Guyana News

There is far too much uncertainty surrounding the scrap metal trade and the law governing it is severely outdated, an investigation into the Scrap Metal Unit has said.

Carifesta Avenue will be widened and the insignia of various Heads of State will be placed there in time for Caricom Day.

Pandemonium broke out at the Guyana National Stadium early yesterday morning and about 30 persons were injured after a fight broke out between two men at the Banks Beer Fest concert.

The United States is concerned that drug flows through the Caribbean are on the rise, according to a top US anti-narcotics official who said Washington remains “very concerned” that high level traffickers are not being arrested and prosecuted.

Onika Luke, the 16-year-old waitress who was shot in her chin during an attempted robbery at a Better Hope restaurant  on Friday, remains a patient at the Woodlands Hospital Intensive Care Unit.

A Rose Hall town man is now dead after he collided with a horse on the public road in Portuguese Quarter, Corentyne on Thursday evening.

Region Two is not in a position to offer any help at the moment to parts of the Pomeroon which have been hit by tidal flooding, according to its Regional Executive Officer (REO).

President David Granger yesterday said that it is his view that corruption in Guyana is more widespread outside of government and said a concerted effort must be made by all to tackle the scourge and go after the “real rogues”.

One fisherman is now dead, while three of his crew mates are missing after they were attacked on Friday night by five pirates armed with cutlasses in Corentyne waters.

Poor planning and supervision were major contributory factors in the collapse of the PPP/C government’s multi-billion dollar E-Governance Project but with a detailed plan for completion, a new management team and the hiring of a technical expert it can still be salvaged, a forensic audit conducted by Chartered Accounting Firm Ram and McRae has concluded.

A 16-year-old waitress is currently hospitalised at a private city hospital after she was shot to the chin late Friday evening by a lone gunman, who posed as a customer and attempted to rob the Chinese restaurant where she works.

They all did it for various reasons but the women in the Guyana Fire Service over the years came together in their agendas: to serve people and to provide support where needed.

The remote regions of Guyana are now accessible, to those who may not want to travel to them, through the pages of Undiscovered Guyana a book featuring images of Guyana’s diverse landscapes.

Guyana is in a serious crisis when it comes to sex abuse among children and there is also the frightening situation of oral sex and sexual touching being pervasive among nursery-level children, while the majority of the girls in their late teens found in state homes are there because of sexual abuse, a roundtable discussion convened by ChildLink Inc heard recently.

The United States has reiterated its recognition of the 1899 Arbitral Tribunal Award settling the boundary between Guyana and Venezuela, even as it expressed concern about the ongoing turmoil in Caracas.

Local actress and radio personality Nuriyyih Gerrard was on Friday night crowned Miss Guyana World 2016 as the local leg of the annual pageant concluded with a simple coronation ceremony at Parc Rayne.

The police yesterday arrested Colwyn Croal, who was wanted in connection with several crimes, including the recent attempted murder of a Linden resident and her employer.

Germany’s Ambassador to Guyana Lutz Hermann Görgens last week signalled his country’s interest in providing technical support to the Georgetown Municipality in the areas of renewable energy and special training opportunities, during a courtesy call on Mayor Patricia Chase-Green.

Minister within the Ministry of Public Health Dr Karen Cummings is advocating embracing the use of technology in the public health sector as a means of improving services.

The introduction of a tax rebate system may be an option exercised by government in its quest to ensure that the public fully benefits from the removal of some taxes, including VAT, on some consumer goods, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan said Monday.