Guyana News

Digicel yesterday said that it had noted with great disappointment GTT’s most recent statements to the press in which it “repeated untrue allegations and more specifically claimed that Digicel has denied the Government of Guyana payment of taxes”.

The Ministry of Social Cohesion on Wednesday launched its Diversity Education and Inclusion Regional Training Workshop at the Lusignan Primary School.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has welcomed the action taken by the Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, to conduct a rapid assessment of the damage caused by gold-mining to major river systems in the interior.

Motorcyclist Leon Norton, 21, is still in critical condition after the Easter Monday accident at D’Edward Village, Berbice, which left his passenger dead.

The Guyana Relief Council (GRC) during February and March assisted 23 families comprising  59 persons in 21 fire and 2 welfare cases.

Walton Hall, Essequibo Coast resident Melissa Durga is currently hospitalised after being chopped about the body by her former partner, who was also admitted to the hospital after reportedly ingesting poison.

Colwyn Harding was on Wednesday granted his release on $50,000 bail after denying that he robbed a woman of over $200,000 in items.

A doctor escaped with just minor burns on his hand after his quarters at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre went up in flames yesterday afternoon.

Police are in pursuit of a suspect in the death of the Herstelling, East Bank Demerara (EBD) joiner, who succumbed to injuries sustained from an attack on Sunday afternoon.

US$17.5m in financing from India for the Suddie, West Demerara and Bartica regional hospitals is closer.

The Guyana Police Force says that under “Operation Assurance 11” ranks of the Police Force will be involved in several exercises between 0800h.

The nurse, whose complaint against an influential APNU+AFC councillor in Region Five was reported in yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News, has been transferred with immediate effect and she firmly believes that she is being targeted over the matter.

A 52-year-old Kildonan man was yesterday charged with the murder of his 82-year-old father, after he allegedly set his father’s house on fire on April 10.

GTT yesterday stated that it has more than enough capacity to handle all of Guyana’s overseas traffic and it called for Digicel’s bypass operation to be audited by an “independent and trusted organization”.

As the Mayor and City Council’s (M&CC) rates recovery drive continues, City Treasurer, Ron McAlman says the council has been able to recover some $14.6 million out of an outstanding balance of $382 million for the Kingston, North Cummingsburg, South Cummingsburg and Lacytown areas.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed yesterday between the Minister of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes and the Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Ivelaw Griffith, for the upgrade of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) platforms on all University of Guyana (UG) Campuses.

A 40-year-old man died after he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a vehicle which was parked on the McDoom Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) yesterday morning.

A motorcyclist died early yesterday morning after he collided with the front fender of a parked motor lorry along the Reliance Public Road, Essequibo Coast and his family are blaming the police delay in rendering assistance for his death.

A drug mule was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail and fined $4,060,800 for trafficking three pounds of cocaine, while her alleged supplier was remanded for possession of almost five pounds of the same drug.

Charged in 2016 with causing the death of Kuru Kuru resident, Carl Dundas, the accused, Nathan Heyliger, had the charge against him dismissed yesterday by a city magistrate.