Guyana News

The primary complaint against GPHC Matron Collene Hicks was that she was not a team player.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) on December 15 wrote President David Granger seeking his intervention in ensuring a bonus for sugar workers.

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the Renovation of the Guyana

President David Granger on Monday handed over a 30-seater bus for use by schoolchildren in the Upper Demerara community of Kwakwani and nearby areas under his ‘Five B’s’ programme.

The family of accident victim Dave Prashad have been told by doctors that he might be home for Christmas.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Embattled West Indies will spend Christmas at number eight in the ICC Test team rankings.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo secured the most votes for the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) Central Committee on Sunday, placing him in pole position to contest for the post of General Secretary (GS).

With four separate problems sparking a wave of blackouts  across the city and other areas over the last week, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday said it was doing all it could to prevent a recurrence during the upcoming holidays.

The two bandits who were fatally shot by police on Sunday night after committing a brazen robbery at Seaforth Street, Campbell-ville have been positively identified by relatives.

One of the suspects in the Corentyne money changer robbery was yesterday charged and remanded to prison when he appeared before the Chief Magistrate.

The management of Dyna-mic Airways was yesterday forced to divert one of its aircraft scheduled to travel to Venezuela to rescue over 600 passengers who were left stranded over the weekend at the Cheddi Jagan International and John F Kennedy airports.

The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) yesterday said it was prepared to improve its pay hike offer after scores of workers from the Guyana Power and Light Company’s (GPL) Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Department down-ed tools and gathered outside the power company’s Main Street office yesterday to protest what they said was an unfair pay increase proposal.

A Plaisance woman was yesterday remanded to prison after she was charged with attempting to take 2.5 kilogrammes of cocaine to Canada through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

A computer technician who was caught at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport trying to smuggle a quantity of cocaine to Bermuda, was sentenced to three years in prison and fined $4.1 million after he pleaded guilty to the offence in a city court.

– total of $798M owed Minister of Finance Winston Jordan yesterday said that the $500 million budgeted to pay debts owed by Homestretch Development Incorporated (HDI) for the controversial D’Urban Park project is the full and final settlement the government is willing to make.

Three dancers at a popular nightclub were yesterday charged with over forged entries in their passports and overstaying their time in Guyana.

A young woman has condemned members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for their desultory action that resulted in the taxi driver who allegedly robbed her evading arrest yesterday morning.

Low oil prices have significantly improved the fortunes of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) which was once a financial “troublemaker” for the government.

Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira has accused the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs of being “frugal” in its provision of funds for the National Toshaos Council (NTC) despite a massive increase in the monies allocated to support local organisations.

Logos Hope, the world’s largest floating book fair, is scheduled to arrive in Guyana today, and will bring along with it knowledge, help and hope.