Guyana News

The decomposing body of a middle-aged man was yesterday discovered in a room at an East Bank Demerara hotel.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 12:30 pm today on the Zealand Public Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, that claimed the lives of two persons, while one is hospitalized and another who reportedly escaped unhurt, left the scene.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) today said that it had lodged an appeal against the dismissal of the $600m theft charges against former Public Service Minister Jennifer Westford and her aide Margaret Cummings.

Striking teachers today gathered outside of the Ministry of Education on Brickdam.

Trinidad Opposition Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar has raised the prospect of Guyana oil being used to rescue the beleaguered Petrotrin refinery but Prime Minister Keith Rowley last evening said the aged facility had no reasonable prospect.

President David Granger has left his run for a second term in 2020 up to the parties in the APNU+AFC coalition but he has already received some endorsements from party leaders who trumpeted his anti-corruption image and integrity. 

In revamping the Albion, Blairmont and Uitvlugt sugar estates, government intends to employ some 10,000 persons and will appoint a Board to the Guyana Sugar Corporation that will make sound decisions to maximize the resources available and ensure the profitability of the industry.

The family of 23-year-old Akemo Anthony who died in an accident late Saturday night are hopeful that the police officer involved, who failed a breathalyzer test, will face the law.

To date, Guyana does not have approval from the Council of Legal Education (CLE) for the establishment of a law school and this matter will be on the agenda of the regional body when it meets here on September 6th to 8th.

Holding only his third press conference since his governing coalition won the General and Regional Elections in 2015, President David Granger on Friday said that it has always been his intention to have more frequent meetings with the media but this has been thwarted because of his duties as Head of State.

Guyana is set to be marketed as a must-go destination by North American and German  firms in an initiative spearheaded by the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) to put the country on the global map.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo will soon be furnished with a copy of the security sector reform report which was handed over to government in January and which will be laid in the National Assembly later in the year, President David Granger disclosed on Friday.

B.E.V Processors Inc has temporarily re-employed 40 staff members who were retrenched along with more than 300 other workers in July as the company moves towards clearing their inventory and liquidating their assets.

A Troy Resources Incorporated worker was on Friday charged with stealing in excess of $1 million worth of raw gold from his employer.

Guyana will celebrate its 50th anniversary as a Republic in 2020 and to commemorate this occasion, the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources will be launching a gold medallion.

A North Ruimveldt mechanic was on Sunday busted with over 1,600 grammes of cannabis after he was seen acting in a suspicious manner at Issano, Region Seven.

A police constable who failed a breathalyser test following a fatal accident which occurred about 11.40 pm yesterday is under close arrest and assisting with the investigation.

A 60-year-old Amelia’s Ward, Linden woman and her 30-year-old son are now dead, while three other members of their family are critically injured after a vehicular accident at Moblissa, Soesdyke-Linden Highway yesterday afternoon.

A long-delayed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Guyana and Trinidad on energy cooperation is expected to be signed in the coming weeks, according to Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Energy, Franklin Khan.

Noting that the Carter-Price Formula has outlived its usefulness, President David Granger said on Friday that he favours the involvement of the National Assembly in determining the composition of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).