Guyana News

It is suspected that arson was the cause of the fire that ravaged a building at Lot 101 Cummings Street on Saturday night, causing damage to three business places in the process, says Fire Chief Marlon Gentle.

On October 25, Roger Gautier was assaulted by a minibus driver following an accident on the East Bank Demerara and in full view of a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank, who sat by and watched the scenario unfold.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) will be upgrading the Mahdia, (Region Eight)  and Mabaruma (Region One) auxiliary fire services to full fire stations.

As government prepares this week to name a person to head the investigation into alleged drug procurement malpractices at the Ministry of Health, it is cognizant that persons making the allegations might not want to come forward with evidence.

A fire suspected to have been caused by unattended diyas that were lit on Saturday night in celebration of Diwali, resulted in a two-storey concrete house at Golden Grove on the East Bank of Demerara being destroyed.

The delinking of the immigration department from the Guyana Police Force was one of the recommendations made by the Disciplined Forces Com-mission (DFC), according to Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix, who says that this process needs to be carefully done and would take some time.

Two drivers are in police custody following a fatal accident at Annai, North Rupununi on Friday, according to Commander of ‘E’ division, Ravindradat Budhram.

In a bid to bring additional revenue to Linden, Mayor Carwyn Holland says the Town Council is currently exploring options to attract tourists from abroad.

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is  continuing its investigation of Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Presidency (MOTP), Omar Shariff, Head of SOCU Sydney James said.

President David Granger yesterday morning joined the congregation of the Ebenezer Lutheran Church in New Amsterdam, East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six) to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the World or ‘Reformation Sunday’.

Twenty-nine young adults have joined the Republic Bank Guyana Limited family with the launch of the company’s 9th annual Youth Link Apprenticeship programme on Friday at the Herdmanston Lodge.

  President David Granger, First Lady, Sandra Granger and matriarch of the Kayman Sankar family in Essequibo, Seraji Sankar on Saturday commissioned the Guyana Foundation Sunrise Centre at Zorg-En-Vlygt, Essequibo Coast which offers counselling and other services.

Fly Jamaica Airways on Friday launched its new ticketing office at 86 Carmichael Street, Georgetown.

The Ministry of Education says that schools nationwide will be in session tomorrow Monday, October 31st, 2016.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) today said that persons who are caught selling or found in possession of firecrackers will be prosecuted.

A policeman is in hospital and another has been treated and sent away after they intervened in an altercation between a female colleague and an intoxicated patron outside a night club in Lethem during the early hours of this morning.

The United States has given a commitment to assist Guyana with the surveillance of its porous borders to help reduce the entrance of drugs and small arms into the country, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said.

Developed, yet quaint, Gangaram village is nestled between Betsy Ground and New Forest in East Canje, Berbice.

Up to press time this morning firefighters were battling to contain a fire at a Cummings street building which houses Ram’s Pharmacy and several other small businesses.

Even as a tripartite committee meets to work out the details of City Hall’s container tax, earnings from the interim $5,000 fee have amounted to $12 million for one month.