Guyana News

An agreement was signed on Friday that would see workers in certain categories of employment in the private sector benefit from a minimum wage increase from June.

Chartered accountant and attorney Christopher Ram is challenging Minister of Finance Dr.

Following two attempts to torch his car, an East Coast Demerara businessman is blaming an ongoing feud over a piece of land as the source of the attacks and he is calling for a thorough investigation.

The 12-year-old child, who was struck down by a minibus along the Friendship, East Bank Demerara public road more than a week ago, remains comatose in a critical condition while the driver blamed for the accident has been released on station bail.

Preliminary investigations into the murder of taxi driver Rajendra Puran do not point in the direction of a carjacking and police are on the hunt for several of his associates, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said yesterday.

The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) yesterday said that power outages in parts of the East Coast and in Georgetown on Monday were caused by the inadvertent tripping of a circuit breaker.

Five Venezuelans were ordered deported and fined $30,000 each by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

A man was on Monday sentenced to one year in prison by Magistrate Sueann Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for escaping from lawful custody.

A woman who allegedly assaulted a man at Broad and Charles Streets was yesterday  put on $10,000 bail when she appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.

The University of Guyana (UG) said it will continue its outreach sessions to secondary schools in Region Two this week, where it will inform students about its programmes.

Oldendorff Carriers (Guyana) Inc is “deeply saddened” about the accident involving its tug on the Berbice River that resulted in the death of Andre Thompson and stands committed to supporting his family in their grief.

Forensic Analyst Lorraine Alleyne yesterday continued giving her evidence at the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against Bibi Sharima Gopaul and Jarvis Small for the murder of 16-year-old Neesa Gopaul.

Delano Williams who was charged with causing the death of Sewcharran Persaud Ugraj by dangerous driving on June 26 last year on Sheriff Street, Georgetown, was  freed of all charges when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has launched an internal investigation into how a young man died from oral hemorrhaging and a blood clot to his brain at the institution, days after extracting a tooth at a private dentist.

Six students from the University of Guyana will be representing the institution at the 30th Model of the Organisation of American States (MOAS) for universities in the hemisphere in Cochabamba, Bolivia from May 16-19.

Very wet conditions are forecast in  the extended weather outlook for the period May, June, July, the Hydrometeorological Services said in a press release last evening.

The President’s/Jefford Classic is gearing up to be one of Guyana’s grandest stages for showcasing local track and field talent as the event was officially launched yesterday by the organizers at Digicel’s head office in Barrack Street, Kingston.

Showman, Joseph Taylor, the man who was wanted in connection with the attempted murder of his reputed wife Eureka Garraway, yesterday turned himself over to police in the presence of his attorney.

A father who was accused of stealing his daughter’s cash had his simple larceny charge discharged yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton because of incorrect particulars in the  charge.

Head of the Government Information Agency (GINA) Neaz Subhan yesterday said the future of the agency, including the fate of its workers, hangs in the balance.