Guyana News

The PPP/C today said that its MPs left last night’s flag raising ceremony after being “disrespected”.

Babita Sarjou’s former husband and his alleged accomplice today appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with her murder.

Prime Minister of Barbados Freundel Stuart is to be bestowed with the Order of Roraima,  Guyana’s second highest award, at State House tomorrow.

A Richard Ishmael Secondary School student who was to be a participant in the steel pan segment of the cultural show for tonight’s flag-raising has died in an accident.

Government yesterday identified the 33 persons who have been made honorary advisors as well as six appointed ministerial advisors and clarified that none had been given diplomatic status.

Guyana Water Inc’s (GWI) failure to take a series of actions including increasing tariffs has resulted in the loss of millions in potential revenue, according to an audit of the utility, even as it continues to operate at a loss and water wastage remains extremely high.

In an independence anniversary message to the National Assembly yesterday, President David Granger hailed the contributions of the country’s eight presidents and their administrations and he said the economy must be realigned and jobs created for the `good life’ to be attained.

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) has called on President David Granger to reassign junior Minister of Natural Resources Simona Broomes saying that a conflict of interest exists in relation to a mining permit approved for her daughter.

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal died yesterday morning after he lost control of an army vehicle and crashed into a parked truck along the Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara public road.

A farmer is now dead after he was fatally struck along the Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara public road on Monday morning.

An elderly man died on Monday evening, days after he suffered several blows to his head that were allegedly inflicted by his son after he refused to give him money.

A security guard attached to RK’s Security Services was shot and robbed on Monday evening, when he and a colleague were ambushed while attempting to make a deposit at the Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara branch of Demerara Bank.

Nearly 31% of Guyanese approve or understand violence against a wife who neglects her chores according to a 16-country survey by the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP).

While the fireworks display at the end of tonight’s flag raising ceremony at D’Urban Park is expected to leave spectators in awe, concerns have been raised about the effect it will have on the animals that dwell in the nearby Guyana Zoological Park and Botanical Gardens.

Leron La Rose, the man accused of fatally chopping an acquaintance after a row at Rose Hall last year, has been committed to stand trial at the next sitting of the Berbice Assizes for the offence.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, yesterday received the Report from the Board of Inquiry, which was established to probe allegations of wrongdoing at the Guyana Oil Company Limited (GUYOIL).

Two teenagers accused of robbing a man of money and other items were remanded to prison when they appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s court yesterday.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of possession of cannabis for trafficking after a court heard that he told lawmen he was only going to drop off the shipment.

A miner was last Friday remanded to prison after he was charged with allegedly wounding another man over a cellphone.

Lakeram, one of the four former workers who allegedly stole almost $3 million in goods from Toolsie Persaud Limited (TPL), was last Friday charged.