Guyana News

Andre Dazzell, the Chief Accountant at the Ministry of the Presidency, yesterday testified that 24 memos, dated from August, 2011 to April, 2015 and related to requests for funds amounting to nearly $600M for unknown evaluation exercises, were purportedly signed by former minister Jennifer Westford.

Following heavy criticism, Minister of Public Health, Dr  George Norton yesterday apologised to the National Assembly,  President David Granger and the Guyanese people for providing inaccurate information about the controversial Sussex Street drug  bond and contract in August.

There is no risk in ending the contract with Wartsila for the management of four Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) supply stations, according to Board Chairman Robert Badal, who says the utility company is competent enough to undertake the job.

The Office of the Auditor General (AG) is investigating an apparent attempt by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to breach the Procurement Act by sub-dividing a contract worth $82.169 million so as to avoid cabinet scrutiny.

A team from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) which visited Guyana last month expressed shock at the extent of poverty on Lombard Street in the city.

A fire suspected to be of electrical origin gutted the two-storey, three bedroom home of a Corentyne family on Wednesday around 08:30 pm.

Roger Bess, the driver who allegedly fatally struck an elderly man and injured two other persons on Cemetery Road last year, yesterday denied that he was driving recklessly.

The badly decomposed body of a man that was discovered on Wednesday afternoon at Craig Sea Dam, East Bank Demerara has been positively identified by relatives and the police are awaiting an autopsy to determine if his death was due to foul play.

A Juvenile Justice Officer from the United States will be spending three months in Guyana to do a rapid assessment of the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) and make recommendations on the way forward.

A woman was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with setting fire to a home and causing almost $2 million in damage as a result.

The body of an unidentified male was pulled from the trench along Church Street yesterday afternoon after it was discovered floating by school children who were playing at the Merriman Mall around 3:15 pm.

A police constable on Wednesday told a court that he had been confronted with the allegation that he had been involved in the attack on newspaper columnist Freddie Kissoon in which he was doused with faeces.

Hamid Latiff, called ‘Crapo,’ yesterday walked out of court a free man after a jury found him not guilty of murdering 16-year-old Mulchand Murilall.

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Attorney-General Basil Williams today said that there has been no compulsory acquisition of the two small lots of land on Carmichael Street, while stating that to engage owners whose lands are under consideration with a view of their acquisition on the question of purchasing them by private sale, could “open one to severe recrimination” if not done under the protection of a Section 4 order as was published in the gazette on September 24, 2016.”

The Ministry of Natural Resources today said that it is “gravely concerned” about the recent dismissal of 11 workers of Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) for engaging in a protest against the company.

Cabinet has decided that orders to compulsorily acquire private lands on Carmichael Street to extend the Ministry of Legal Affairs will be rescinded, well-placed sources said yesterday.

Onetime Chairman of the former Guyana Electricity Corporation (GEC), Ramon Gaskin wants government to explain its decision to end the management of Guyana Power and Light (GPL) stations here by Finnish company, Wartsila in favour of local expertise.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) will today boycott President David Granger’s address to parliament because it believes it is hypocritical to listen to him speak on democracy.

A man was shot in  his back by men on a bicycle last night while he was standing on the West Front Road, a short distance away from his mother’s home.