Guyana News

Detectives are hoping to soon wrap up additional investigations into the disappearance of $600 million from the former Ministry of Public Service as requested by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said on Thursday.

Junior Minister of Public Infrastructure Annette Ferguson has instructed that all roads in West Ruimveldt be upgraded.

John Lewis Styles celebrated its 12th Anniversary on October 10th 2015 by donating a total of $1m to seven charities, a release from the company said on Friday.

Rawlyn Crum-Ewing remains hospitalized as doctors are awaiting a puncture on his heart to heal after he underwent surgery for stab wounds he sustained during an attack on Thursday night.

Styrofoam will be banned from January 1, 2016. A Ministry of the Presidency statement follows: The Government of Guyana, in its thrust to promote a green economy and environment is moving ahead with plans to ban the importation and use of closed-cell extruded polystyrene foam, popularly known by the trade mark brand, Styrofoam, as of January 1, 2016.

According to the Mid-Year Report on the economy, released by the Ministry of Finance, Guyana’s economy has declined some 2.5 percent in the first half of 2015 as compared with the same period in 2014, GINA said today.

At about 0130h. today, the police say that Umgrie Parmanand, 55 years, of Bath, WCB, was aroused by the sound of persons in his home.

At about 2000h. last night, the police say that Richard Watson, 30 years, of Huntley, Mahaicony, ECD, attempted to cross the roadway at Huntley during which he was struck down by a motor vehicle.

President David Granger has defended the recent salary hikes for his ministers, which range as high as 50% for those in Cabinet, calling the move an investment in quality governance.

The High Court has ruled that there is no legal barrier preventing Magistrate Annette Singh from sentencing Samuel Hinds Jr.

The Mayor and City Coun-cil (M&CC) has embarked on a ‘name and shame’ anti-littering campaign as it steps up its efforts to restore Georgetown’s ‘Garden City’ status.

Disruptions in the service provided by the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) have left some East Bank Essequibo villages without a potable water supply for months and some residents have been forced to resort to accessing water from canals.

For the first time in over 30 years, residents of Pattenson, North Sophia, are being supplied with potable water.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is suggesting that the Commis-sion of Inquiry (CoI) into the public service encourage the government to begin negotiating wage increases using recent ministerial increases as a “barometer” for determining public sector pay packages.

Venezuela will now be importing rice from Suriname as part of the PetroCaribe agreement.

Women’s rights activist Karen de Souza on Thursday made a call for an end to the “widespread” sexual harassment in the nation’s public service.

The Society Against Sexual Orienta-tion Discrimination (SASOD) is outraged at what it says is the violation of the human rights of a member of the LGBT community, who was fined $20,000 by a magistrate for cross-dressing.

Four Guyanese men were recently charged in Gre-nada after authorities there seized 4 kilogrammes of cocaine as well as firearms and ammunition in what is being described as a major operation to smash an emergent drug ring.

Lawrence Wayne, the businessman accused of murdering a suspect in the robbery of his business, was yesterday freed at the end of a preliminary inquiry (PI) into the charge against him.

A man was yesterday charged with trying to kill his common-law wife.