Guyana News

The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) yesterday said it was prepared to improve its pay hike offer after scores of workers from the Guyana Power and Light Company’s (GPL) Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Department down-ed tools and gathered outside the power company’s Main Street office yesterday to protest what they said was an unfair pay increase proposal.

A Plaisance woman was yesterday remanded to prison after she was charged with attempting to take 2.5 kilogrammes of cocaine to Canada through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

A computer technician who was caught at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport trying to smuggle a quantity of cocaine to Bermuda, was sentenced to three years in prison and fined $4.1 million after he pleaded guilty to the offence in a city court.

– total of $798M owed Minister of Finance Winston Jordan yesterday said that the $500 million budgeted to pay debts owed by Homestretch Development Incorporated (HDI) for the controversial D’Urban Park project is the full and final settlement the government is willing to make.

Three dancers at a popular nightclub were yesterday charged with over forged entries in their passports and overstaying their time in Guyana.

A young woman has condemned members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for their desultory action that resulted in the taxi driver who allegedly robbed her evading arrest yesterday morning.

Low oil prices have significantly improved the fortunes of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) which was once a financial “troublemaker” for the government.

Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira has accused the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs of being “frugal” in its provision of funds for the National Toshaos Council (NTC) despite a massive increase in the monies allocated to support local organisations.

Logos Hope, the world’s largest floating book fair, is scheduled to arrive in Guyana today, and will bring along with it knowledge, help and hope.

As the police work towards wrapping up their investigation into the eight-month-old murders of Good Hope, East Bank Essequibo farmers, Mohamed and Jamilla Munir, who were burnt to death in their home, a fifth suspect was on Sunday detained for questioning.

The family of Faiyaz Narinedatt, who was found lying lifeless on the Number 70 Village Public Road, Corentyne on November 1 is patiently waiting on the police to have key suspect Marcus Brian Bisram returned to the country for questioning.

Police on the West Bank Demerara are currently investigating a robbery committed on the New World Supermarket, a Chinese-owned business located at Independence Street, La Grange last Friday, allegedly by three armed bandits.

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday announced that she will rule next month on whether a prima facie case has been made out against the three accused in the Kaieteur News grenade attack.

An autopsy performed yesterday on the remains of poultry farm worker Krishna Surujlall, who died last Friday, two days after he was crushed by a metal silo at his workplace, revealed that he died as a result on multiple injuries to the abdomen.

One of the suspects in the Corentyne money changer robbery was today charged and remanded to prison when he appeared before the Chief Magistrate.

MUMBAI, India,  CMC – Nine West Indies Twenty20 stars that have enriched the lucrative Indian Premier League have been retained for next season, organisers announced today.

Guyanese Leezel Campbell who was to have been married yesterday saw her wedding being put off after Dynamic Airways cancelled her flight.

Two bandits who invaded a family gathering at Seaforth Street, Campbellville and made off with jewellery and cell phones were fatally shot by police last night after being cornered in a schoolyard.

With the Guyana Power and Light (GPL)  trying  to determine the cause of several shutdowns over the weekend that sparked numerous blackouts and left city residents fuming, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) has expressed dismay at the situation.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) remains optimistic that government will change its mind and sit down with several groups that have proposed a meeting and discuss Budget 2017 to find a consensus on measures proposed.