorities for assistance after their pet monkey and dog were attacked and killed by a swarm of Africanized bees on Sunday last.

Opposition Member of Parliament Priya Manickchand yesterday called on the APNU+AFC government to listen to the reactions of the people and withdraw the proposed 2017 budget, which she deemed shocking and unconscionable.

Two of the representatives of Indigenous peoples in the National Assembly yesterday clashed over just what the 2017 national budget would mean for their constituents.

Journalists were reminded of their right to report the facts and their responsibility to be balanced in their reporting, when the Pan-American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/ WHO) hosted its annual Media Awards for Excellence in Health Journalism on Saturday last.

Minibus operators plying the Main Street/Hospital and South Georgetown routes are back at the Stabroek Market Square conducting their operations.