Guyana News

On September 2, 2016, the Commission of Inquiry into the education system journeyed to Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) and heard a number of complaints including that the pupil-teacher ratio was too high.

Pupils of the Fort Ordnance Primary School, East Canje, Berbice returned to school yesterday, to a much improved environment.

Twenty-eight boat operators from Region Nine have been awarded a Certificate of Competency to operate as boat Captains under the Licensing of Ships Regulation 2001, and are now appropriately equipped to operate safely on the rivers within the region, a release from the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) said on Friday.

Former Member of Parliament and Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Six,  Dr.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC- Phil Simmons’ rocky tenure as head coach of  the West Indies cricket team came to a premature end this afternoon after West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced that they it had terminated his contract.

Following seizures of property during Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) raids on its operations at Providence and Coomacka, the Chief Executive Officer of Baishalin yesterday appealed to government and the people to show patience and give the Chinese logging company at least three years to deliver on its commitments to value-added output and job creation.

One of the survivors of Sunday’s fatal accident along the Number 49 Village public road, Corentyne, where a car collided with a stray horse, has admitted that the driver was intoxicated and had been speeding when the accident occurred.

Guyanese in the coming months should be able to access free WiFi in all public buildings, according to an announcement by President David Granger during the opening ceremony of Heritage celebrations at Mainstay/Whyaka, Region Two on Saturday.

A thunderstorm, considered the worst in recent memory, caused extensive damage and millions in losses for Bartica residents on Sunday night.

The passenger in the pick-up that collided with a car at the junction of Sheriff and Garnett streets on Saturday evening, resulting in the death of four-year old Abeka Trotman, is claiming that the vehicle transporting the child caused the accident by trying to run a traffic light.

A joiner died on Saturday from a seizure just over two weeks after he and his wife were injured in a head-on collision on the Success Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Three Lusignan men are  now in police custody after they were found in possession of an unlicensed 9mm pistol with 12 matching rounds and 180 grams of what is suspected to be cocaine.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) can appeal the sentence handed down to Trafficking in Persons (TIP) convict Joyce Lawrence but has to do so within 14 days.

Seventeen Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) have received  $4 Million subventions from Central Government to finance their activities while 19 others have gotten smaller sums under historic local government legislation.

Deodatt Singh, known as ‘Navo’, 32, of Lot 8 Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice passed away on Wednesday, three weeks after colliding with a horse on the Canefield Public Road.

Alliance for Change (AFC) leader Khemraj Ramjattan has welcomed criticism of the government by both the opposition and the wider society, while saying that it serves to enhance democracy.

After enduring blackouts over a two-week period due to the failure of two generators, residents of the Bartica township will most likely have to wait until Thursday before any relief is received, Mayor Gifford Marshall says.

The police have been ordered to proceed with the prosecution of United Kingdom-based Guyanese Vanessa Moore, who was charged alongside her ex-boyfriend with attempting to smuggle a quantity of cocaine, hidden in bottles of rum, out of the country at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

Prisoner Wayne Griffith, one of the three men charged with the Ramada Princess Casino robbery, has accused the officer-in-charge of the Timehri Prison of denying him access to medical treatment, although the claim is being denied.

Months before the Guyana Sevashram Sangha and its trustees moved to the court to have Swami Shivashankarananda removed from its Cove and John ashram, the religious teacher had successfully secured an interim order blocking any such attempt.