Guyana News

The controversial container fee has been reduced to $5,000 from $25,000 on an interim basis following a meeting between the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Friday.

CASTRIES, St Lucia,  CMC − Darren Sammy’s apparent axing as West Indies Twenty20 captain has sparked outrage among West Indies cricket fans across the Caribbean, with several taking to online social media platform, Facebook, to express disgust and to call for a boycott of the upcoming third Test against India starting here Tuesday.

Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) are at loggerheads over the recent reinstatement of Michael Khan as the hospital’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Mayor of Georgetown Patricia Chase-Green has said that it is her administration’s intention to work towards fulfilling the recommendations of the central government with regard to the controversial parking meter contract between the city and Smart City Solutions Inc (SCS).

A man was admitted to the hospital on Friday evening after he was shot to the abdomen by a police officer, who was responding to a report of domestic violence at Itaballi Check Point.

Lesbian teen Michelle (not her real name) says all she wants is to be allowed to live her life free of hate and discrimination and not be constantly labelled as “mentally unstable.”

Police have found a gun that is believed to be the one with which 17-year-old Andel Daniels accidentally shot himself.

A mental assessment conducted on staff at three state-run child care facilities found troubling issues, including the inability of more than half of the caregivers to define the term abuse and the use of lashes as the main form of punishment.

Consultations on the draft State Assets Recovery Bill 2016 will be done countrywide before it is finalized and taken to the National Assembly for passage, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said on Thursday.

Challenging the integrity of the work of the Commission of Inquiry into the death of Walter Rodney, government used its majority in the wee hours of Friday morning to rework an opposition motion to have the findings adopted.

The Parika, East Bank Essequibo mother of three, who was brutally chopped about her body three days ago continues to battle for her life and it is understood that the incident stemmed from her asking her attacker to contribute towards the maintenance of their son.

Desperately in need of money to take care of her five children, Geeta Boodhoo, who lost a hand during an attempt on her life just over a year and a half ago, says authorities are “dragging their feet” on her request for public assistance.

Almost two years have passed since waitress Debra Blackman was gunned down at the restaurant where she worked and although a video recording of the suspect committing the act was released by police, the man remains at large.

Residents of Ann’s Grove, on the East Coast Demerara, are calling on the relevant authorities to repair their deplorable roads and clear the weed-infested drains that continue to overflow and cause flooding.

A follow up visit to several departments of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council has found some corrections to the many breaches unearthed.

Guyana is still to decide on its position on the late Dr Cheddi Jagan’s New Global Human Order (NGHO), which comes up at next month’s United Nations General Assembly, as according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge many of its elements that could garner international support have been incorporated in other initiatives.

An autopsy has revealed that 34-year-old construction worker Asraf Hoosaney who fell to his death while working on a bond at La Bonne Intention on Tuesday died as a result of being electrocuted.

Chairman of the National Task Force Commission (NTFC) for the Rehabilitation, Restoration and Renewal of Guyana Major General (rtd) Joseph Singh says that as the body gets more traction, the nation can expect to see policy recommendations implemented through respective ministries, especially in social protection.

About 2000h. last night a mother reported to the police at Itaballi Check Point, that her daughter was being assaulted by her reputed husband, the police said today.

A Ministry of Finance (MoF) report has scathingly criticised the controversial parking meters deal for the city and says since government procurement rules may have been transgressed this would justify a revoking of the contract and a fresh process.