Guyana News

A Telecommunications Agency is to be established under the amended Telecommunications legislation to function, in part, as an advisory body, reviewer of licence applications and regulator of the use of the spectrum.

Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Barton Scotland has disallowed questions by opposition MP Anil Nandlall on the convicts who were pardoned by President David Granger, arguing that they amount to “an abuse of the right of questioning.”

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) Shaik Baksh says he had agreed to repay the cost of a vehicle that was written off following an accident when it was being driven by his son and should complete payments this month.

Questions persist over the nature of the expansion works underway on Carifesta Avenue and  drivers are complaining about the lack of road signs in the night to safely demarcate ongoing construction.

A forensic audit of the company that publishes the state paper, the Guyana Chronicle has found that there was poor oversight of trade receivables with $102M outstanding at the end of May 2015.

An action plan has been developed to treat the outbreak of gastroenteritis in the community of Baramita, Region One, GINA said yesterday.

The police yesterday arrested two men wanted in connection with murders.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Errol Williams, one of the men accused of killing fireman Patrick Daly in 2009, began yesterday with the testimonies of two witnesses.

Residents of Campbellville and Sophia will soon get  relief from a  disruption in water supply as contractors are working to replace the transmission main from Duncan Street to Vlissengen Road.

A Port Kaituma man has been remanded to prison after he was charged with unlawful possession of a gun and ammunition.

The Bright Up Guyana competition was judged on May 29, 2016 and the Ministry of Agriculture shone in two categories.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC-The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) today announced the schedule for India’s Caribbean tour, which was thrown into jeopardy after the regional side pulled out of a series on the sub continent nearly two years ago.

The police say that investigations are being conducted into a break and enter and larceny and Robbery under Arms.

Investigations, police say, are currently being conducted into the murder of Candacy Pitt age 31, of 18 Chelsea Park, East Coast Demerara which occurred yesterday about 21:45h.

Guyana has protested to Venezuela over Monday’s  firing of shots by that country’s army at three mines commission officials on the Cuyuni River.

A mason is now dead and another injured after they fell yesterday from a scaffold on the four-storey building where they were both working at Holmes and Quamina streets, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown.

The report of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March 3rd Camp Street prison riot that claimed 17 lives has recommended that the government make urgent efforts to reduce overcrowding and improve the physical and social facilities there.

Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that People’s Progressive Party/Civic  Member of Parliament Nigel Dharamlall will have to give “believable” explanations to the executive of the party about allegations that he threatened to shoot an employee of the Inter-American Development Bank after he saw the individual talking to his ex-wife.

GTT yesterday launched free 4G for its subscribers to over 20 educational and news sites and social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp.

A team of Guyana’s lawmen, headed by Deputy Commander, ‘B’ Division Errol Watts, has travelled to Suriname to continue to investigate the recent fatal piracy attack on the Corentyne and locate the missing fishermen.