Guyana News

At approximately 10:35 yesterday morning, a burnt feeder panel at the Old Sophia substation caused a shutdown of  the entire GPL Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) with the exception of the West Demerara feeders.

Last Friday, Dawn Stewart, the unopposed nominee of the Guyana Equality Forum (GEF) was elected as the civil society representative to the monitoring mechanism for programmes funded here by the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Yesterday morning Kim Højlund Christensen was accredited as non-resident Ambassador of Denmark to Guyana.

Radio Mabaruma 95.1 FM, an affiliate of the National Communications Network (NCN) is currently down and off air, GINA said yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Following is the list of award winners from the fourth West Indies Cricket Board/West Indies Players’ Association Awards Ceremony held here last night.

The Ministry of Education today issued guidelines for school registration fees and stated that no student shall be denied registration due to their parent’s inability to pay.

The Shipping Association of Guyana is studying legal action against the George-town Mayor and City Council (M&CC) after City Hall officers barred container trucks from leaving wharves over a “road assessment”.

The National Assembly on Monday night adopted the second report of the Committee on Appointments, paving the way for the appointing of the Director and Deputy Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).

“Without merit” was how the Ministry of Communities yesterday described claims by Cevons Waste Management that a $221M contract for the management of the Haags Bosch landfill on the East Bank Demerara had been improperly awarded to Puran Brothers Disposal Inc.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has removed its dress code. “We don’t want the taxpayers to feel as if we are turning our backs on them… and more so if they are coming to pay their revenues,” Chairman of the GRA Board Rawle Lucas told Stabroek News yesterday.

Around 9,000 families living under difficult circumstances will be supported through the Ministry of Social Protection’s Conditional Cash Transfer programme which is set to be launched soon, GINA said.

A Norton Street woman is at her wits’ end as she tries to remain hopeful that her husband will make a safe return after he reportedly went missing several days ago in the Mahdia area.

A Berbice mother of 14 was yesterday charged with willfully neglecting three of her daughters, who were found loitering on the seawall early last Thursday morning.

Government, through the Ministry of Social Protection’s Department of Labour will soon start talks with the private sector and union bodies to review the national minimum wage paid to workers, GINA said yesterday.

A man died on Sunday evening after he lost control of his motorcycle and swerved into a motor lorry along the Annandale Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

The Amelia’s Ward and Wisroc water treatment plants are expected to become operational by mid next month.

Caleb Caesar, who it is alleged conspired to smuggle cocaine hidden in wiri wiri peppers out of the country, was committed to stand trial in the High Court yesterday after a city magistrate found that a prima facie case had been made out against him.

A Vryheid’s Lust man was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail after he denied making a false declaration on an immigration form at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

Residents of South Rupununi villages close to the Marudi goldfields have alleged that some miners have breached an agreement reached earlier this year and have asked government to intervene, the Government Information Agency (GINA) has reported.

A consolidated Public Utilities Commission (PUC) bill which replaces the Public Utilities Commission Act to cater for changes as a result of the passage of the Telecommunications bill, was passed by the National Assembly on Monday.