News

Massy Stores will open its first supermarket here tomorrow at Providence.

A 19-year-old miner died on Monday afternoon after the mining pit he was working in at Konawaruk, Region Eight caved in and buried him.

The APNU+AFC coalition is facing criticism for fielding a candidate who has been repeatedly charged—although not convicted—for child molestation at Friday’s local government polls.

A suspect in the murder of farmer Anthony Breedy was arrested yesterday, moments after a stolen vehicle belonging to the dead man was found abandoned at Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara.

Six thousand homes across 25 hinterland communities in Guyana will receive solar home systems following the inauguration on Monday of the Sustainable Business Models for Rural Electrification and Energy Access in Guyana Project by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI), a release from MPI said.

Stakeholders in New Zealand have accused Malaysian timber giant Samling of boycotting local efforts to build up a wood-processing industry.

The 15,000 ounces figure cited by Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman of gold being smuggled out of Guyana each week has been labelled as “ridiculous” by the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA).

The Commonwealth Secretariat yesterday made a proposal to the Guyana Government on the establishment of a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) which puts Parliament at the apex of its management.

Following a report in yesterday’s Stabroek News under the headline `Mother disgusted ten-year-old held in police lockups over the weekend” in which it is reported that a ten-year-old boy was placed in the lockups at the Springlands Police Station, Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud has directed the Police Office of Professional Responsibility to conduct an urgent investigation into the matter, a release from the police said.

A ninety-year-old man, a retired head teacher and an information technology consultant are set to battle on Friday to represent Meadow Bank-Agricola on the Mayor and City Council.

President David Granger on Monday agreed to put together a team to travel to Masakenari and Parabara villages, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo (Region Nine) to meet the people to determine how best to address problems affecting them.

The two men arrested in the fatal beating of a bouncer at a Guyanese bar in Queens, New York over the weekend no longer face manslaughter charges, prosecutors said on Monday, according to the New York Daily News.

Although it has been nearly two weeks, the evidence of the fire that claimed the lives of 17 inmates at the Camp Street Prison has not yet been erased.

A lone, armed bandit robbed the D&B Sankar Candy Shop of over $1M cash, jewellery and phone cards, just as the owners were about to close their business at around 6.50 pm last evening.

Businessman and florist Gerhard Ramsaroop says that the City Constabulary must be urgently reformed and he also wants a mini-bus shuttle system introduced in Georgetown to ease traffic congestion.

Guyana and other Caribbean countries are closer to accessing funding to build new roads, bridges, ports and other vital infrastructure under the United Kingdom’s Caribbean Infrastructure (UKCIF) Programme.

The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region One (Barima-Waini) is refuting statements made by the Ministry of Business accusing it of selective distribution and misrepresentation of Small Business Bureau (SBB) registration forms.

A delivery man was yesterday released on $75,000 bail after denying that he chopped a man who tried to break up a row he had with another man.

First Lady, Sandra Granger on Monday agreed to partner with the Step by Step Foundation and Republic Bank (Guyana) Incorporated to increase awareness about autism in Guyana, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

A teenager appeared in court yesterday to answer to a charge that he stole $1,000 during an armed robbery and he was remanded to prison.