Guyana News

Former Minister of Finance Winston Jordan was arrested this morning on allegations of misconduct in office and was told that he would be charged.

Three persons who allegedly attempted to bribe lawmen at the Golden Grove Police Station, East Bank Demerara were yesterday charged and released on $40,000 bail.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is now close to appointing a new Chief Election Officer (CEO) after deciding yesterday that only two candidates:  Jamaican Leslie Harrow and Guyanese Vishnu Persaud will  be interviewed for the post.

Addressing the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) President’s Dinner and Award Ceremony on Tuesday evening, Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali called for the removal of “nonsensical” barriers that hinder intra-regional food trade within CARICOM.

Following letters and reports in the press about road work at Tuschen that failed just months after completion, the Ministry of Public Works has instructed the contractor, Mohamed Fawaz Bacchus Construction and Transportation  to remedy the defects.

Doctors, nurses and midwives of the maternity ward at the Suddie Public Hospital are celebrating a baby who was delivered at 26 weeks weighing only 920 grams.

A man who was involved in the hit and run which caused the death of pedestrian, Whitfield James, is expected to be sentenced next Wednesday.

Digital versions of COVID-19 vaccination cards are expected to be accepted in December as part of the country’s new emergency COVID-19 measures.

A meeting billed as a consultative exercise on Guyana’s Local Content Bill and amendments to the Sovereign Wealth Fund Act was held yesterday with an official from Ghana.

Massy Distribution has agreed to a six percent wage and salary increase for its workers.

Tuesday’s shutdown of the Denerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) resulted in the loss of 36 Megawatts (MWs) prior to the repowering of the grid.

Former El Dorado Trading Company General Manager Neville Chandrawattie, was yesterday afternoon discharged of the 2007 murder of his co-worker, gold and diamond dealer Dharam Chanmangra, after High Court Judge Jo-Ann Barlow upheld a no-case submission the man’s attorney made.

The trial of Sylvester Vanderhyden who is accused of the 2008 murder of             Melissa Payne is set to officially commence at 9:30 this morning before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the High Court in Demerara.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for consultancy services for the road link between the East Bank Demerara and East Coast Demerara and the design of the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary water control project in Region Five.

With the Kumu River and Moco-Moco Creek expected to experience significant pollution during the construction and rehabilitation respectively of two hydro-power plants, the EPA has recommended that an Environmental Management Plan be put in place to mitigate these adverse impacts during construction for both hydro plants.

One month after it announced it would engage with China State Construc-tion Engineering Corpora-tion (CSCEC) for the building of the new Deme-rara Harbour Bridge, government is readying itself to commence negotiations with the company, according to Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill.

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday donated planting materials and broiler chicks to the Agriculture Science Department of the North Georgetown Secondary School.

Some 342 soldiers of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) have been awarded cash incentives for their outstanding service throughout the year.

Two men were on Wednes-day placed before the Lethem Magistrate’s Court on narcotics charges with one being sentenced to three years imprisonment and the other fined.

Devon Thomas was this afternoon sentenced to 12 years behind bars for the 2013 Mashramani Day killing of Enterprise businessman Kumar Mohabir; but will spend just about a another two, after deductions were made for his pre-trial remand and his guilty plea.