Guyana News

The West Ruimveldt area between Sunflower and Cactus streets remained without electricity yesterday for a third day running, and nearly 500 households are affected, including legitimate customers.

Figures provided by the police traffic department show that road fatalities are up by a whopping 44% this year compared to last year.

Almost five months after the alleged drug deal conversation between Senior Police Superintendent Steve Merai and a city businessman surfaced the police remain tightlipped about the investigation.

The Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is still to receive a response from the Guyana government on its reasons for the withdrawal of state advertising from the Stabroek News more than four months after first making a written request.

Almost one week after a blue and white Piper Seneca aircraft disappeared from an airstrip in Anna Regina investigators say they are still working on all possible leads to locate it.

The Ministry of Agriculture is collaborating with Region Seven farmers to promote sustainable farming as it continues to work with and in hinterland communities to reduce obstacles to agricultural development.

A Better Hope man who was chopped several times and then hit with pool balls and a brick on Wednesday at a rum shop in Montrose, East Coast Demerara is clinging to life at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce is yet to announce what steps will be taken regarding the waiver on the Common External Tariff (CET) for extra-regional cement imports, which comes to an end this month.

Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard Petty Officer and final year Electrical Engineering student Jason Benjamin was yesterday elected President of the University of Guyana Students Society (UGSS).

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says it has no legal responsibility to participate in the appointment of scrutineers by the opposition Parliamentary political parties.

Members of the Government Pensioners’ Association of Guyana (GPAG) last week voiced concerns about issues affecting them at a programme held to mark their 58th anniversary celebration.

President Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday received Letters of Credence from Barbados High Commissioner to Guyana John Williams at the Office of the President.

Unoccupied house lots overgrown with bush pose a security threat and those persons who have not built on the land may have their lots repossessed.

Toshaos and senior councillors from more than 100 Amerindian communities are expected to participate at a training session during the one-week National Toshaos Conference slated to begin tomorrow.

The Region Eight Regional Democratic Council (RDC) was given a boost recently when Minister Kellawan Lall handed over a computer system and an all-terrain vehicle to the community.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) is calling for measures to be put in place to avoid major road fatalities like the recent one that claimed ten lives in Linden.

The businessman who was attacked by two pit bulls while he was jogging near Well Road, West Ruimveldt earlier this month has been discharged from hospital but he still cannot use his hands.

Parents have not been asked to buy beds for students to attend the Port Kaituma Secondary School in Region One (Barima/Waini), Regional Executive Officer Mary Williams said in response to a claim by two PNCR-1G Members of Parliament.

Fifty-eight youths last week completed a six-month Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training Programme which will equip them with the skills to seek employment, create their own businesses and pursue further studies in their desired fields.

The Dental Council has announced the names of the dentists legally registered to practise dentistry in Guyana.