Guyana News

The Norwegian firm selected to review the financial model of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) has until September 1 to submit its report, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman says.

Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman says he is waiting to be advised by the Board of the Guyana Forestry Commission on the way forward for troubled logging company Baishanlin after a no-show by reps of a Chinese State-owned firm that was supposed to take over the company.

Toolsie Persaud Timber Traders Inc has tendered an application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for authorisation to undertake large-scale logging in Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni).

Attorney-General Basil Williams is in the process of reviewing the parking meters contract for Georgetown which has sparked controversy due to the secretive nature of the deal.

An overseas-based Guyanese was assaulted, tied-up and robbed by two bandits at his Number 63 Village, Corentyne home just before mid-day on Saturday.

President David Granger on Friday evening extended Guyana’s gratitude to the Government and people of Canada for the firm support he said that country has shown in the face of the ongoing Guyana/Venezuela border controversy.

A team headed by Minister with responsibility for the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), Valerie Patterson on Tuesday and Wednesday visited Suriname to inspect housing projects pursuant to a proposal from a developer there and she said she was impressed with what she saw.

Continental Agencies Ltd on Saturday donated a quantity of its Ashoka food items in aid of a recognition day for over one hundred senior citizens associated with the Agricola Caregivers Great Movement Association, a release from the company said.

A man is in a serious condition at the New Amsterdam Hospital after being stabbed several times during a fight with another man who fled after the attack.

The police say they are investigating the murder of Fredrick Peters, age 36 years of Lot 90 Recht-door-Zee, West Bank Demerara which occurred at about 22:45 hrs yesterday at his home.

Guyana is closer to exiting from years-long scrutiny of its anti-money laundering framework by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)  and key inspections have been set for September.

In the latest salvo in the war of words between Brian ‘BK’ Tiwarie and former president Donald Ramotar, the businessman yesterday claimed that he only penned a letter affirming his support for the PPP a month before the 2015 general elections as he feared his aviation company would be evicted from the GuySuCo hangar at the Ogle airport.

Photos by Joanna Dhanraj   Adventure on the Essequibo Coast is still affiliated with the former ferry stelling.

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) investigation of Ministry of the Presidency Permanent Secretary (PS) Omar Shariff involves a personal business that he operates and has nothing to do with his job, his attorney Sanjeev Datadin said yesterday, while adding that media reports suggesting that his client has billions of dollars are untrue and have put his safety at risk.

The Government of Guyana and the Opposition yesterday extended condolences on the passing of former Trinidad and Tobago prime minister Patrick Manning, to his widow Hazel, his sons Brian and David, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and the government and people of Trinidad and Tobago.

A Sophia resident died on Friday afternoon and his cousin was injured after the car they were travelling in swerved from a motorcycle and landed in the canal at Dennis Street, Sophia.

A newspaper vendor was on Friday afternoon discovered dead near his stall at One Mile, Linden and the police are awaiting the result of the post-mortem examination to determine his cause of death.

Ron (not his real name) was just 14 when he was sent to the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) for committing the ‘offence’ of wandering and while he still has some residual anger, he believes that the institution saved him.

Although thrilled that his commitment to preserving the rights of the indigenous peoples and his research in the Arecuna language have been recognised, national awardee Lawrence Anselmo says more needs to be done to protect the language or it could be lost.

Eight years have gone by since the burnt remains of eight miners were found at Lindo Creek and the wife of the camp owner is calling on the government to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the tragedy, which she says has left more questions than answers in its wake.