Guyana News

Users of the Hope, East Coast Demerara bridge remain uneasy over a growing gap along the structure and are calling on the authorities to have it fixed as soon as possible.

Acting Commander of ‘C’ Division Paul Williams has urged parents to act as watchdogs and ensure that their children’s skills are channeled in the right direction.

A New Amsterdam man who told the court that being “financially embarrassed” led to his attempt to rob the Colours clothing store on Robb Street, alleged being subjected to vigilante justice before being taken to the police station.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC- A proposal to split Test cricket into a two-tier structure was withdrawn today during a meeting of the chief executives’ committee (CEC) of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

The Guyana Forestry Commission yesterday announced that it will be moving to repossess concessions currently being held by Baishanlin International Forest Development Inc.

Public Servants will receive the 10% to 1% differentiated increase on their October salaries in spite of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) having rejected the offer.

A porter is now dead and a driver is hospitalised in a critical condition after the truck they were travelling in reportedly slammed into another truck along the Providence Public Road, East Bank Demerara, yesterday morning.

Jamar Norville, the taxi driver who allegedly hit and killed Osmond Griffith, the main witness in the faeces assault on newspaper columnist Freddie Kissoon, initially claimed that he was threatened to kill the man but then changed his story, a prosecutor yesterday told a court.

Following a meeting between the Guyana Press Association (GPA) and the management of state broadcaster National Communications Network (NCN), journalist Natasha Smith, who was reportedly pulled off air because of her pregnancy, has agreed to resume anchoring duties, while a call has been made for the agency’s board and the Office of the Prime Minister to look into its operations.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) employee, who granted access to the airport’s VIP lounge to a couple accused of plotting to traffic a large quantity of cocaine aboard a Fly Jamaica flight early last year, yesterday testified that he allowed them in although the documents they presented did not correspond with their flight details.

The Ministry of Legal Affairs (MLA) has levelled a series of allegations, including engaging in subterfuge, against the former Permanent Secretary (PS) Indira Anandjit, who has rejected them all while expressing disappointment at what she calls its latest attempt to smear her.

The two communities of Lethem and Tabatinga in Region Nine will soon be able to benefit from easier access to goods and services as the township is working towards the construction of a $60 million access bridge by the end of the year.

Devendra Singh, a GuySuCo Training Centre lecturer, was last Tuesday sentenced to four years in jail after he was found guilty of killing a pedal cyclist.

An Annandale tailor is presently nursing several stab wounds about his body after he was attacked by two young men at his home.

The Buxton man who was stabbed on Monday  by his child’s mother and is currently in a stable condition in hospital, says it wasn’t the first time that the woman had attacked him and whenever he had reported the incidents to the police they would not take him seriously.

Several vendors who have for years plied their trade in the vicinity of the Bourda Market are today mourning the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in produce after the city administration decided to stop all vending on Robb Street between Alexander and Bourda Streets.

The Ministry of Public Health is being threatened with litigation by a taxpayer if it does not cancel the controversial contract for rental of the Sussex Street bond, at a rate of $12.5M per month, for the storage of pharmaceuticals.

An America Street money-changer is now in critical condition after he was shot and robbed yesterday morning during an attack by a gunman, a short while after exiting a speedboat at the Georgetown stelling.

Parbhudyal Tarchand, the Albion man who was on trial for the second time at the High Court in Berbice for allegedly strangling his wife, was found not guilty on Thursday last by a jury.

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall has said that he had previously told the government that using the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) to investigate matters outside of financial crimes may violate Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations but was ignored.