Guyana News

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.

The Guyana Agricultural & General Workers Union (GAWU) says that hundreds of LBI estate workers struck on Thursday and yesterday to object to their planned transfer to the Enmore estate and the union accused GuySuCo of not wanting discussions on the matter.

The market vendors have formalized themselves into a union and President Eon Andrews said the body is seeking to restore respect to the vendors.

Director of the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) Marlan Cole has said that some of the recent criticisms levelled against him and his department, reinforce and reassure him that he is performing his duties.

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) made a huge seizure of illegal fuel at the “Old Mac” wharf on the Essequibo Coast, resulting in the arrests of five persons for questioning.  

Government yesterday confirmed that the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology would be relocated to the western wing of the National Museum.

A man was yesterday charged and remanded to prison for the murder of tractor operator Rampersaud Rattan, who was fatally stabbed during an argument on Monday evening.

A resident of Jackass Island, who police say fatally stabbed another man for gossiping about him, was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with murder.

Edward Skeete and Nabadingi Gobin, charged with fatally shooting a man in Tucville last year, were yesterday committed to stand trial for his murder.