Guyana News

Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL), Renford Homer, has told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that the power company is moving to provide electricity to unserved areas from next month.

GuySuCo yesterday told the three sugar unions that losses of $14.1b and $13.7b are being projected for this year and 2017 respectively and rejigging of the industry was “inevitable and absolutely necessary”.

After intervening in a fight between his parents, an Annandale youth was fatally stabbed, allegedly by his father, on Wednesday night.

Saying that a lack of resources to police the country’s borders was in part responsible for convicted drug trafficker Barry Dataram being able to flee before his sentencing, President David Granger yesterday also called for “a greater level of alertness” on the part of the magistracy in such cases.

Police are searching for five bandits who kicked down the door of a Herstelling family’s home and robbed them of over $2 million in cash and jewellery during the wee hours of yesterday morning.

President David Granger has challenged the position of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) that negotiations on public service wages and salaries are at a “deadlock,” while walking back on the finality of his administration’s offered increases.

A Guyanese-born New York police officer was on Tuesday charged with the murder of an unarmed man, whom he fatally shot during an off-duty dispute in July, 2015.

Head of the Guyana National Council on Public Policy Dr Phillip Mozart Thomas, who owes a large debt to Massy Security Guyana Inc, has criticised the company for publishing notices in the daily newspapers asking him to make urgent contact.

A police inspector of the Eteringbang Police Station, ‘F’ Division and of Lot 50 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday to answer to the charge of indecent assault and sexual activity with a young child.

The Guyana Poultry  Association (GPA) has requested a meeting with the Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin over the granting of licences by the government for the importation of a large amount of chicken.

A suspect was arrested last night in connection with the fatal shooting outside of the Rio Inn nightclub early Monday morning.

Almost 1,000 cane harvesters attached to GuySuCo’s Rose Hall estate are on strike for the removal of the estate manager over what they say is his refusal to meet with them on the institution of daily quotas.

Nathan Heyligar, the driver who allegedly caused the death of a passenger in his truck during a collision along the Mabura Public Road, was yesterday charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

Children hospitalized with cancer can now continue their education in hospital.

A truck driver, who is on trial for killing a pedal cyclist, yesterday maintained that he was not driving in a dangerous manner when the accident occurred in 2014.

Artist and teacher Professor Doris Rogers passed away last Thursday, leaving a legacy as a dedicated educator, who enriched the lives she touched.

A man was yesterday granted his release on bail after he denied escaping police custody.

The mud pile along the Nismes Public Road, which is being blamed for the accident on Monday evening that claimed the life of a minibus conductor, has been cleared.

Secondary school students may soon be using iPads and similar electronic devices in the classroom to access learning materials.

After a rift in the Hindu community last year forced the country to observe Diwali on two separate days, the Viraat Sabhaa is contesting this year’s earmarked date for the holiday.