Guyana News

The mother of 20-year-old Quincy Oliver Sooklall, whose body was pulled from the Demerara River and had visible marks of violence and what appears to be a gaping gunshot to his chest, believes her son was killed by his friends.

Dr. David Hinds says that Local Government Elections is imperative if racial democracy is to be realised in Guyana.

The PPP Congress yesterday declared its opposition to the proposed Local Government Commission describing it as a “parallel” government system and party delegates appeared to support local government elections under current laws.

Economic violence against poor people has a particular impact on Guyanese African women and by extension, the children which some of them raise on their own, says Red Thread co-founder and international coordinator, Andaiye.

The People’s Progressive Party wrapped up its 30th Congress yesterday revealing to delegates that the total cost for the event was just over $30.1 million.

Minister of Local Government Ganga Persaud says that the long-awaited four Local Government Bills will be presented to the National Assembly for their second reading on Wednesday.

Canadian exploration company Sacre-Coeur Minerals (SCM) is producing “some low-cost gold” from its alluvial operation in Guyana, with annual proceeds in the millions of dollars, according to a report by Prime Equity Research.

Three persons including a woman were placed on bail after they denied charges of stealing and receiving a large quantity of insulin from the New Amsterdam Hospital.

A security guard was on Friday refused bail after he was charged with unlawful possession of a gun and ammunition.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment says that it has received numerous complaints from the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) that persons are being charged a toll when traversing through Linden en route to the interior locations and says this matter will be pursued.

President Donald Ramotar came out slightly ahead of former President Bharrat Jagdeo in voting yesterday for a new 35-member Central Committee of the People’s Progressive Part y.

The turbulent relationship of a Jonestown, Mahaica couple ended tragically early yesterday morning when Ryan James murdered his wife of two years and then killed himself by ingesting poison.

Today we bring you a visual ‘World beyond…’ The photographs are from Hosororo and Kumaka and were taken by Duncan Saul.

The People’s Progressive Party acknowledged corruption in the party and government on the second day of the 30th Congress yesterday.

Original Amaila Falls developer ‘Fip’ Motilall will be paid US$12 million at the financial closure of the project and he has explained how it was that his company Synergy Holdings Inc and its minority partner Enventure Inc transferred the licence to Sithe Global – the developer since 2009.

A man was shot dead when at least two gunmen invaded his shop at Oronoque, Port Kaituma, Region One just after 10 pm last night in what appeared to be a robbery.

An elderly security guard was pummelled by two robbers at his worksite in Stanleytown, New Amsterdam on Thursday night.

Five persons, including the pilot, aboard a small Remote Area Medical Outreach (RAM) plane escaped unhurt after the aircraft crash landed at the Aishalton runway in Region 9 on Friday afternoon after its front wheel came off.

Nazalena Natasha Houston, the lone survivor of the brutal attack by her husband that left her two children dead, yesterday said police could have prevented the tragedy by acting on a report she made to them the day before.

Prime Minister Sam Hinds says Guyana Power and Light (GPL) will not be made to pay for losses suffered from the Amaila Hydro project to Sophia, as the point of billing is the Georgetown substation.