Guyana News

A number of tenders were opened on Thursday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for projects for the Guyana Defence Force.

Acting Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken on Thursday visited Lethem, Region 9, and listened to law enforcement issues that are plaguing the town even as he urged residents to work with and not against the police, a release from Guyana Police Force said.

The body of the GEB Security guard who reportedly slipped and fell in the Demerara River while he was on duty was found floating in the Demerara River in the vicinity of the Pritipaul’s Singh’s Wharf, Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara on Thursday.

The Ministry of Health’s Maternal and Child Health Department (MCH) last Tuesday held its first Quarterly MCH and Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) review meeting at the Marriott Hotel, Kingston.

A 21 year-old Essequibo businessman was arrested on Wednesday after being found in possession of suspected cannabis.

Construction of the first forty-eight homes is progressing under the Lethem Housing Support Programme, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) said today.

Former Bishops’ High School teacher, Coen Jackson, has now been cleared of all remaining sexual assault charges against him, after the virtual complainant informed the court that she was withdrawing the allegations.

Both Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat and Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI) Head Prem Misir remain mum on their respective roles in the country’s suspension from the EITI, as civil society group Policy Forum yesterday warned of even more serious sanctions if actions are not rectified and systems upgraded.

The Bank of Guyana (BoG) yesterday rebuked the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) over its comments concerning the alleged foreign currency shortage in the country.

A West Demerara man is now dead after being involved in a single-vehicle accident.

Conceding to an overnight deal with bondholders, Digicel’s founder, Denis O’Brien, is set to ‘let go of the reins’ as the company has agreed to a comprehensive plan reduce its debt.

The office of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) in Lethem, Region Nine was dismantled during the wee hours of yesterday morning, allegedly by workers of a contractor who was awarded a contract to carry out remedial work by the Regional Democratic Council (RDC), which has claimed ownership of the building occupied by the PNCR for decades.

ExxonMobil yesterday said that a crane toppled while lifting a container at its Ogle East Coast Demerara site where construction for its local headquarters is underway and that an investigation has bene launched.

Residents in Rose Hall, Corentyne yesterday took to the street in protest after they accused lawmen in Berbice of wrongfully arresting a young man in connection with a robbery committed on a business place in the town.

Loopholes in Guyana’s Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Act, which is aimed at combatting suspicious financial transactions will soon be addressed as two pieces of amendments will be tabled in the National Assembly, Attorney General Anil Nandlall stated.

First Bauxite LLC (FBX), the parent company of Guyana Industrial Minerals (GINMIN),  which operates at Bonasika, Demerara River in Region Three, has announced major changes in its board and senior management. 

Police on Tuesday arrested a gold miner who was in possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition at a makeshift camp in Region Ten.

Following a joint exercise by police and army on Wednesday at Ikuruwa Creek, Canje Creek Berbice River three marijuana farms were destroyed and a shot gun with matching ammunition seized.

Wildlife trader, Feezal Shaw was recently sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined $2.1 million in restitution to the survivors after being found guilty on a single count of Trafficking in Persons (TIP).

The body of a fifty-four-year-old labourer of Perseverance Region Two was discovered floating in a trench in the community by residents early yesterday morning.