Guyana News

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has failed to keep its promise to restore water supply to residents of ‘E’ and ‘D’ Fields, Sophia by mid-October, but its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Richard Van West-Charles said yesterday that residents should be able to have access to running water by the end of this week or by early next week.

Acting Chief Executive Officer Dr Sheik Amir and other hospital managers say patient overcrowding and staff shortages continue to plague the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Two men, who were on Tuesday brought before a city court on separate robbery charges, were granted bail.

The main trial of the three men accused of murdering 12 persons at Bartica in 2008, is expected to resume this afternoon, after a voir dire which was being conducted, ended yesterday.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has confirmed that the fire that destroyed the Congenial Supermarket on November 2nd in Cane Grove, Mahaica was a case of arson.

A 50-year-old man was on Tuesday charged with assaulting a police constable, who allegedly found him smoking cannabis.

The police say they are investigating an armed robbery which occurred at about 11:00 hrs today, at lots 6-7 “AA” Ixora Avenue, Eccles, E.B.D,

President David Granger, today, extended congratulations to the President-elect of the United States of America, Donald Trump and declared that he is confident that cordial relations between the two countries will continue, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said. 

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Democrat Hillary Clinton conceded the 2016 U.S.

(Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump stunned the world by defeating heavily favored rival Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s presidential election, ending eight years of Democratic rule and sending the United States on a new, uncertain path.

The University of Guyana (UG) is scouting buildings for an off-campus centre in downtown Georgetown that will not only sustain itself but will bring additional revenues for the cash-strapped institution.

The two men who were involved in the Sheriff Street accident that resulted in the death of four-year-old Abeka Trotman are expected to be charged soon.

An inside job is suspected in the robbery of the Yokohama Trading head office, from where over $17M was stolen in a gun-point hold up on Monday.

A Cornelia Ida man was yesterday charged with the murder of fellow resident Prakash Mahipaul, whose body was found at the Hague foreshore more than a month ago.

Convenor of the Steering Committee for Constitu-tional Reform (SCCR) Nigel Hughes has disputed former Attorney General and People’s Progressive Party (PPP/C) MP Anil Nandlall’s assertion that there were no public consultations conducted by the committee.

Two men, who were wanted by the police for a series of robberies, were yesterday afternoon arrested at Eccles Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara.

The man who is accused of decapitating his neighbour last Wednesday  was on Monday remanded to prison by Magistrate Alex Moore, when he appeared in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.

Having endured 48-hours of intense coding, Version75 Solutions on Sunday emerged as the winners of the first ‘Hackathon,’ which was organised by the Ministry of Public Telecommunications at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre last weekend.

Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan has disclosed that Polyhexanide, also known as Antinfek, has been used in the past by the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) for the purification of water supply lines in limited areas.

Accused of fraudulently converting money sent to her by a man she met on Facebook, a police constable is claiming that the charge was brought because she refused to give in to his demands for a relationship.