Guyana News

A family of fifteen from Corriverton is now homeless after a fire of unknown origin gutted their fully-furnished, six-bedroom home on Saturday.

As investigations continue into the murder of MMC driver, Herbert Verwayne, who was shot dead on Saturday morning, acting Crime Chief Hugh Jessemy says that the police have taken a statement from the suspect, Kevin Stephens, a colleague of the dead man.

Police have arrested the fourth suspect they had been searching for in connection with July’s triple murder at Black Bush Polder, Corentyne.

Police have released Marcelline Basdeo-Small, the owner of three pit bulls which are suspected to have mauled a man to death at Leonora, on station bail.

Residents of Canal #2, West Bank Demerara are pleading with the authorities to repair their main road which they say has been in a deplorable condition and has been getting worse.

The family of the construction worker who died after he was shocked and fell off of a three-storey building, believes that his death could have been avoided if workers’ safety was taken seriously.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) is preparing to make public its stance as it pertains to the recent loss of a bid to supply its Topco ® juices to government’s public school feeding programme.

  A delegation from the European Investment Bank (EIB) on Friday said that after a two-day visit and meetings with government officials and the private sector it is optimistic that loan agreements for infrastructural projects can be reached as early as next year.

Minister of Telecommunications Cathy Hughes has taken note of the unsatisfactory telephone services being offered by the country’s two service providers and is engaging them to get improvements.

The satisfaction of knowing their status and nipping cervical cancer in the bud if tested positive, was what drove many women of Rupununi, Region 9 to take advantage of a two-day screening and awareness exercise.

Pageant veteran Soyini Fraser won the Miss Guyana Universe 2016 title after stiff competition from thirteen other beauties on Saturday night at the Marriott Hotel.

Construction work will commence on the Groenveldt Bridge, West Coast Demerara tomorrow and to facilitate these works, the West Coast Demerara Public Road in the vicinity of the Groenveldt Bridge will only be opened to one alternating lane of motorised traffic.

A driver attached to the MMC security firm was shot dead by a colleague, who also wounded another co-worker during a confrontation outside the company’s headquarters at Happy Acres, East Coast Demerara yesterday morning.

Regional educational officials in Region One are investigating an incident involving female students of the Santa Rosa Secondary School in the Moruca Sub-region, being strip-searched over accusations of stolen money in the presence of male police officers.

Retired Judge Winston Lennox McLennon Moore, who was the serving Ombudsman, passed away last Friday night.

Two persons died while four others were injured after the car they were travelling in collided with a pick-up truck along the Unity Public Road, East Coast Demerara on Friday evening.

DNA testing capacity at the Guyana Forensic Laboratory is more than a few years off, according to Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure yesterday announced potential sites for the proposed oil and gas industry onshore support base have been identified and it will be presenting its report to the Cabinet’s oil and gas subcommittee shortly.

In keeping with a CXC directive that from 2017 all School Based Assessments (SBAs) will have to be submitted online, the EGovernment Unit has started a project to link all secondary schools via the internet.

Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) President Patrick Yarde yesterday said that the union’s executive council will decide on the way forward on public service salary negotiations by the end of this week, while maintaining that its demand for a 25% increase is both feasible and sustainable.