Guyana News

Enmore/Hope Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) Chairman Mark Mahase says that the computers which were seized by the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) would’ve been put to use by now, if they had been returned.

There is no word on who will be taking up the maintenance of the Zeelugt New Housing Scheme roads.

Twelve young people from several regions across Guyana have been equipped with the knowledge to assist their indigenous communities in sustainable forest management, following a two-week training programme with the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC).

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today said that irrespective of Tuesday’s ruling by the CCJ as to whether he is eligible for a third term he will remain the General Secretary of the PPP and plans to take an active role in any future PPP government.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) has established a Coordinating Committee for its ‘Sustainable and Resilient Communities Programme’ and ‘Alternative Livelihoods Initiative’ in the wake of around 5,000 of its employees losing their jobs over the last two years.

Sixteen constituencies have been removed from 14 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in what Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has described as gerrymandering in a bid to reduce PPP/C wins at the upcoming local government elections.

Two suspects in the disappearance of a Crabwood Creek pensioner have led police to the discovery of burnt remains at a temple.

The Finance Minister filed a $200 million lawsuit against opposition parliamentarian Juan Edghill for malicious prosecution.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has fixed next Tuesday for the delivery of the long-awaited final ruling on the constitutionality of the presidential term limit, which will determine whether former two-term president Bharrat Jagdeo can seek re-election.

President David Granger yesterday issued a proclamation declaring Monday, June 25th as a National Day of mourning in memory of the more than one dozen fishermen who lost their lives in the deadly attacks that occurred between April 27th and May 3rd, 2018 off the coast of Suriname.

Following complaints about the condition of the Baramita runway months after major rehabilitation works were completed, the contractor will be required to fix three potholes and 30 ft by 20 ft of sand seal that has become separated from parts of the airstrip.

K&P Project Management, the company that owes the Region Six administration a bulldozer after failing to satisfy the terms of a contract, has indicated that it will refund the region the money.

The Karasabai Sub-District is now cut off from the rest of the Rupununi and one Lethem family has been relocated to a shelter as the water levels in the region continue to rise.

Up to 1,000 students can be accommodated in the newly reconstructed Golden Grove Secondary School, which was officially handed over yesterday.

Cabinet has discussed the increased fuel prices and is considering options carefully to avoid future negative effects on the country’s balance of payments, according to Minister of Finance Winston Jordan.

A part-time nanny has been charged with using an iron to burn a six-year-old boy who was left in her care.

Criminal charges have been filed against the owner of an East Bank Demerara supermarket after a search by the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) resulted in the discovery of scores of cans of “Anglo Corn Beef” with foreign labelling as well as a quantity of expired goods.

The police in Berbice were yesterday continuing their manhunt for Lionel Thomas, the Rose Hall, Corentyne man who allegedly wounded his ex-wife and pregnant daughter and then set their Babu John, Port Mourant, Corentyne house on fire on Wednesday evening.

Imran Lyte, the Limlair farmer who tried to end his life after he killed his wife in a grisly attack on Wednesday evening, remained hospitalised in a stable condition yesterday. 

A businessman is currently in police custody after he allegedly discharged several shots at a former tenant, who allegedly doused him with a flammable liquid and attempted to set him alight yesterday morning during a confrontation along Regent Street, Georgetown.