Guyana News

The opposition parties, APNU and AFC, are open to consultations with the government on legislation they plan to bring to the National Assembly but say that the same courtesy would have to be extended to them.

Several underage teens some as young as 13 were, in the wee hours of yesterday morning, busted for underage drinking  after police raided the popular Platinum Bar and Night Club downstairs of the Platinum Hotel in Bartica.

As of July 1 this year, Lindeners will begin paying close to the commercial cost of electricity generation for power consumed over 50 Kwh.

Minister of Transport Robeson Benn has said that the Chinese ferries will be put into operation in the first week in August, after setbacks plaguing the retrofitting of the Parika and Supenaam stellings resulted in undue delays.

The relatives of businessman Mohammed Baksh are calling on the authorities to investigate the circumstances surrounding his execution-style killing thoroughly as they remain puzzled as to why someone wanted him dead.

Residents of Buxton are hoping that the commissioning of the 21st century Tipperary Hall last Thursday will revive the many social activities that were once common in the community and  that partnership with the government that led to the restoration of the facility will continue, a press release from the Government Information Agency stated.

Guyana cannot ignore the serious sanction from the World Bank on the China Communications Construc-tion Company, the parent company of the firm contracted to execute expansion works on the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Timehri (CJIA), Timehri according to Shadow Minister of Finance Carl Greenidge.

Minister within the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development Norman Whittaker says government has invested in training overseers and assistant overseers in order to boost their capacity to fulfil their mandate.

European Union Ambassador Robert Kopecky recently paid an official visit to the office of the BK Group of Companies on Mandela Avenue and met with the company’s managing director, Brian Tiwarie, and senior members of his staff, a press release stated.

Time is running out on the gains made from last year’s elections, according to historian Dr.

Chartered accountant Christopher Ram believes there is need for rules for the governance of state- owned enterprises in the wake of the ongoing saga surrounding the Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington and the quest to find out how his brother got wind of an investment opportunity in Hand in Hand Trust Company Inc.

‘Every blood donor is a hero’, that was the theme for Thursday’s observances of World Blood Donor Day and the Berbice Regional Health Authority (BRHA) is planning to honour its heroes in Berbice.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon said on Thursday that as the impact of the opposition led budget cuts on several agencies deepens, it is surprising the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has remained silent.

A Mon Repos Market vendor was stabbed five times about her body when two armed men invaded her home on Saturday evening, escaping with an undisclosed sum of money after assaulting her family.

A variety of vegetable and flower seeds were donated to the Ministry of Agriculture by Food for the Poor (Guyana) Incorporated in the boardroom of the Non- Governmental Organization last Wednesday.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) recently engaged in discussions with teams from two Canadian tertiary institutions that have offered to train Guyanese for development in the emerging oil and gas sector.

President Donald Ramotar says Guyana is looking to Russia to be an advocate at important international forums as it prepares to highlight the Low Carbon Development Strategy and REDD + Partnership with the Norwegian government at the upcoming United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (RIO +20) in Brazil later this month.

El Dorado Rum has been unveiled as the official rum of the Scotiabank Caribbean Festival 2012, formerly known as Caribana, scheduled for Toronto, Canada from July 10 to August 12.

Octogenarian Cecil Oswald Milo overcame disappointment from poor exam results and putting aside his dream to become a mechanic at the Diamond Sugar Estate to train and serve an electrician there for over 30 years.

Prominent scholar-politician Dr Rupert  Roopnaraine has agreed to deliver this year’s Martin Carter Memorial Lecture  which is scheduled for the Umana Yana on Thursday, June 28.