Guyana News

The Government of Guy-ana has signed a US$2.4M loan with the Caricom Development Fund (CDF) which will be used in the agri sector to upgrade roads and agricultural lands.

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Inter-American Develop-ment Bank (IDB) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote the sustainable use of energy in the Caribbean region.

More than two weeks after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) recommended that two policemen be charged with shooting Junior Gulliver dead at Strathavon, Cane Grove, Mahaica, the ranks are yet to face court.

A 23-year-old woman of De Willem, West Coast Demerara who is pregnant with her fourth child is fearful about the condition of her unborn baby after she was badly beaten by nearby residents.

A woman found herself in court on Wednesday accused of stealing her boyfriend’s car.

“Unforgettable!” is how Kian Jabour describes his recent trip to Las Vegas, which he won in Heineken’s James Bond promotion.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday  November 12, 2015

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today said that following an advertisement inviting bids for the purchase of a container containing alcoholic beverages, the highest bid of $35.9m was provided by a prominent beverage company which it did not name.

Fed up with years of complaints and challenges and now the possibility that the Ogle Airport Inc (OAI) can seize their assets if they default on payments, nine out of ten operators at the Ogle Airport yesterday formed the National Air Transport Association (NATA).

Jermaine Simon, the Agricola resident who was shot in the head on Tuesday evening succumbed yesterday morning and police are hunting for the suspect whose abode went up in flames just after midday yesterday.

The first suspect to be apprehended in the 2013 murder of Diamond businesswoman Sirmattie Ramnaress appeared before a city court yesterday charged with the crime.

Despite failing to meet yet another deadline to begin processing logs here, Asian logging company Baishanlin will be allowed to continue exporting logs even as it has requested two more years to acquire wood-processing equipment.

The country’s most recent road fatality, Julian Leitch was on his way to watch the Diwali Motorcade on Tuesday when he was fatally struck down on Duncan Street.

A Queenstown family of four lost almost $1M in items including electronics and cash after three armed men barged into their home while they were celebrating Diwali on Tuesday evening.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) recently granted constitutional relief to the Mayan people of Belize in a historic land rights case.

Veteran petrol dealer and owner of Steve’s Texaco/ Rubis Service Station on Vlissengen Road, Steve Chung died at home on Monday of an apparent heart attack.

While thousands of Guyanese decorated their homes with lights and diyas on Tuesday night in observance of the 2015 Diwali celebration, others who disagreed with the date celebrated last evening.

Fire ravaged a Pere Street, Kitty two-storey building yesterday leaving ten persons seeking shelter at relatives.

The Ministry of Communities has awarded nine contracts valued at more than $191M for road rehabilitation and reconstruction works in Regions Three, Four, Five, Six and Ten.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday said that residents along the East Bank Demerara corridor stretching from Industrial Site to Hope experienced intermittent outages on Tuesday due to several trips of two main feeders supplied by the new Georgetown and Grove Substations.