Guyana News

The Guyana Government says that Justice Sandil Kissoon’s ruling yesterday declaring the recent teachers strike as legal and preserving their pay overturns a salutary principle that guides industrial relations.

By Shuntel Glasgow A Bare Root family is mourning the loss of their son after he complained of dizziness, diarrhoea and vomiting.

A  crash last night along the Williamsburg Public Road has left two motorcyclists dead and a pillion rider critically injured with a fractured skull.

-likely struck by falling rocks The Police say they are investigating a mining site incident which occurred at about 23.57 hours on Thursday at a mining site located at Marudi Backdam, Deep South, Rupununi that resulted in the death of Peter Smith, a 55-year-old farmer of Brazil and Aishalton Village.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an advisory about a forecast Saharan dust plume projected to be passing over Guyana from yesterday to tomorrow.

The investigation into the deaths of two Canefield siblings days apart is still ongoing and according to a regional source, officials from within the region and Georgetown are carrying out the probe.

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has expressed concern over the ever increasing stifling of freedom of expression and harassment of journalists in the Americas.

-despite rebuff by parliament committee chair Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Thursday convened a meeting of members of parliament, private sector representatives and executives of GPL to provide an update on the power supply.

2,229 Guyanese have graduated from the University of the West Indies (UWI), according to President  Irfaan Ali, who on Thursday evening received the Legacy Award Class of 2024 for “leadership and vision” in New York.

-Constable Peroune best graduating student The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday officially welcomed the newest batch of police ranks, as 59 men graduated from the Guyana Police Force Academy’s Initial Training Programme.

Contractors are mobilizing and construction is ongoing for some 440, low-moderate and high-income housing units in Region Three, the CH&PA says.

As part of its commitment to supporting educational initiatives that empower students and contribute to their holistic development, Food for the Poor (FFTP) (Guy) Inc recently made donations of sewing machines to several secondary schools in Georgetown.  

Waters taxis have received the green light to resume use of the Stabroek stelling for the onboarding and disembarking of passengers, a release yesterday from the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) said.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday handed over a number of Portable and Fixed Ultrasound Machines along with Digital X-ray Viewing Stations to Regional Health Officers for Regions Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), Four (Demerara-Mahaica), and Five (Mahaica-West Berbice).

Andray McPherson, a 42-year-old mason of Lot 26 Courbane Park, Annandale, East Coast Demerara, was charged yesterday  with unlawful possession of several items.

A fisherman of Mon Repos, North Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara, appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Abigail Gibbs where he was charged with possession of narcotics.

Chandrawattie Ghianchan, a 36-year-old housewife, of Lot 938 Pump Road, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, was charged yesterday with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

In a major victory for the GTU, Justice Sandil Kissoon has ruled that their strike over the absence of collective bargaining was legal and justified.

-US$1m mobilisation fee to be paid Government yesterday assured that consumers will pay no increase on their power utility bill, even as the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday announced that it was paying the power ship rental company a US$1 million mobilisation fee in addition to around US7.06 cents per kWh (kilowatthour) in monthly charter, operation and maintenance fees.

`…when them give she the injection the child never recovered back’ A Canefield Settlement, East Canje Berbice couple is now mourning the loss of  two children within days at the New Amsterdam Hospital and they are calling for a thorough investigation to be carried out.