Guyana News

Shadow Minister of Home Affairs, Geeta Chandan Edmond yesterday pilloried the government for its failure to establish the promised Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the Mahdia dormitory fire that claimed 20 lives.

The Guyana Court of Appeal has reserved its ruling regarding whether it will grant an application by the Attorney General to be added as a party in the appeal filed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its challenge to the High Court order that it enforce the liability clause in permits for ExxonMobil’s offshore oil operations here.

Twenty-nine persons from the Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Agriculture recently participated in a training exercise to measure the severity of food insecurity at the household and/or individual level in a given population.

The Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) Testing Laboratory yesterday became the 25th lab to be certified by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS).

Rum producers have urged  Caricom to facilitate the expansion of new markets for premium  exports.

Yesterday, the Enabling Gender Responsive Disaster Recovery, Climate and Environmental Resilience in the Caribbean (EnGenDER) project of UNDP-Guyana with support from Canada donated 125 electronic tablets to the Special Education Needs/Disability (SEND) department of the Ministry of Education.

Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) is celebrating its milestone of reaching 150,000 households in Guyana with its fibre service.

A Region 9 official was on Wednesday arrested by police in relations to a rape allegation made against him.

Forty-year-old Shane Hopkinson appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday, before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where he was charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Quincy Austin appeared at the George-town Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to the charge of possession of narcotics to which he pleaded not guilty.

A man appeared in court yesterday charged with assaulting his wife.

Dexter Griffith, a 51-year-old man of Lot 20 Vive la Force, West Demerara was yesterday charged with the possession of  199 grams of cannabis sativa.

Ronald Torres, a 38-year-old labourer of Rincon Village, Moruca, North West District, was yesterday charged with the possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Several corporate entities in Paramaribo, Suriname, recently collaborated to celebrate the essence of Caribbean culture with a festive evening of food and music.

The Success Bridge on the Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara is to be closed tomorrow for repair works.

With the case file on an allegation of rape against the Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall now with the Director of Public Prose-cutions (DPP) for legal advice, opposition parties yesterday kept up the pressure for answers and accountability from both the embattled minister and the administration.

Learners attending the Abram Zuil Secondary School (AZSS) in Region Two will be able to enjoy the benefits of more spacious classrooms with the commissioning of a $585 million state-of-the-art facility constructed by Builders Hardware and General Supplies.

Together with interest, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has been ordered to pay Vilvoorden Investment Inc., for

Dubbed the most competitive bid in government’s effort to execute the sale of the Guyana Marriott Hotel in Kingston,  the National Industrial & Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) and the bidder X, LLC will soon enter into discussions to finalise the deal.

By Subhana Shiwmangal The ruling PPP/C won two more constituencies in regions Five and Six yesterday after lots were drawn following ties at the June 12 Local Government Elections.