Guyana News

The PPP today flayed the Granger administration over the crime rate and said that criminals were omnipresent.

In relation to the accidental shooting of Jean Rodrigues on Tuesday September 20, 2016, the Guyana Police Force today said  that following ballistic and other examinations, the results of which contradict that of the police constable and the suspect, the constable has been removed from that type of duty, to another area as the investigation continues.

The Ministry of Education today warned that parents could face criminal charges if their children were absent from school without an excuse.

A 19-year-old North Ruimveldt resident was shot dead early this morning while another man was critically injured, following an argument which ended outside the Rio Nightclub in Queenstown.

The city yesterday announced that it was going to tear down 52 derelict buildings (see list below) and occupants of some of the structures say they were unaware of these plans.

As it begins to show a surplus, the Marriott Hotel is boasting of consistent occupancy of 65% but revenue will be used to correct building defects and as such it will likely not be able to start paying on the Republic Bank Ltd loan.

While officials from Chinese logging company Baishanlin want three more years to make good on long-awaited promises, the APNU+AFC government believes that not only the time requested is too much but that leniency and their patience have been exhausted.

Residents of Sophia can expect running water through their taps by the second half of October, GWI says.

With the closure of sugar cultivation at the Wales estate looming at yearend, GuySuCo has advertised for infrastructural work for the transport of cane to Uitvlugt on the West Coast of Demera.

A 23-year-old man of Gangaram Village, East Canje, Berbice took his own life after a dispute with his overseas-based girlfriend.

Siltation of the Mongrippa Creek in Bartica has been cited as the major cause of recent heavy flooding and work is underway to deal with the problem.

Over half a year after President David Granger promised that measures would be put in place to deal with the “evil” of alcohol abuse, a policy has still not been developed.

Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Dawn Hastings-Williams and a team conducted an education outreach to several communities in Upper Region Seven  to raise awareness about child abuse.

A post-mortem report has been tendered in the preliminary inquiry into the murder charges against Ganga Krishna and Avishkar Bissoon, who are accused of starting the fire at a Robb and King Streets building that claimed the lives of a father and his two daughters.

The preliminary inquiry into the charges against Alfie Garraway, Janiel Howard and Leroy Williams, the three men accused of throwing a grenade at Kaieteur News, continued on Thursday with more testimony from police officers who conducted the investigations.

Although Education Minister Dr Rupert Roopnaraine maintains that negotiations on wages increases are still ongoing with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), the ministry has already instructed that differentiated increases, ranging from 10% to 1%, be paid to teachers from next month.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has declared that he will make an assessment by November on the way forward in the longstanding border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has hailed Minister of Finance Winston Jordan for stellar works in his sector and urged that Guyanese start preparations for a nearing boom in the economy.

The police have released the 17-year-old footballer, whose mother had taken him to them after it was alleged that he was a bandit who was fleeing from the police on Tuesday afternoon when a woman was accidentally shot.

By Nigel Westmaas   But for the name “British Guiana” the title in the image above could have been written in 2016.