Guyana News

Dominica’s Opposition Leader Lennox Linton yesterday called for Caricom to intervene and set up a regulatory commission for the island’s contentious Citizenship By Investment (CBI) programme, while warning that it currently poses a risk of exposing both his country and the region to transnational crimes.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today lambasted claims by the State Assets Recovery Unit that the country lost up to $313b per annum in corruption and illicit capital flight among other causes while the PPP/C was in office.

NEW YORK/RALEIGH, N.C., (Reuters) – More than 100 restaurants and dozens of other businesses in cities around the United States shut their doors on Thursday to show support for “A Day Without Immigrants,” a walkout aimed at protesting President Donald Trump’s policies.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies player Marlon Samuels has been cleared by cricket’s governing body, the ICC, to resume bowling in international cricket.

The Board of Directors of Smart City Solutions Inc. (SCSI) today dismissed Ifagbamila Kamau Cush from his position as a Director of the parking meters company.

For years the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) breached Section 24 of the Procurement Act 2003, awarding billions of dollars in contracts in direct contravention of the act, since it did so without the approval of the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) and it had no written permission to do so by the NPTAB.

As part of restructuring, GTT says it will be retrenching approximately 120 persons within the next 12 months, which the Postal and Telecommuni-cations Workers Union (PTWU) says is unlawful since they were not informed of the company’s actions.

Five persons were yesterday remanded over the murder of Tain mother of four, Leilawatie Mohamed, also known as ‘Aunty Leila’, 45, a domestic worker of Lot 149, Sixth Street, Tain Settlement, Corentyne on February 7.

Closure of the Rose Hall and Enmore sugar factories and several cultivations by the end of this year has been proposed by the government, according to the PPP which says it will not support these moves.

SARU yesterday defended legislation intended to set up an agency to retrieve state assets and it claimed that the country was bleeding up to $313b per annum under the PPP/C government.

Almost a dozen persons including several children are now homeless after a fire last evening  gutted two Princes Street, Georgetown dwellings.

The management of Guyana Power and Light (GPL) knew six months after it hired the now fired chief executive officer (CEO) Colin Welch, that he had deceived the company about his qualifications.

Leon Duncan called ‘Whistle’ was once again taken before the George-town Magistrate’s Court yesterday, and charged with attempted murder and discharging a loaded firearm at a man.

In light of concerns raised over the safety of the craft used by Insel Air, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has halted the airline’s operations here, pending discussions with officials from the Curacao Flag carrier.

A third suspect in the fatal beating of fisherman, Shereffudeen Nazamudeen was yesterday arrested by the police after he was implicated by villagers of Ruby, East Bank Essequibo, where the incident occurred.

Ray Yokum, Steffon Campbell and Faisal Moore who are accused of murdering Glen Xavier, are likely to know their fate later this afternoon, after a jury deliberates on the case against them.

A shop owner was yesterday released on $300,000 bail after he was brought before the court and charged with stealing US$5000 in cash, along with some documents from a businessman.

Town Clerk, Royston King, and the Chief Engineer, Colvern Venture, met with Peter Abdool, Roy Beepat of Giftland Mall and Dale Beresford on Friday, February 10 and reached an agreement on the use of the access road to the mall.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) revealed on Tuesday that it was the touching of two transmission lines of different voltages that caused the disruption in the system on Sunday, and ultimately led to blackouts across Demerara and Berbice.

In the hope of ensuring that there is more transparency and accountability in the extractive sector, the Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Multi-Stakeholder Group (G-EITI MSG) was launched yesterday.