Guyana News

Top Cop Henry Greene yesterday said that a call from former police commissioner Winston Felix for him to resign in the wake of an abuse allegation comes as no surprise, since the two had previous issues.

Office of the President (OP) press officer Kwame McCoy was yesterday placed on self-bail after he was arraigned on three charges, including two separate counts of assault.

The Art Williams and Harry Wendt aeronautical engineering school at the Ogle Airport could soon be recognized as an approved civil aviation training organisation by the Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority (T&TCAA).

Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd has recorded an after-tax profit of $1.92 B profit this year down slightly from the $1.98 B it notched up in 2010. 

A five-month long pilot project will be introduced in 32 secondary schools throughout the country to reverse sagging performances in Mathematics and English.

After a delay of more than two hours, new charter EZjet Air Services completed its inaugural flight and touched down at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport yesterday morning.

Calling for a new dispensation in the way Guyana is governed, former WPA executive member Eusi Kwayana is advocating that there be a revival of community-level governance systems that existed in the immediate post-emancipation era.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) earlier this week advised the police to charge Presidential Advisor Odinga Lumumba over an elections day incident in which he is alleged to have shoved a Presiding Officer and destroyed a phone belong to an elections observer.

Jennifer Young, who was accused of murdering a man in her backyard, was yesterday freed after a 12-member jury found her not guilty of the charge.

Two men who allegedly stole over $1M in cattle from a woman were released on bail after they were charged at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court yesterday.

More than a month after a brutal stabbing that left him hospitalised, Andrew Jackson identified his alleged assailant Delroy Thomas after seeing him on television newscast’s court round-up.

A man, who allegedly ordered chicken burgers from the Jerries restaurant and bar but refused to pay, was yesterday placed on self bail at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court.

Businessman Gerry Gouveia has written APNU leader David Granger over two noisy demonstrations by the coalition’s supporters outside his Duke Lodge operations in Kingston, saying that he is extremely disappointed that such “disorder” and “disrespect” was being allowed.

GT&T’s ‘Circus of Dreams’ turned into a nightmare last evening as a downpour began just minutes into the opening act, leaving both performers and their audience with no place to shelter.

The Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) yesterday continued its call for Commissioner of Police Henry Greene to resign amidst recent allegations of assault that a female has made against him and the shooting of protesters with rubber bullets earlier this month.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally and Chief Elections Officer Gocool Boodoo are contemplating legal action against opposition coalition APNU, which alleged that they were on the verge of declaring the PPP/C to have won the recent polls by a majority before being corrected by opposition-nominated commissioners.

Representatives of non-governmental organization Merundoi will be attending next Tuesday’s Prime Ministerial /Leadership Debate in Jamaica.

Almost two months after storm water swamped a section of Canvas City, Wismar, Linden, clogging a main culvert and causing severe erosion, affected residents are still awaiting de-silting of the area.

Senior Government Engineer, responsible for the Haags Bosch landfill on the East Bank Demerara, Walter Willis yesterday assured that the waste disposal facility remains opened and that no safety regulations were breached in connection with the crushing to death of a sanitation porter there.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday hosted an Ensigncy Parade at the Drill Square at Camp Ayanganna for the Standard Officers’ Course #44, which was completed by ranks from the army, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and Guyana Prison Services (GPS).