Guyana News

Cabinet has granted its no-objection to several major contracts for infrastructural works, according to a release yesterday from the Ministry of the Presidency.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised that an inquest be held into the fatal shooting of ex-policeman, Ryan Vaux, who died during May last year after he was shot by the police.

The University of Guyana has been granted a $15, 322,300 contract to provide data collection services to the Ministry of Public Security.

At least three persons are being treated for various injuries at city hospitals after a route 44 minibus collided with a car last night in the vicinity of Bel Air Minibus BVV 7157 was heading east along the railway embankment

The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has announced that a $300M sluice would be built at D’Edward, West Coast Berbice to enhance drainage of residential and agricultural areas between the Abary and Berbice rivers.

Effective January 1, 2017 GTT says it is offering significant reductions in the cost of the company’s residential Internet service rates for Gold and Silver customers.

Marlon Garrett, the teenager who was charged with the murder of a vagrant who was  stabbed at Bourda Market last September, was yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.

A miner was yesterday remanded to prison after being accused of setting his girlfriend on fire after she tried to end their relationship.

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) last year recorded five fewer maternal deaths than in the previous year.

The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has committed to making the shortage of drugs and medical supplies a thing of the past in 2017.

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the Monthly Maintenance cleaning of Canals Number 1 and Number 2, in Region 3,for the Ministry of Agriculture’s  National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA).

The two men who were detained on Monday morning for questioning in connection with the fatal shooting of University of Guyana (UG) student Azrudeen Hussain and poultry vendor Desmond Singh remain in custody as the probe continues, a senior police official said yesterday.

A 16-year-old boy is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to the possession of an unlicensed gun.

Prison Officer Godfrey Leitch yesterday recalled walking along First Avenue, Bartica, on the night of February 17, 2008, when he heard, what sounded like rapid gunfire erupting in the area.

In order to avoid controversies, Cabinet’s approval is being sought before the establishment of the Food Advisory Committee and the Drug Advisory Committee, Minister of Health Dr.

The Police in ‘B’ Division have widened their search for Shamar Mohammed Ally, who is the main suspect in the chopping of his ex-girlfriend and her mother at Number 70 Corentyne, Berbice, on Christmas Eve.

National footballer Delon Lanferman, who was stabbed minutes after the break of the New Year following an argument over the throwing of a firecracker, is expected to undergo surgery soon.

Residents of Atlantic Ville on the East Coast of Demerara  have been out of water for nearly a week now, with persons depending on their neighbours’ kindness and rainwater tanks to cater to their needs.

This was the scene at the Ruimveldt koker this morning as rain pounded the city.

Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton this morning confirmed that he will be taking up the position of the Minister of Social Cohesion and that he will be replaced by the Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence.