Guyana News

More than a week after the village of Aishalton, Region Nine was hit by a violent storm, Toshao Michael Thomas says that materials have been coming in, thanks to the collaborative efforts of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) and the Regional Executive Officer (REO), to start rebuilding the homes that were affected.

Julius Innis (address not stated) appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus where he was charged with assault.

Joseph Hamilton, Minister of Labour, yesterday toured the Aurora Gold Mines Incorporated (AGM)/Zijin Mining Group to observe its mining operations.

To ensure students graduate secondary school with the necessary skills for employment, the Ministry of Education’s Technical, Vocational Education Training Unit (TVET) will soon introduce aquaculture in select schools across the country.

Two West Coast Demerara men are in police custody after they were busted on Monday at Quartzstone Landing, Cuyuni River, Region Seven, with 12.2 pounds of cannabis.

On Monday, the George-town Chamber of Com-merce and Industry (GCCI) met with Zulu Investments, a Mexican company with over 20 years of experience in enterprise that is looking to explore business opportunities in Guyana.

Twenty-year-old Shavon Harry, of Lot 44 Princes Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on July 11, before Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus to face charges of break and enter and larceny.

Hugh Todd (right), Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation yesterday accepted Letters of Appointment from Gerardo Orlando Noto Garcia as the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for Guyana.

A haversack with 86 grams of marijuana was discovered at the Mahdia Arcade by police ranks on ATV patrol at Mahdia Landing, Region Eight, during a search for illegal firearms, ammunition andThe cannabis being weighed  narcotics.

On the verge of death, 24-year-old Dexter George now has a new lease on life after CHI surgeons used cow tissue to repair his heart in what is believed to be the first time this procedure has been utilised here.

Citizens, business owners and operators, and persons who frequent the Demerara Harbour Bridge are being invited to a meeting tomorrow with Juan Edghill, Minister of Public Works, and other key stakeholders at the Umana Yana, to discuss the logistical arrangement for the span 9 replacement closure and any other related issues.

PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo today expressed condolences on behalf of himself and the party, to the family and friends of Ashton Chase SC, the last of the party’s founder members, who passed away today.

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a US$76.2m loan to the Government of Guyana for the Guyana Water Supply Improvement Project under which systems serving five coastal communities will see major upgrades.

Amid criticisms of it,  the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) is inviting persons aggrieved over the award of  any government contract to lodge a formal complaint so as to trigger an administrative review.

By Joseph Allen The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) said that “it was a close call” for the five Chinese nationals whose lives were saved from the inferno that engulfed their supermarket on Saffon Street early on Saturday morning.

Two families are now contemplating their next move after a fire yesterday afternoon completely destroyed their houses at Murphy Dam, Rosignol, West Coast Berbice.

Mae’s Under 12 had the highest number of pupils in the top one percent at the recent National Grade Six Assessment.

Some 800 families  were yesterday offered residential house lots in Lusignan and Two Friends, East Coast Demerara through another of the government’s ‘Dream Realized’ allocation exercises.

Eighteen-year-old Derrick Garraway of Lot 15 River-view Sea dam, George-town, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus to answer to the charge of manslaughter that was laid against him.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh yesterday delivered the feature address at the launch of the IDB Invest, Caribbean-Suriname and Guyana Edition Workshop, at the Guyana Marriott Hotel.