Guyana News

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.

Laurel Gittens has been confirmed as the first female Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) of the City Constabulary.

The 11-year-old Guyanese boy who was being prevented from writing the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examination by the Trinidad and Tobago (TT) Ministry of Education because he did not have a student permit will now be allowed to do so.

A draft bill to repeal the section of the law which provides for the establishment of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority has been sent to the Parliamentary Appoint-ments Committee for comments, following which it will engage the attention of stakeholders, Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General Basil Williams SC has said.

Following incidents of elevated mercury emissions, Executive Director of Conservation International-Guyana Dr David Singh has been appointed to lead an expert committee in the review of the operations of the Guyana Gold Board’s laboratory.

Following reports that some residents of Tapakuma, Region Two, have contracted Typhoid, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has intervened to test and disinfect the community’s well.

A recent investigation by the Region Four Regional Democratic Council (RDC) has found that part of the profit from a fundraising barbecue hosted by the Enmore/Hope Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) cannot be accounted for.

The former Joint Services members being sought by the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the 2008 Lindo Creek killings are wanted for interviews to determine if they have any relevant information for the investigation, according to legal counsel Patrice Henry.

A total of 45 persons on Friday completed an Initial Damage Assessment course conducted by the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) in association with the United States Agency for Inter-national Development’s Office of U.S.

GOLD COAST, Australia, CMC – St Lucia’s Levern Spencer and Troy Doris of Guyana both won gold on the penultimate day of the Commonwealth Games here Saturday.

  Guyana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for last year was 2.1%, falling short of government’s projection of 2.9%, and the 2016 figure of 3.3%, Finance Minister Winston Jordan said yesterday.

Guyana has earned US$36,169 in interest from the Bank of Guyana (BoG) on the US$18 million signature bonus lodged there in 2016 from the ExxonMobil Production Sharing Agreement (PSA).