Guyana News

By Erica Williams and Desilon Daniels All Addis wants for Christmas is a taste of ham.

On Sunday, 51 students graduated from the University of Guyana’s Institute of Distance and Continuing Education Berbice Centre.

Dave’s Television Station Channel 8 (DTV-8) is celebrating 20 years of broadcasting in Berbice this month with a series of activities.

The government can afford more than 5% for public servants, former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says following an analysis of the government’s finances.

A 38-year-old mother of four was found murdered in her home early this morning and her former reputed husband is the prime suspect.

Eight persons suffered serious injuries when a shed at the No 66 Fish Port Complex, Corentyne came crashing down with heavy winds around 5:45 am today.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon says that the continuation of a USAID-funded $300 million democracy project here is an “affront” to Guyana’s sovereignty and the issue is engaging the highest levels of government.

Flood insurance might have to be ended if the authorities don’t take drastic action to prevent a recurrence of the deluge that swept the capital on November 27th, 2013 an industry advertisement said yesterday.

Two houses located in the same yard at Rosignol Village, West Bank Berbice went up in flames around 3:15 am yesterday apparently by arson and a 24-year-old suspect is in custody.

A push cart operator was stabbed to death on Saturday night following an altercation with a woman over $1,000.

A 37-year-old Cotton Tree man died in an accident yesterday morning after he had left a wedding party.

The Lethem Power Company was yesterday forced to import fuel from neighbouring Brazil to prevent blackouts as a collapsed bridge on the Georgetown to Lethem trail which has fuel tankers stalled has still not been repaired.

Despite its assurances to the public of reliable service for Christmas, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) experienced a series of technical problems on Saturday and yesterday, including a total shutdown of the Demerara system,  leading to frequent blackouts which left citizens up and down the coast and in the city fuming.

The Ministry of Home Affairs is reviewing laws which regulate the granting of firearm licences in light of recent incidents where licensed firearm holders have irresponsibly used their weapons.

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Associa-tion (GGDMA) on Thursday said there was nothing sinister about the survey permit accorded to Muri Brasil Ventures in the south east of Guyana.

By Dacia Whaul   Christmas has so many traditions. There’s the food: pepperpot, garlic pork, black cake; sorrel, ginger beer, chocolates; the fixings: Christmas tree, decorations, curtains, gifts and of course the family.

The private sector earlier this month held separate meetings with APNU and the AFC to urge support for the anti-money laundering bill and proposed that the parliamentary select committee on the bill holds its hearings in public and it also forwarded a compromise for the procurement commission.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) says that there is evidence of dualism existing in Guyana and called for an end to it.

In a news item in the October 28th, 2013 edition of Stabroek News headlined ‘President remains mum on NCN scandal despite promises’, it was stated in part that “Goolsarran was suspended during the scandal which saw the resignations of NCN’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mohammed ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur and Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) CEO Yog Mahadeo and the firing of several GT&T officials”.

(Trinidad Express) Three men—a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment, a businessman and a teenager—were shot dead in a drive-by shooting outside a bar in Preysal, Couva, yesterday.