Guyana News

Chairman Vickram Bharrat of the Diamond/Grove Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) is refuting claims that his council is underperforming.

Two suspects who were arrested in connection with the murder of Wayne Jackson Wharton, who was fatally shot last Wednesday evening on the West Front Road, have been released.

Following questioning by police, a co-worker of gold miner Abraham Mohammed Khan, who was found buried in a shallow grave at Bartica after a reported robbery, has been released on station bail.

Former president Bharrat Jagdeo said he is justified in the decisions he made in the granting of broadcast licences, especially the radio licence he gave to his own party, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP).

While the contract between Barama Company Limited and the Government of Guyana is expected to be renewed by the end of the week, a source says that the company’s operations will be scaled back and it will likely have to lay off more workers.

A petition to change the law which classifies hemp as an illegal substance was presented to the National Assembly last Thursday.

Drivers are complaining about the use of off-road LED lights on vehicles and acting Traffic Chief Jairam Ramlakhan says that the Traffic Department is working towards reducing their use.

Seventy per cent of the participants in the Hinterland Employment and Youth Service (HEYS) programme across the country have received their stipends, according to the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs.

Coconut farmers and other interested persons would have an opportunity to learn about the Red Palm Mite disease at the coconut Festival, GINA said.

Just over one week after Ann’s Grove resident Keon Wilson died in a mining pit collapse at Rock Creek, Puruni, Rear Admiral (ret’d) Gary Best was yesterday sworn in to lead the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into his death.

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the rehabilitation and construction of the Kaikan Airstrip, Region 7. 

Joseph Winston John, at whose home police found over 300 grammes of marijuana in June, was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail for possession of the drug for trafficking.

Full power was restored to Bartica on Sunday night, but the town’s residents remain wary as they have no guarantee that the aged generators will continue to work as they should.

An interior worker was yesterday charged with stealing a machine from his place of employment, Troy Resources.

A taxi driver, accused of defrauding a man of almost $100,000 that was entrusted to him, on Monday promised a city magistrate that he would repay the money.

The Demerara Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) experienced three shutdowns at approximately 12:03 hrs, 12:58 hrs and 16:04 hrs today due to a suspected fault on the 69kv transmission line linking the Kingston Power Station to the Sophia Substation (Dispatch Centre), the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said.

(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.8 quake struck off the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea’s Lesser Antilles archipelago today, the U.S.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC-West Indies spinner Devendra Bishoo has achieved a career-high ranking while middle order batsmen Darren Bravo has returned to the top 20 in the latest MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings, released on Tuesday.

The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission is working towards offering online lease applications and instant responses to questions and queries.

The heroic action of a Corentyne shopkeeper, who ran and grabbed on to a man as he was stabbing the mother of his four children, allowed her to escape, but was not enough to save her life as she subsequently succumbed.