Guyana News

The opposition PPP/C yesterday voiced concern at the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference being held just mere days before the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) also holds its Biennial Congress in the capital city and suggested that it was strategically engineered to amass numbers at the political party’s forum.

LBI estate workers, who have started chores at Enmore, are now calling to be severed if proper conditions are not met.

A protest on Thursday by dozens of Bosai Minerals Group workers in Linden has hastened negotiations between the company and their union on wages and benefits.

The University of Georgia’s testing of samples taken from a Region Six poultry farm in June did not find any trace of a poultry disease, according to Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) Dwight Walrond.

An almost 15 feet-tall ‘murti’ (statue) of the Hindu God Lord Hanuman was consecrated yesterday at the Blairmont Mandir, where President David Granger urged West Coast Berbice residents to use their religious faith to promote peace, unity and harmony.

An investigation into the accident that claimed the life of John Fernandes Limited stevedore Orin Morris has found that the accident could have been avoided had there been appropriate supervision.

Guyana Water Inc (GWI) and the Suriname Water Company (SWC) yesterday wrapped up a Water Partnership Programme, which GWI CEO Richard Van West-Charles said imparted invaluable experience that will be used to improve water quality and other aspects of the company.

The police were yesterday granted an additional 72 hours to detain the suspect who was held over the murder of 14-year-old Malika Hamilton as they continue their investigations.

A second suspect is to be charged with the August 1st murder of taxi driver Orin David, according to Acting Crime Chief Hugh Jessemy.

A patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital was yesterday discovered dead in the hospital’s male ward, in what appears to have been a suicide.

A 17-year-old boy, who was caught selling ganja, was yesterday found guilty of the crime by a city magistrate, who postponed sentencing to await a probation report.

An Interim Executive Committee of the Guyana Peace Council (GPC) was elected on Wednesday to replace the Steering Committee that had been formed earlier this year to re-establish the body.

A Brazilian national, who was caught mining in the Kaieteur National Park, has been fined $7M, the Ministry of Natural Resources announced yesterday.

Repairs to a key Konawaruk, Region Eight bridge, parts of which had been swept away by bad weather, are expected to be completed by next Mon-day, the Natural Resources Ministry said yesterday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt drew down the curtain on his brilliant Olympic career by securing a sweep of the sprint titles for a third successive Games when Jamaica successfully defended the 4×100 metres relay crown on Friday.

A mining operation which was in April 2016 caught operating in the Kaieteur National Park area will pay a fine of $7 million to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), a release from the Ministry of Natural Resources said today.

Two men were this morning charged with murdering 13-year-old Daveanand Sanichar after a row over a woman at a wedding house at Triumph, East Coast Demerara.

The National Museum cannot be extended to house the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology and a proposal to use the top flat of the post office building has been found to be untenable, Director Jennifer Wishart said adding that she was informed that a search is now on for a new location.

Lethem may soon see the production of genip jelly if an idea by one of its youths catches on and finds support.

Gunplay unfolded yesterday afternoon in North Ruimveldt as police chased down and captured a man who reportedly had a quantity of marijuana in his possession.