Guyana News

Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) has registered an after tax profit of $1.7b for the year ended September 30, 2015, an increase of 1.7% over the previous year.

Nearly eleven years after it was devastated by fire on Christmas Day, 2004, the historic Sacred Heart Church is set for reopening on December 6th.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday said that it had answered all of the issues raised by the opposition PPP/C in relation to the long-awaited upcoming local government elections and voiced consternation at the party’s continuing focus on the ethnicity of election workers.

Dhanram Ramdeo Ramlall, 26, was yesterday released on $1 million bail after denying a charge that he caused the death of his wife by dangerous driving along the Demerara Harbour Bridge.

The Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development and Rupununi communities on Tuesday rescued and relocated 27 arapaima (2 adults and 25 juveniles) trapped in a drying pond in Kurupukari, Essequibo River.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday complained that Speaker Barton Scotland denied its request for an extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly, which it suggested is part of a plot to “muzzle” the opposition.

Junior Social Protection Minister Simona Broomes yesterday said the labour department would be taking Baishanlin to court over alleged labour violations that have been reported by workers.

Seven students at the Bartica Secondary did not attempt suicide, according to Minister of Health Dr.

Brazilian Ambassador, Lineu Pupo De Paula, yesterday handed over $26M in equipment to GDF Chief of Staff, Brigadier Mark Phillips, at Base Camp Stephenson, a release from the GDF said.

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with drugging and raping a woman.

A police witness who was giving evidence in the Zulfikar Namdar murder inquiry at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday was threatened by one of the accused.

Orwin Hinds admitted to being present when his friend shot 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris, according to a caution statement read yesterday at his trial, which also heard that the men were hired to kill the woman over a land dispute.

A young boy will now lose sight in his left eye after a squib exploded close to his face on Wednesday night.

The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is urging the government to put aside politics and swiftly address maternal deaths, which it says have increased since the new government took office in May.

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.