Guyana News

The Hydrometeorological Service has commissioned a $1.6 M Climatological Station at the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) that is expected to assist with seasonal forecasting to improve agricultural production.

The minor explosion on a Roraima Airways plane in June, which resulted in injury to a maintenance engineer could have been avoided if a risk assessment had been conducted before repairs started, the Department of Labour has found.

Though the Alliance for Change (AFC) believes that a reform of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) is necessary, it has not yet begun to advocate for it at the level of the governing coalition and is choosing instead to push for constitutional reform and a restructuring of the legislation governing campaign financing.

Munir Mohamed, the truck driver who was involved in an accident at Providence, East Bank Demerara that left a porter dead last month, was yesterday released on $340,000 bail after denying three charges, including causing death by dangerous driving.

Motorcyclist Melroy Barnwell, who police blame for a Houston Public Road crash that claimed the life of his passenger in June, yesterday admitted to breaking a number of traffic laws but denied responsibility for causing the accident.

A bus driver was last week released on $250,000 bail after he denied causing the death of his conductor in an accident on the Nismes Public Road, West Bank Demerara, almost two weeks ago.

Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence on Wednesday announced plans to reduce the number of elderly persons who are institutionalised by implementing a programme to assist families with caregiving.

Prominent educator and National Awardee Ingrid Fung A.A yesterday travelled to Affiance, Essequibo Coast to launch a literacy programme at her former primary school in a personal effort to address illiteracy in Guyana.

Children residing in the communities of Charles-town and Albouystown are a step closer to benefitting from literacy programmes in their areas thanks to a monetary donation from Toolsie Persaud Limited to the Guyana Book Founda-tion.

Newly-appointed Regional Executive Officer (REO) of the Region Six Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Kim Williams-Stephen says she intends to bring a high level of efficiency, knowledge and competence to the post, while promising that greater emphasis will be placed on results-oriented service.

Cora Towler, charged over the cocaine found in a 14-year-old boy’s suitcase handles at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), was on Wednesday sentenced to three years in prison after deciding to plead guilty to a charge of possession of the drug for trafficking.

Berbice’s lawmen are currently on the hunt to locate a Corentyne man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl; the man who had been on station bail since May, failed to show up in court on Thursday when the charge was to be read.

A Moruca man is now a remanded prisoner after being charged with raping an underage girl.

The Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts are slated to begin evening sessions from Monday.

Students of the University of Guyana (UG) are expected to soon have access to more reliable wireless internet service at their campuses.

Five persons have been held by police after an early morning raid uncovered guns and a quantity of ganja at a nightspot in West Ruimveldt yesterday.

A security advisor from the United Kingdom will be here next month to assist with security reforms, the Ministry of the Presidency says.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday grappled with a new bombshell after The Washington Post published a 2005 conversation in which Trump recounted in vulgar terms how he tried to have sex with an unnamed married woman.

    Chairman of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) Board of Directors Nigel Hinds has resigned from the post, while saying that he could not perform in the best interest of the company as a “rubber stamp.”

CHANTAL, Haiti, (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew’s trail of destruction in Haiti stunned those viewing the aftermath on Friday, with the number of dead soaring to 842, tens of thousands made homeless and crops destroyed in the impoverished Caribbean nation’s breadbasket region.