Guyana News

A Springlands, Corentyne businessman says he is now counting losses of over $50 million after a fire suspected to be electrical in origin, yesterday morning swept through his ten-year-old, two- storey building which housed his clothing boutique.

Less than a week after Guyana became a member of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), the United States has withdrawn as an implementing country and this can have significant impacts on the openness of this country’s relationship with ExxonMobil.

The policeman who allegedly struck and killed pedestrian Anastacia Kerr along the Ogle Public Road almost two months ago is expected to face 12 charges today, including causing her death by dangerous driving and driving under the influence.

The police have wrapped up the investigation into the fatal accident along the Cove and John Public Road that claimed the life of cyclist Derrick Freeman and they are now awaiting legal advice on charges.

Three men were yesterday charged and remanded when they appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court for two armed robberies carried out in the Glasgow Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice.

Iwokrama will today relaunch its Science Programme at the World Science Day Event at the Pegasus Hotel at 6 pm thanks to a $62M donation from ExxonMobil.

For the sixth time in six years, a car has crashed into the Razac’s fence at Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara.

Activists renewed calls for the decriminalisation of marijuana and for the regulation of its use on Monday, when a consultation was hosted by Caricom’s Regional Commission on Marijuana.

Saying that he believes that the Skeldon Estate can sustain itself if some very important and necessary changes are made, Corriverton Mayor Krishnand Jaichand has called for the government to look at replacing the management of the factory instead of pursuing privatisation.

The Minister of Social Cohesion with the responsibility for Culture, Youth, and Sport, Dr.

Million-dollar bids for the sea defence at De Willem on the West Coast of Demerara and for the construction of an Immigration office in Linden, Region 10 were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board.

Kevon Meyers, a miner, was remanded to prison on Monday on a charge of possession of marijuana for trafficking.

The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission is working to make 1,700 acres of land available to residents of Mocha/Arcadia and before the end of the year they would be issuing 50-year leases, Commissioner Trevor Benn announced on Sunday.

Guyana Water Inc (GWI) has entered into agreements with over 50 Village Councils to ensure the upkeep of critical water systems in Region Nine.

A truck driver was fined $10,000 on Monday for driving under the influence of alcohol.

A Kitty man, who was charged last year with falsely obtaining $10 million to purchase a plot of land, had the case dismissed on Monday after the prosecution failed to present sufficient evidence.

Skeletal remains were found in a lot at Enmore Estate Road, East Coast Demerara, on Sunday afternoon.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), yesterday, held a beekeeping workshop as part of a two-phase project to enhance Guyana’s apiary industry.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Democrat Ralph Northam won a bitter race for Virginia governor yesterday, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump with a victory over a Republican who had embraced some of the president’s combative tactics and issues.

A Guyana-born New York Police Department (NYPD) officer was on Monday cleared of all charges for the fatal off-duty shooting of an unarmed motorist, the New York Post has reported.