Guyana News

Three years after her husband was shot and killed during an armed robbery, a grief-stricken Faye Joseph is calling on witnesses to come forward and for the police to work towards finding those responsible.

The residents of two villages in the Upper Pomeroon River now have access to a water ambulance, which will be used to transport the ill to the Essequibo Coast for urgent medical attention.

The recently tabled Telecommuni-cations (Amendment) Bill 2016 is the same piece of proposed legislation which was brought to the National Assembly by the then PPP/C administration in 2012, Attorney General Basil Williams said yesterday.

The Pan-Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) will convene a meeting of Caribbean delegates from government and civil society to cement a position for the region during the United Nations High-Level Meeting (UNHLM) on Ending AIDS, which will be held from June 8 to June 10 at the United Nations General Assembly, in New York.

Fuel prices will be increased today at Guyana Oil Company Ltd (Guyoil) pumps countrywide, which the company says is due to the acquisition costs going up.

A grenade was last night lobbed outside the offices of the Kaieteur News at Saffon Street, Charlestown, where staff had gathered for a wake for one of its reporters.

Investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident which occurred on the Goed Fortuin Public Road, WBD, about 04:05 hrs today that resulted in the death of Shawn Patrich 21 years, of David Rose Street, Bagotville, WBD.

Investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident which occurred at about 23:46 hrs yesterday on the Amelia’s Ward Public Road, Linden, that resulted in the death of Michael Fox, 22 years, of Cinderella City, Amelia’s Ward.

Fuel prices are going up from tomorrow. A release today from the Guyana oil company said that acquisition costs for fuel have been going up.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., (Reuters) – Former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, whose record-setting boxing career, flair for showmanship and political stands made him one of the best-known figures of the 20th century, died on Friday aged 74.

The PPP/C has benefitted from over $55.2 million in advertising from the state-owned  broadcaster National Communications Network (NCN) that it was either not billed for or had not paid for up to May, 2015.

There is concern at the writing off of $2.5 million owed to the state broadcaster NCN by Merundoi Inc whose Executive Director Margaret Lawrence sits on the NCN Board but NCN’s Chairman Bish Panday says the settlement is not the public’s business.

Chairman of National Parking Systems Irfan Cush, who has signed an agreement with the City Council to install parking meters around the city, said he believes their implementation will see Georgetown’s congestion decrease significantly.

Two men accused of procuring persons to smuggle cocaine were yesterday remanded to prison when they appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in a Georgetown court.

There exists several discrepancies in old age pension eligibility requirements as expressed in the Old Age Pension Act as against the regulations of the Ministry of Social Protection (formerly Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security), according to a forensic audit and review of the Old Age Pension (OAP) Scheme.

The five men accused of murdering fisherman Hemchand Sookdeo, who was thrown overboard during a pirate attack on the Corentyne River a week ago, were yesterday charged with the capital offence of murder when they were arraigned at the Number 51 Magistrate’s Court, at Corentyne, Berbice.

More than two weeks after the report on the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Public Service was submitted to President David Granger, the government is still to begin wage negotiations with workers’ unions.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) believes that women do not belong in prison as the three major offences that cause their incarceration are connected to “disordered relationships with men.”

The Caribbean American Domestic Violence Awareness (CADVA) group is currently working with eight families which consist of surviving children of domestic homicide parents with the hope of providing needed assistance.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) has signaled that a new national house-to-house registration exercise could be run off next year.