Guyana News

The city’s two largest garbage disposal contractors have once again given notice to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of their intention to suspend their collection services if they are not paid hundreds of millions owed to them.

The recently established, five-member Public Procurement Commission (PPC) has elected Carol Corbin  as its Chairman and the government will now be relieved of the task of giving its no-objection before contracts are awarded.

A former nursing aide died on Tuesday after undergoing an emergency C-Section at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

A minibus driver was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged in a city court with attempted murder.

Four bus sheds, powered by solar panels and equipped with LED lighting, were yesterday commissioned in South Ruimveldt and they are expected to generate revenue to assist in funding community projects, which are being undertaken by the South Ruimveldt Community Management Group.

Vendors and other stakeholders are being assured that works on the Kitty Market will be completed for the Christmas holidays. 

State Minister Joseph Harmon has defended the government’s decision to have Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams advising on the composition of a team of special prosecutors to handle alleged criminal offences connected to the sale of land at the ‘Pradoville 2’ housing scheme, where former President Bharrat Jagdeo and a string of current and former senior officials have homes.

Delon Small, the accused in the murder of Coast Guardsman Kevon Payne, was yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.

A Golden Grove businessman, who police say was found with a shotgun and matching ammunition, yesterday appeared in court to answer to the charges of illegal firearm and ammunition possession.

A man was set free this week after he was found not guilty of murdering a New Amsterdam taxi driver in 2010.

Sporting a pink t-shirt, with the words “Together let’s fight against cancer,” 12-year-old Shelly Debideen could be found busily assisting the volunteers at a cancer outreach at Kuru Kururu, on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway last month.

By  Zoisa Fraser in Ohio   With five days to go before the gripping US 2016 elections, there is no clear indication as to who will win Ohio, a key battleground state and Ohio State University (OSU) Professor of Constitutional Law, Daniel Tokaji yesterday expressed surprise that Republican candidate Donald Trump has managed to rake in almost as much support as Hillary Clinton, the Democrats’ candidate.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) on Wednesday held its second home improvement subsidy distribution in Bartica, Region Seven at the town’s community centre.

The statement that was made by Janiel Howard, one of the three men charged in the Kaieteur News grenade incident, was on Wednesday admitted as evidence by Chief Magistrate,Ann McLennan at the end of the voir dire into the admissibility of the statement.

A new town clerk has been appointed for Lethem, Region Nine by the Ministry of Communities.

CARACAS/SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition exhorted President Nicolas Maduro today to set an election and start releasing jailed activists within days, while students opposed to Vatican-led talks protested in the streets.

Kitty and Queenstown in Georgetown are among areas scheduled for a 10-hour power cut on Sunday, November 6th to facilitate a comprehensive maintenance exercise by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL).

(Reuters) – Kraigg Brathwaite and Shane Dowrich struck unbeaten half-centuries to guide West Indies to a first test victory in 14 matches as the Caribbean side beat Pakistan by five wickets on the final morning of the third test in Sharjah today.

A mentally-challenged man is currently in custody, following the discovery of the decapitated body of his neighbour in her Belvedere Village home.

A bandit was early yesterday morning shot dead by a licenced firearm holder after he and an accomplice attempted to break into a Diamond, East Bank Demerara home.