Guyana News

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is mulling the purchase of additional generators to support its pump stations currently serving heavily populated areas around the country, according to Managing Director Dr.

DNA samples have been taken for testing from the remains suspected to be those of missing labourer Patrick Vyfhuis, which were discovered more than two weeks ago at Kuribrong, in Region Eight.

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) investigation into the Jet Ski accident, which claimed the life of overseas-based Guyanese Ravindra Budhraj in July, remains active, MARAD’s Director of Safety John Flores has said.

Despite being presented with questions for written responses more than three weeks ago, Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence was granted a request to defer responding to them, after she said that her staff has been unable to do the requisite research to answer the questions due to being occupied with other duties.

The Guyana Government values the role played by Indigenous Peoples in Guyana’s national development efforts highly, and Guyanese should be considering how to balance the traditionalist views of them with their desire to be integrated into the socio-economic, cultural and political life of the country, Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) Ambassador Riyad Insanally said last Thursday.  

Devon Porter, the taxi driver who police say attempted to dump a gun after a bid to evade them ended in an accident, is now a remanded prisoner.

(BBC) Trinidadian novelist Sir VS Naipaul, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, has died at his home in London aged 85, his family have said.

(Reuters) – Federal authorities today  were seeking to learn what drove an airline worker to steal an empty airplane from Seattle’s airport in a security scare that caused the scrambling of U.S.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today denied making a derogatory remark about Amerindian persons. 

Following the suggestion by Working People’s Alliance (WPA) executive member Professor Clive Thomas that Guyana should commit a percentage of its oil revenue to direct cash transfers to citizens in order to combat poverty, the party has vowed to lobby government to adopt and implement the policy.

Although saying he supports conditional transfers to citizens, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has cast doubt on Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Executive Professor Clive Thomas’ suggestion of introducing cash transfers for every household from expected oil revenues, while dismissing it as a ploy for the 2020 general elections.

Short-drop Route 42 (Georgetown-Timehri) minibus operators plan to strike during rush hour on Monday to protest their removal from their long-time park at Russell Square, Stabroek.

The Guyana Teacher’s Union (GTU) has officially informed the Ministry of Education of its intention to strike, starting on August 27th, over failed salaries and benefits talks.

Despite a rise in some categories of robberies, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday said it has recorded a 5% decrease in serious crimes at the end of July, 2018, compared with the same period last year.

Radha Sukwah, the 46-year-old woman who police say confessed to killing her partner, Pomeroon farmer Deonarine, at his home last Friday, has been charged with manslaughter and released on $400,000 bail.

Accused child molester Otis Pearson, also known as ‘Otisha,’ has been committed to stand trial in the High Court for causing a 14-year-old boy to perform a sexual act on him.

An aviation officer was yesterday granted bail after he was charged with causing the death of a pedestrian by dangerous driving.

Vending is continuing as per normal at the Stabroek Market wharf despite the recent collapse of a section of the roof as the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) continues to prepare a portion of the council’s reserve, west of the Public Buildings, to relocate vendors.

The Guyana Court of Appeal on Thursday dismissed an application filed by the Attorney General (AG) to stay an order issued by Chief Justice Roxane George SC compelling him to bring the Judicial Review Act (JRA) into force by July 31st.

Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs has advised Members of Parliament (MPs) that criticism of the character or actions of the Speaker are impermissible, whether done inside or outside of the National Assembly.