Guyana News

Launched last Friday, the fifth edition of Guyana Restaurant Week (GRW) promises to showcase Guyana’s “high standard hospitality,” over a ten-day long culinary celebration.

  Single mom Rosanne Farley thought she was prepared for parenthood until her world was thrown into disarray when her daughter was diagnosed with mild to moderate autism.

“Raising a girl child is not easy I tell you. Is like sometimes you wish they would be the same little baby girl because when they turn teenager is another ball game,” the frank words of a mother of a teenage daughter, who according to her has been giving her the “time of my life.”

President David Granger has called on Guyanese to care for the earth, adding that it is our duty to protect its resources so that they could provide sustenance, shelter and security for present and future generations.

Residents of Eteringbang in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) and businesses that operate there are breathing a sigh of relief at the reopening of the airstrip, which is now operating on a three-day schedule.

Work on the seawall sinkhole and its environs is progressing and the first phase should be finished soon, according to Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Geoffrey Vaughn.

A guard was killed on Thursday in a collision with a bus along the Rupert Craig Highway, East Coast Demerara.

A Williamsburgh Village, Corentyne labourer was found dead in a trench in the Port Mourant backdam on Thursday.

Transparency Institute Guyana Inc says that the government’s proposed code of conduct for top officials lacks specificity and this deficiency appears as low commitment to integrity in public office and it can ultimately impede the effectiveness of the Code and erode public confidence.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition marched in silence on Saturday to honor a dozen people killed in three weeks of protests demanding that the government of President Nicolas Maduro hold delayed elections and address a growing economic crisis.

Amid years of varied controversies, the Ministry of Public Health is calling on prospective suppliers of pharmaceuticals to make their concerns about the procurement process known so that appropriate guidelines could be crafted.

In addition to stepping down as an APNU+AFC councillor on the Region Five Regional Council, Carol Joseph has also resigned from all posts she held in the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), sources close to her said yesterday.

The Guyana Police Force’s legal advisor has advised investigators do further work on their investigation of the alleged report of a plot to assassinate President David Granger.

The High Court has granted an interim injunction postponing the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) elections, which are due to be held on Monday, by nearly two weeks unless the executive council can produce the treasurer’s report for the past 12 years and the Auditor General’s report that was reportedly presented to it.

Dubbed by the US government as the leader of an extensive mortgage fraud scheme, Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad was yesterday jailed by a New York court for two years for attempt and conspiracy to commit mail fraud in a case that attracted interest here because of his links to former president Bharrat Jagdeo.

Government revenue collections from taxes for January stood at $11.9 billion, representing a 39.9% increase from the same period last year, according to the February Monthly Economic Bulletin published by the Ministry of Finance.

The actual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for 2016 was 3.3%, which was higher than the 2.6% that was projected at the time of the presentation of the 2017 budget.

The Demerara Tobacco Company Limited (Demtoco) registered a before-tax profit of almost $2.8B for 2016, representing a slight decline from the previous year.

The High Court has ordered Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams SC to appoint the Governing Board of the Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority.

The sister of Vishal Hansraj, the Covent Garden mason who was fatally stabbed on Monday night, was yesterday charged with his murder.