Guyana News

As the nation approaches Local Government Elections (LGE) on June 12, the Opposition APNU  wants Guyanese to reject the PPP’s desire, which it says is to “dominate and control” all aspects of people’s lives.

Incessant heavy rainfall yesterday spurred a water build-up in low-lying parts of Georgetown and other areas but by afternoon most of the accumulation had receded after downpours eased.

Steve Bacchus, a 29 year-old man of Lot 57 Prince William Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara was on Wednesday charged with the possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking and pleaded not guilty yesterday.

All Mahdia secondary school students are being given the option to write the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) in January, Education Minister Priya Manickchand said on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers conducted an operation at a residence in No.

The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (Iwokrama) has signed a Memorandum of Understand-ing (MOU) with the National Toshaos Council (NTC) to collaborate on initiatives relating to community development, biodiversity conservation, sustainable livelihoods and other areas.

Urgent intervention is required to rehabilitate the deteriorating sections of the main access road to the Eugene F Correia International Airport at Ogle and the management of the airport is preparing to write Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill for a meeting to discuss the issue.

Students of the University of Guyana’s Faculty of Technology were this week exposed to reclamation and construction engineering techniques used to create the artificial island in the Demerara River and the shore base at Vreed-en-Hoop.

The cancellation of yet another Parliamen-tary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting on Monday has seen opposition members slamming the government side for failing to honour their obligations and commitments to the House.

Justice of Appeal Rishi Persaud today granted ExxonMobil a stay of execution of an order by the High Court that it supply an “unlimited” financial guarantee for its Liza-1 well.

Guyana Defence Force Captain, Rondel Douglas was killed during a robbery in North Ruimveldt last night.

The construction of the new Christ Church Secon-dary School is expected to commence in two weeks as contracts to the tune of $688.1 million were signed between the Ministry of Education (MoE) and seven contractors yesterday.

Two children, ages three and nine,  died in a fire yesterday at Market Street, Belmont, Mahaica.

Following her statement that the “relevant parties” were made aware of the findings from the Ministry of Education-commissioned report on state dormitories,  Education Minister Priya Manickchand yesterday remained mum on who those persons were and when pressed said that the names would be made public at a later date.

Moments after being convicted on charges of raping a teenaged girl, shop owner Wesley Bazil collapsed at the High Court in Demerara after cutting his neck with a razor blade he had concealed on him.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill yesterday oversaw the signing of fifty contracts for roads within Region Six to the tune of $1.921b,  spanning a total length of 23,784 metres.

Eureka Medical Laboratory is facing the loss of an undisclosed amount of cash, after bandits armed with guns stole a safe from its Thomas Street premises.

Aimed at creating what it says is a stronger, modernised strategic partnership through reinforced political engagement and boosting trade and investment, the High Representative and the European Commission yesterday set out a New Agenda for Relations between the European Union (EU) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

Unicomer Group, Guyana, through its affiliate Global Franchising Corporation (GFC) has acquired RadioShack’s intellectual property assets and domains in about 70 countries around the world, including the United States, Canada, Europe and China.

Local company, Diamond Shorebase Inc has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an environmental permit to operate a dock facility at Friendship, East Bank Demerara.