Guyana News

President David Granger, today, extended congratulations to the President-elect of the United States of America, Donald Trump and declared that he is confident that cordial relations between the two countries will continue, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said. 

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Democrat Hillary Clinton conceded the 2016 U.S.

(Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump stunned the world by defeating heavily favored rival Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s presidential election, ending eight years of Democratic rule and sending the United States on a new, uncertain path.

The University of Guyana (UG) is scouting buildings for an off-campus centre in downtown Georgetown that will not only sustain itself but will bring additional revenues for the cash-strapped institution.

The two men who were involved in the Sheriff Street accident that resulted in the death of four-year-old Abeka Trotman are expected to be charged soon.

An inside job is suspected in the robbery of the Yokohama Trading head office, from where over $17M was stolen in a gun-point hold up on Monday.

A Cornelia Ida man was yesterday charged with the murder of fellow resident Prakash Mahipaul, whose body was found at the Hague foreshore more than a month ago.

Convenor of the Steering Committee for Constitu-tional Reform (SCCR) Nigel Hughes has disputed former Attorney General and People’s Progressive Party (PPP/C) MP Anil Nandlall’s assertion that there were no public consultations conducted by the committee.

Two men, who were wanted by the police for a series of robberies, were yesterday afternoon arrested at Eccles Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara.

The man who is accused of decapitating his neighbour last Wednesday  was on Monday remanded to prison by Magistrate Alex Moore, when he appeared in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.

Having endured 48-hours of intense coding, Version75 Solutions on Sunday emerged as the winners of the first ‘Hackathon,’ which was organised by the Ministry of Public Telecommunications at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre last weekend.

Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan has disclosed that Polyhexanide, also known as Antinfek, has been used in the past by the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) for the purification of water supply lines in limited areas.

Accused of fraudulently converting money sent to her by a man she met on Facebook, a police constable is claiming that the charge was brought because she refused to give in to his demands for a relationship.

Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) has confirmed the revocation of the appointment of Chief Internal Auditor Anand Bharrat, while saying it was “irregular.”

A group of farmers from West Coast Berbice journeyed to the city yesterday to picket the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of the Presidency over land that they are to be evicted from.

By Zoisa Fraser in New York* Despite what some described as unusually long lines, voting in New York for the presidential and US senate races was generally smooth yesterday.

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan is expected to rule next week on the admissibility of a caution statement allegedly taken from Darrol Compton, who is charged alongside Anand Narine with the murder of Babita Sarjou.

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for work on the Brickdam lock-ups.

A pensioner whose home collapsed with her, her pregnant granddaughter and two great grandchildren early Sunday morning is now seeking assistance from the public in order to rebuild her home.

A distraught father has voiced his dissatisfaction with the investigation being conducted by police into a hit and run accident that left his son injured.