Guyana News

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) says it’s delegation to the Public Services International (PSI) Conference on Racism in Miami consisted of members from its Youth Committee as it believed that they are grappling with racism in the public service.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) said it invested $1.2M to make the season brighter for underprivileged Lower Corentyne residents.

The bulk of the 5.6 million euros Guyana received last year to cushion the 5% cut in the price of sugar on the European market went towards upgrading the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) packaging plant.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) says it is taking steps to regularise vending in front of Stabroek Market and added that it is alarmed at the increasing amount of refuse accumulating in different sections of the city.

Six Guyanese charged in the biggest drug bust in Barbados’ history are still on trial.

Two gunmen barged into a doctor’s office on Camp Street just as he was finishing up his clinic yesterday and robbed him of money and other items.

A pedal cyclist was killed yesterday afternoon on the Houston Bypass, Georgetown, when the driver of a speeding car lost control and slammed into him.

There is a possibility that some 2,500 cars might be able to park between the Guyana National Stadium and Buddy’s International Hotel at Providence, East Bank Demerara for the ICC Super Eight matches Guyana would be hosting.

The police are offering a reward of $2 million for information leading to the arrests of seven men, they say are wanted in connection with the investigation into the murder of Minister of Agriculture Satyadeow Sawh, other murders and serious offences.

Value Added Tax (VAT) registered businesses on the West Coast Demerara have mostly retained their last-year prices, fearing new prices would be too high for consumers.

Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has announced zero tolerance for nurses and doctors who exact payments from patients at government hospitals.

A number of trade unions and two of the major political parties believe government should extend the retirement age, which is currently 55 years.

Two men, one armed with a handgun, broke into a house at Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara and robbed a housewife of over $300,000 in cash and jewellery.

Ranks from a mobile patrol managed to retrieve a firearm and matching rounds that were thrown from a car they were chasing but failed to arrest the vehicle’s occupant(s).

A 45-year-old man died last Thursday, hours after being shot by police who raided his Kimbia, Berbice River farm and destroyed a quantity of marijuana plants.

A teenager was killed yesterday when the motor scooter he was riding crashed head on into a concrete culvert at Crane, West Coast Demerara.

The Guyana Revenue Autho-rity (GRA) yesterday slammed some television station hosts and owners, who it said, are peddling misinformation about Value Added Tax (VAT).

The Guyana Police Force wishes to notify the general public that ranks can now be reached by telephone at the newly built police stations situated at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara and Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company is now billing cell phone users per second rather than per minute following its recognition of the practice worldwide as well as its acquisition of the necessary equipment.

Work on the completion of the bridge across the Takutu River to link Guyana and Brazil by road is expected to recommence towards the end of this month under the supervision of the engineering corps of the Brazilian army.