Guyana News

Months have passed since the lawyers for Sam Hinds Jnr and Bishnarine ‘Sanjay’ Persaud appealed their sentences but dates for their hearings are yet to be set.

The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) continues to search for a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and says that no confidence by the Board in its former head Colin Welch led to his termination, after only six months of service.

President David Granger says it is evident that some families have been affected by the abuse of alcohol or other substances although he is unaware of how widespread the problem is.

One man is in custody following the shooting of a security guard during an attempted robbery at the Berbice Educational Insti-tute (BEI), New Amster-dam yesterday morning.

Two armed bandits invaded an Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD) supermarket on Friday evening and stole an undisclosed amount of cash and other valuables, while holding the staff and customers at gunpoint.

President David Granger is expecting Caricom Heads of Government to support Guyana’s call for a juridical settlement to the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy.

In an article published in yesterday’s edition titled ‘I was a born PPP – Ramotar releases letter showing Tiwarie backing PPP up to a before polls’ – former president Donald Ramotar’s brother Peter Ramotar was named as the person at whom Tiwarie levelled a series of accusations.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation today announced revamped procedures for the screening in Trinidad of passengers from North America en route to Guyana.

Businessman Brian Tiwarie today said that he penned a support letter to the PPP a month before 2015 general elections as he feared the aviation company he owned would be evicted from Ogle.

(Trinidad Guardian) The People’s National Movement (PNM) has extended condolences to the wife and children of former party leader and prime minister Patrick Manning, following the announcement of his death at 8.15 AM this morning.

A Crane, West Coast Demerara man early yesterday morning butchered his wife and two-year-old-son and critically wounded his mother during a rampage that was eventually brought to an end when he was shot by the police.

Former President Donald Ramotar yesterday released a letter written by prominent businessman Brian Tiwarie pledging his support to the PPP a month before the May, 2015 general elections that ended the party’s 23-year reign.

Following recent reports of a foetus being mutilated at the Diamond Hospital, Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton has attributed the incident to negligence and stated that the responsible party will likely be sanctioned.

Using its one-seat majority, the government early Friday morning passed the sweeping Insurance Bill 2016 which fortifies a regulatory role for the Bank of Guyana and seeks to prevent a CLICO-type meltdown in the sector here.

The preliminary upgrade and rehabilitation of Carifesta Avenue and the Ogle Airport Road, respectively, are almost complete and these thoroughfares will be ready for use from today Junior Minister of Public Infrastructure Annette Ferguson has said.

President David Granger has called the elections promise by the APNU+AFC to reduce Value Added Tax (VAT) within its first 100 days in office “imprudent.”

President David Granger is not convinced that his ministers have been embarking on non-essential travel.

The remaining workers at a Robb Street building site, where a workman was electrocuted nearly three weeks ago, have since been equipped with safety gear and measures have been taken to cover up the wires in front of the building.

Guyanese, today, will have the opportunity to officially become acquainted with the Guyana Animation Network (GAN) as it makes its first public move on the way to securing a place in the global animation industry.

Battling a mystery illness for over a year, veteran actor and comedian Henry Rodney is preparing to travel overseas to seek a diagnosis.