Guyana News

Two businessmen have filed a $1 million lawsuit against China Harbour Engineering, the firm currently responsible for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport expansion project, after saying the company’s workers removed more than a dozen truckloads of loam from land they have leased without permission.

With a total of 245 workplace accidents already recorded for the year, the Ministry of Social Protection’s Department of Labour will be working with select employers to improve workplace conditions and reduce the number of both fatal and non-fatal accidents.

Almost four decades ago, a then 17-year-old Charmaine Stuart fell in love with the Guyana Police Force’s ‘Band Complex,’ as she not only got to be involved in music—her heart’s desire—but “the discipline” involved in it.

The father of three-year-old Rania Rogers, who sustained third degree burns to her face and hand more than two years ago is desperately trying to raise funds for her to undergo the recommended corrective surgeries and the government has since offered to assist.

Seven months after Albion resident Surendra Nauth was fatally stabbed by an ex-convict, the police are yet to arrest his alleged killer and his parents who are determined to obtain justice are accusing the police of foot-dragging.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday warned that without political consensus the draft State Assets Recovery Bill 2016 runs the risk of “prolonging ethnically polarized politics.”

Police continue to probe the murder of 14-year-old Malika Hamilton, whose body was pulled out of the Hope Canal on Tuesday, but there have been no arrests so far.

Members of the Rotary Club of Stabroek yesterday provided Geeta Boodhoo and her children with much needed supplies.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday congratulated Parliament on the approval of the nominees for the Public Procurement Commission (PPC).

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson won the Olympic women’s 100 metres gold medal with a time of 10.71 seconds in the final on Saturday, beating two-time defending champion and compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce into third place.

The Ministry of Finance this evening denied a report in the Guyana Times which said that tariffs on steel imports had been increased.

(Reuters) – India crushed West Indies at the third test in St Lucia on Saturday, clinching the series and prompting captain Virat Kohli to say his team were going from “strength to strength”.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday laced into government for not showing evidence of a development plan for the country and simply sitting and waiting for oil revenues.

An autopsy has found that Malika Hamilton, the 14-year-old whose body was pulled out of the Hope Canal on Tuesday, died as a result of asphyxiation compounded by trauma to the neck and police are treating her death as a murder.

Defending Public Health Minister Dr George Norton amid growing criticism over a controversial contract for the storage of pharmaceuticals, President David Granger said the minister entered into the contract to avoid the new rates being demanded by the New GPC.

The man who allegedly tried to ship nearly 194 lbs of cocaine hidden in seafood at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) was yesterday charged with possession of drugs for trafficking and was remanded to prison.

Easton Stapleton, the Jamaican national who tried to mail cocaine hidden in deodorant and paper markers, yesterday told a city court that he had been instructed to smuggle the drugs on board a flight out of the country but he decided to try using the post office instead.

Accused yesterday of stymieing the appointment of Deputy Registrar of the Deeds Registry Zanna Frank, Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams declined comment saying he would need to be properly briefed on the allegations being made.

A teenager is now dead after he lost control of the car he was driving along the Three Friends Public Road, Essequibo Coast and slammed into a lamp pole on Thursday night.

Revenue collection for the first part of the year was 9.7 percent higher than the same period in 2015, buoyed by a 5 percent increase in revenues from Value Added Tax (VAT) as well as an increase from company taxes, which included $675.2 million from a company operating in the oil industry.