Guyana News

The Guyana Police Force’s ‘B’ Division last Saturday honoured ranks and civil society partners for their efforts in helping to make the division safer.

Ahead of a General Council meeting scheduled for September 2, members of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) are being invited to share their views on the increase in wages and salaries being offered by the Government of Guyana (GoG).

A week since reclaiming responsibility for garbage collection within several city wards, the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is trying to iron out hiccups in its operations, while residents are trying to adjust.

The delayed furnishing of a Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) well in ‘E’ Field, Sophia, has left residents in the area without an adequate water supply for several months, forcing some to use water from nearby trenches for domestic purposes.

Twenty health sector specialists are participating in a four-day training course in the Hospital Safety Index and Green Economy Checklist Course.

Police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Phillip Viveirous, 41 years, a farmer of Adventure Village, Linden Highway, whose dismembered corpse was discovered on the Adventure Road on Linden Highway, about 05:40h.

Embattled Public Health Minister Dr George Norton yesterday beat out two competitors to retain his position as Vice-Chairman of the People’s National Congress alongside Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence.

Alliance For Change (AFC) leader Khemraj Ramjattan says his party supports embattled Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton and believes that the nation should trust its leaders’ decision on the pharmaceutical bond contract.

A man is now dead and several were injured after the driver of a bus lost control and slammed into a utility pole on Saturday night on Regent Street.

A businessman was robbed of $2M yesterday at gunpoint as he was about to make a deposit at the Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited branch in Rose Hall, Corentyne.

The bodies of the two children who drowned on Thursday night following  the Aruka River hit and run  have been recovered and their parents are pleading with the authorities to find the persons responsible.

Weeks after Mayor of Georgetown Patricia Chase-Green said City Hall will act on government advice on the controversial parking meter deal, a meeting has finally been set for the city council to discuss the matter.

With Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon’s term coming to an end on December 31st this year, Guyana plans to approach him during next month’s 71st Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly for a progress report on the country’s appeal for a juridical settlement of the border controversy with Venezuela.

Debt-ridden State sugar company, the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) is selling more land on the East Coast Demerara and Georgetown and is inviting expressions of interest from prospective buyers.

Investment in education is key to ensuring that Guyana’s reaps the maximum benefits from its nascent petroleum industry and this would also boost other sectors of the economy and ensure all citizens benefit, a top Trinidad oil industry official has said.

As an additional 86 medical doctors on Saturday evening graduated from the Guyana/Cuba Medical Scholarship Programme, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon urged that they commit themselves to selfless and dedicated service.

Guyanese writer and Cultural Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Education, Ruel Johnson, has been selected to participate in the US’s International Writing Program (IWP) Fall Residency.

Students of the Grove Primary School will benefit from a rehabilitated access road when they return to school in two weeks’ time, GINA says.

A Shieldstown motorcyclist is in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital following an accident.

The Women in Mining Group, an initiative of employees of Guyana Goldfields Incorporated (GGI), on Friday donated school supplies to the children of the Joshua House Orphanage.