Guyana News

Former President Donald Ramotar says that he does not regret his prorogation of the 10th Parliament last year and if given the opportunity he would do it again.

Gangadai Persaud, a mother of one, is now dead after the canter her husband was driving careened off of the Demerara Harbour Bridge this morning.

An investigation last year revealed that 15 persons submitted fictitious documents for the importation of luxury vehicles and breached other conditions but there appears to have been no movement by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the scam, according to the Auditor-General’s report for 2014.

De Buff, a little village along a dam parallel to the Canal Number Two public road, is listed in the Guyana Gazetteer as The Bluff, but villagers are sticking with the name they know and point to their village sign as evidence.

Following a string of defeats in the courts and calls for the 2006 Amer-indian Act to be reformed to offer better protection for indigenous peoples, Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock says that he will move to have it amended soon.

The APNU+AFC government needs to come clean on the spending for the inauguration of President David Granger, says former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran.

Even though Aeshwar Deonarine, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO) of Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) had expressed a willingness to repay $27.8 million that was transferred from the PetroCaribe Fund to his personal bank account, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan says charges should be laid.

Sham Harrinauth, who was arrested after allegedly threatening two of his children with a cutlass, was found hanging yesterday afternoon in city police outpost.

A woman is dead and three others are badly injured after a car ran into them last night evening along the Harmony Hall, Mahaicony public road.

Two years after businesswoman Sirmattie Ramnaress was murdered and her Diamond, East Bank Demerara home set alight, police on Friday night made a breakthrough in the investigation when ranks arrested a suspect who was in possession of two of the items which were stolen during the execution of the crime.

A mother of two is currently living in fear of her estranged husband, who despite a protection order, and constant reports to the police continues to stalk her and has made several threats against her life.

Although boxer Clive ‘The Punisher’ Atwell is eager to return to the ring after his recent brain injury, neurosurgeon Dr Amarnauth Dukhi says such injuries make it almost impossible for boxers to continue professional careers.

Former Stabroek News reporter Keisha McCammon has been shortlisted for the Guyana Prize for Literature for her book Dancehall Lyrics: Top of the Charts in the ‘Best First Book of Fiction’ category.

Numerous financial improprieties continue to dog the Amerindian Purposes Fund (APF), according to the Auditor-General’s report for 2014 which also questioned the legality of the fund.

In his recent interview on Venezuela, former president Mr Bharrat Jagdeo spoke about his administration’s approach to resolving the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela.

The headmaster of Sand Creek Primary School, who allegedly physically assaulted three of his students, remains interdicted from duty with no indication as to when a team from the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) will visit to investigate the matter.

Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson says the recent removal of street lamps from some sections of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, was part of a move to regularise connections to the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) network in the area.

A four-member team represented the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) at the recently concluded World Expo 2015 held in Milan, Italy.

The Caribbean Community (Caricom) is shocked and deeply saddened by the sudden death of Sheldon McDonald, Senior Lecturer and Head of the Law Department, University of Guyana (UG).

The Alliance For Change today lashed out at the opposition PPP for hypocrisy over the recent increase in salaries for ministers and says it has facts on “fabulous” sums stashed away in secret bank accounts that would shame the former governing party.