Guyana News

A violent storm tore through several villages on the East Coast of Berbice during the wee hours yesterday flattening one home, damaging others and leaving residents with millions in losses.

A businessman from Alness Village, Corentyne is now living in fear after two bandits armed with a gun invaded his home, fired off two bullets and escaped with cash.

National Parking System/Smart City Solutions (NPS/SCS) has begun preparatory works to install an estimated 400 parking meters within the central business district of Georgetown.

The Regional Tender Board of Region 6 (East Berbice-Corentyne) repeatedly failed to award maintenance contracts to the lowest bidder last year, the Auditor General has found.

Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine on Saturday said that bail ought to be a serious “deterrent to crime” and he criticised the judiciary for putting persons who should be on remand back on the streets.

Three men and a motor car were detained by police on Saturday night after an unlicenced firearm and live ammunition were found in the possession of one of the trio, at East La Penitence.

An afternoon accident left one person injured and other passengers traumatized after both cars made several flips while negotiating a turn yesterday on the Herstelling Public Road.

The Inter-governmental financial regulatory body, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has taken Guyana off of its monitoring process, the organisation’s website reported.

President David Granger lobbied the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), during a meeting held on Friday on the sidelines of the Conservation International Annual Board Meeting in Washington D.C.

Ramesh Manbodh, the Vreed-en-Hoop man who was beaten unconscious with a cricket bat by another man, has been removed from the male surgical ward of the GHPC to the ICU due to added health complications.

Kamarang in Region Seven and its surrounding areas on Friday received a total of 15 filters from the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) to assist in the purification of drinking water following an outbreak of diarrhoea there, a press release from GWI said.

A South Ruimveldt Park man was on Tuesday ordered to perform eight weeks of community service after he admitted to breaking and entering a Lethem home to fund a trip back to Georgetown.

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) and Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) on Friday hosted an award ceremony at the MARAD boardroom, Battery Road, Kingston, Georgetown for top students and winners of an essay competition.

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) today quietly reopened its doors to the public and its first location, under a new franchise holder,  is housed under the NALICO/NAFICO headquarters on Hincks Street, Georgetown.

Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 9.50 pm yesterday on the Goed Fortuin Public Road W.B.D.,

President David Granger will make a State visit to Chile from tomorrow to Wednesday.

Still ongoing expansion works that have prevented the use of the Brickdam Police Station’s lock-up are “dragging on for too long,” according to acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine, who says the situation is taxing the force’s scarce resources to shuttle detainees, including high-profile suspects, to other facilities on a daily basis.

School had just let out for lunch when the World Beyond Georgetown arrived in Mabaruma, one of this country’s newest towns.

Government is disappointed that Barama Company Limited has publicly stated that an estimated 500 workers will be laid off as a result of the closure of its forestry operations in Guyana, according to Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman.

Baffled by her sudden death, a West Bank Demerara family awaits a post-mortem examination (PME) to determine what killed 13-year-old Mariza Kissoon, who collapsed suddenly at school on Thursday, while the school’s head teacher decried the poor treatment the child received at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH).