Guyana News

By Antonio Dey Former deputy headmistress of the Mahdia Secondary School, Amanda Nedd, yesterday said that the Guyana Fire Service was “clearly disorganized” in its approach towards the school’s dormitory fire which claimed 20 lives.

Several security guards have been held after the Guyana Revenue Authority bond at Corriverton, Corentyne was broken into on Thursday.

AFC executive, Dr Vincent Adams has voiced strong disagreement with the decision of acting Chief Justice (CJ), Roxane George SC who ruled this week in favour of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and against an action which was filed to put a stop to flaring of gas offshore by ExxonMobil.

(Reuters) – The White House may have blamed Exxon Mobil XOM.N

A baby had to be thrown from the third floor to a waiting relative during Wednesday’s towering blaze in Charlestown which the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) yesterday said was  caused by a slack connection to electrical points.

Attorney Nirvan Singh has lost his bid to have the criminal proceedings against him stayed, in which he is accused of unlawfully and maliciously assaulting former Police Constable Shawnette Bollers.

The PPP/C government  in preparation for the 2024 Budget yesterday held a consultation with trade unions at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre in Liliendaal despite the fact that it has ignored the requirement for collective bargaining with several of them.

Twenty-eight-year-old Akeem Marshall of 11B Albouystown, Georgetown, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Rhondel Weaver where he was charged with break and enter and larceny It is alleged that between August 18 and 19, Marshall broke into Shabhana and Son Liquor Mart and General Store located at Lot 6 James Street, Albouystown, and stole over $4 million in cash, $1 million worth of phone cards, two cellular phones valued at $40,000, and one Sony Xbox valued at $60,000, all belonging to Bibi Shabhana Mohamed.

Led by Prime Minister Mark Phillips,  Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand and Cabinet colleagues including Minister of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs, Gail Teixeira participated in discussions today with representatives of the Guyana Teachers’ Union and other trade unions in Guyana at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.

Senior Petroleum Coordinator in the Ministry of Natural Resources,  Gopnauth ‘Bobby’ Gossai has been blamed for the audit fiasco where US$214m in disputed oil expenses was slashed to US$3m and he is to be disciplined, a statement last night from Minister Vickram Bharrat said.

While finding that the decision of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a permit to ExxonMobil for its Gas to Energy (GTE) project was “contrary to law and improper,” High Court Judge Priya Sewnarine-Beharry has nonetheless refused to grant reliefs sought in an action which challenged that decision.

A 34-year-old crane operator was crushed to death by a heavy-duty machine moments after he jumped from it as it toppled while planting piles at a construction site of a shore base facility at Providence, East Bank Demerara.

The Public Procurement Commission plans to discuss the award of the controversial $865 million Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara, Pump Station contract which Member of Parliament David Patterson had written to it about, requesting that an investigation  be launched, sources say.

By Antonio Dey It was an emotional and heart-wrenching three minutes of tears as female Dorm Warden, Carlett Williams, recounted her terrifying experience before the presidential inquiry into the tragedy which claimed 20 lives including her five-year-old son.

The Rosignol/Zeelust Neighbour-hood Democratic Council (NDC) has launched an investigation into the removal of sand from a burial ground located at Murphy Dam Cemetery, West Bank Berbice, resulting in several tombs disappearing.

Leading US House Democrat, New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries  last night said that he discussed an inclusive and equitable Guyanese society when he last week met with Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton and his team in Washington.

President Irfaan Ali says that Guyana plans to work with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to develop a technology-driven regional food hub.

A Corentyne farmer yesterday pleaded guilty to the 2019 murders of a Canadian hotelier and his watchman at Number 63 Village, Corentyne, Berbice.

The man who allegedly broke into the house where Melissa Arokium and her eight-year-old son, Anthony Arokium, were found murdered in Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, was yesterday charged with threatening behaviour.

Demerara Mutual yesterday announced the opening of its latest branch office located at the new West Central Mall in Leonora, on the West Coast of Demerara.