Guyana News

The PPP/C says the opposition’s tactics on the selecting of a Speaker for the new Parliament show a lack of sincerity which does not bode well for future cooperation; an assertion which the APNU and the AFC both denied yesterday.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has identified the reduction of the Value-added Tax (VAT), the raising of the income tax threshold and the review of all major government projects over the past two years among priority issues for action by the parties entering the Tenth Parliament.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) is clearing the outfall channel to ensure the sluice at Bee Hive, East Coast Demerara is working, even as residents brace for flooding given the high levels of water recorded following heavy rainfall this week.

Leelkumarie Mangal spends most of her days in a hammock hung outside her small Lusignan home contemplating life and death.

An assessment of Guyana’s forestry sector in preparation of Independent Forest Monitoring (IFM) under the Guyana-Norway forest protection pact has identified several weaknesses in Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) practices including the procedure to renew expired Timber Sales Agreements (TSA).

Another gold mining company is upping its operations here and is seeking employees.

The refurbished and expanded Celina’s Atlantic Resort has been sold and will reopen in time for the New Year.

Didco Trading Limited officials are mum on the petition filed by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the High Court to institute winding-up proceedings against the company, which the tax agency said failed to honour its financial obligations.

The European Union says that it is confident that the funds provided to the Guyana government will result in the upgrading of the factories, land conversion and improvements in the sugar industry.

Police have identified a few places in the Berbice River where more raids would be conducted to locate and destroy marijuana fields.

As is typical at this time of the year, barrels, boxes and other cargo have been arriving galore and although its so close to Christmas, there was still a huge amount waiting to be cleared and delivered up to yesterday.

Three Corentyne families that lost their homes in separate fires during last month were among groups that recently received donations from the Saint Francis Community Developers (SFCD), through the Food for the Poor (FFP) organization.

A housewife yesterday got her Christmas wish when she drove off in a brand New Toyota Allion car while 20 other persons won 32” flat screen televisions and 20 others were presented with hampers valued at $20,000.

A carpet binder employed at Kissoon’s, collapsed and died yesterday morning at his workplace at Industrial Site, Ruimveldt Georgetown.

The body of a man who was discovered lying dead in the canal at Prospect, on the East Bank of Demerara, has been identified as 44-year-old Zokho Persaud Premraj.

The preliminary inquiry into the murder of No. 48 Village, Corentyne housewife, allegedly killed by her elderly husband, began on Wednesday at the No.

A man who ended up in a bar fight with a co-worker was on Thursday placed on $50,000 bail when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm.

Facing the Future (FtF), an umbrella group supported by a number of sponsoring organizations concerned with the local political process, will convene a one-day conference early next month  in order to revise its  framework for electoral reform.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) is encouraging its prepaid customers to purchase an adequate amount of electricity tokens/cards to ensure a supply of electricity throughout the Christmas and Boxing Day holidays.

A man died in a boat accident in Adam’s Creek, in the Pomeroon River yesterday evening.