Guyana News

Shadow Minister of Communities, Ganga Persaud in his presentation to Parliament during the 2017 Budget Debate yesterday said the March, 2016 Local Government Elections are still incomplete.

The Central Housing & Planning Authority (CH&PA) has only spent 19.9% of the $5.8 billion allocated to it in the 2016 budget and has only achieved 30.5% of revenue, according to Minister responsible for housing in the Ministry of Communities Valerie Adams-Patterson.

The state of the Region Six healthcare system came under scrutiny by Dr Vishwa Mahadeo during Tuesday’s evening’s budget debate, with the PPP/C MP calling out problems such as the overflow of sewage into the wards and non-functioning theatres and equipment.

Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Dawn Hastings, said on Tuesday at the 2017 budget debate that according to data provided by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), 94.5% of metered customers pay $1,500 or less per month.

The post-mortem reports for Clarissa and Theresa Rozario, the two girls killed in the 2014 Robb and King streets fire, were on Tuesday entered into evidence during the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charges against the two men accused of their murders.

A bus conductor found his way before a city court yesterday to answer to the offence of attempting to break and enter an office.

Before a city Magistrate on an armed robbery charge, a 25-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison.

A man was yesterday sentenced to 24 months imprisonment after admitting to stealing over $500,000 in items from the National School of Dance.

A South Ruimveldt woman was brought before a city magistrate yesterday to answer to a fraud charge for allegedly converting $110,000 for her own use.

CASTRIES, St Lucia,  CMC – This year’s Caribbean Premier League poured just over  US$90 million into the Caribbean region, according to an Economic Impact Assessment released by organisers on Tuesday.

Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 19:00h.

Twenty-one deportees arrived from the United States of America (USA) yesterday afternoon after serving jail terms and those who were charged with serious offences will be monitored.

A shift in approach by creditors and financiers, compounded by market forces and emerging businesses, has caused the Georgetown-based Nigel’s Supermarket to significantly scale down its operations.

Former Minister of Culture, Youth & Sport Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday hammered the government for the taxation that private healthcare would attract from next year.

US-based businessman Marcus Brian Bisram who was charged with the murder of carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt has hired a New York law firm to represent his interests.

A supervisor attached to BK International was robbed of $3M cash and shot near the compound of the Ministry of Finance on Main Street yesterday afternoon.

A former teacher of a West Coast Demerara Secondary School was yesterday found not guilty of engaging in sexual activity with one of his former 15-year-old students.

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan and Governor of the Bank of Guyana, Dr Gobind Ganga have  rejected a claim in an article appearing in yesterday’s Kaieteur News that a major foreign currency crisis looms.

The New York-based, Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association (COBA) is offering a US$50,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the killer of Alastasia Bryan, a New York Corrections Officer born to Guyanese parents.

The increases that members of the opposition PPP/C received on their parliamentary salaries are being placed in a special bank account in the name of the opposition, PPP/C Chief Whip Gail Teixeira told the National Assembly yesterday.