Residents of Barama, Region One are bemoaning the three-month closure of the Yakishuri Aerodrome by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) as the Barama River is dry and their access to health care and other services has been severely hindered.
The US$200,000 bond lodged by the defunct Dynamic Airways cannot cover all the costs incurred in paying out refunds for the 609 passengers who were affected when the air carrier ground to a halt last year.
The Health Authority in Region Six has launched an investigation after a Corentyne resident who was diagnosed with wind pain at the Port Mourant Hospital on April 8 had to undergo emergency intestinal surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital the following day.
Four months after a work accident caused him to lose both hands, mechanical engineering student Melroy Pyle is one step closer to reclaiming his independence, after receiving prostheses from an overseas company.
The Attorney General’s Chambers has taken issue with the apparent failure by Chairman of the Public Service Appellate Tribunal Justice (retired) Nandram Kissoon to recuse himself from hearing a matter involving his niece, former Deputy Solicitor General Prithima Kissoon.
Seven of the ten men who were arrested in connection with the murder of a Dominican Republic miner, Pedro Pablo Rosario, in the Cuyuni have been released on bail by the police.
A party of police from ‘F’ Division has been deployed to Quartz Stone backdam, Cuyuni, to probe a reported murder, Commander Kevin Adonis said last night.
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders met yesterday with United States Vice President, Mike Pence, on the margins of the final day of the Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru.
Rejecting suggestions of any conflict of interest because he was once a director of a locally-registered oil company, the Deputy Director of the Petroleum Directorate Nicholas Chuck-A-Sang says qualified Guyanese in the sector should be encouraged to serve their homeland without concerns that they will be influenced by their former employers.
Attorney General Basil Williams SC on Friday sounded a warning to both the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), saying that they need to secure convictions as they are critical to showing the effectiveness of measures Guyana has taken to combat money laundering.
Saying that the misconduct charges filed against former Finance Minister Ashni Singh and former head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington cannot hold up in court, attorney Anil Nandlall has warned that lawsuits will be filed over the character damage that has been done.
A fire, suspected to be an act of arson, gutted the White Castle Fish Shop at John and Hadfield Streets, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, early yesterday morning, leaving the proprietor counting millions of dollars in losses, and his common-law wife in custody as the prime suspect.
A Soesdyke woman was killed on Friday afternoon, while several others were injured after the unlicensed driver of the minibus they were travelling in lost control of the vehicle along the Land of Canaan Public Road, on the East Bank of Demerara and collided with a utility pole.
Minister of Finance Winston Jordan on Friday clarified that Professor Clive Thomas remains Chairman of the board of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) as Cabinet had deferred a decision on a new board.
With the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) falling short of its target for losses last year, Divisional Director of Loss Reduction Parsram Persaud has projected better results this year due to ongoing network upgrade works that have already yielded positive results.
After the recent Court of Appeal finding that he was wrongly dismissed by the Guyana Police Force in 2009, former Police Superintendent Simon McBean has not ruled out the possibility, if asked, of returning to the institution, to which he had dedicated 17 years of his life.
The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has increased its surveillance at the two local international airports but there is need for more manpower to better monitor interior locations and prepare for the expected growth of the aviation sector, according to Director-General Colonel (Ret’d) Egbert Field.
Over 40 young girls will over the next 12 weekends undergo training in coding as part of an initiative to encourage and nurture their participation in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) field.
Anthony Daniels lives on the streets and before now his meals often came from garbage bins, yet when he was asked to “stray” a dog for a fee he could not find it in his heart to follow through and instead made the dog his friend and companion.