Guyana News

A vendor is now counting her losses as her entire business was gutted in Wednesday night’s fire at the Mackenzie Market.

Sunil Ramcharan, a 44-year-old of Lot 67 1st Avenue, Bar-tica was charged on Wednesday with receiving stolen articles. 

The prospective buyer of the Guyana Marriott Hotel, Egyptian-born American businessman Ramy El-Batrawi passed away yesterday at the age of 62.

Around 1,000 persons were expected to become landowners through the ‘Dream Realised’ Housing Drive, at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Georgetown yesterday.

Detectives in Regional Division 4’A’ are investigating the murder of 52-year-old Shawn George of Vlissengen Square, East Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday travelled to the Upper Mazaruni, Region Seven where he officially opened an airstrip at Paruima.

Derek Kissoon, 27,  of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) died yesterday morning after the car he was driving crashed into a shop at Farm.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it has screened the proposed construction of a Housing and Commercial Retail Land Deve-lopment project by Trinuyana Investments Inc.

A section of the Mackenzie Market was ravaged by a fire around 9 pm last night,  according to Linden Mayor Sharma Solomon.

-laments six-month delay in receiving information Following a complaint by M S Invest-ments, the NPTAB was found to have erred in its evaluation of tenders for the supply of food to the prisons and the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) recommended remedial action and lamented the six months it took for answers to be provided in its investigation.

By Mia Anthony Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill yesterday met with vendors who ply their trade along the seawall between Camp Road and Vlissengen Road and he told them that those with a permit will continue to vend as long as they are in compliance with the vending agreement.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday signed a memorandum with miners, USAID and others aimed at achieving malaria-free status by 2030.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday facilitated a meeting between the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Guyana,  Jorge Francisco Luis, and Executives of the Cuban company Sistemas de Ingeniería Eléctrica y Construcciones SA de CV (SIECSA), and the Guyana Power and Light (GPL).

Stakeholders from various sectors were provided with essential tools and climate information to prepare for the upcoming May-June rainy season.

The building that previously housed  Mike’s Pharmacy at Robb and Alexander Sts was yesterday hit by a fire of unknown origin at around 2 pm.

The Guyana Fire Service has expanded its fleet with the addition of two foreign used fire tenders.

Twenty-six-year-old Kwesi Griffith, a miner of Lot 32 Westbury Village, Essequibo Coast, was arrested and  charged with the offences of ‘unlawful possession of firearm without license’, and ‘unlawful possession of ammunition without license’.

President Irfaan Ali today offered  condolences to the family, friends and loved ones of Bhappi Roopchan, owner of the popular Shakti Strings Band.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) today said it has observed a concerning trend in the occupancy of bed space within its facilities.

By Mia Anthony Vendors along the seawall between Camp Road and Vlissengen Road were yesterday ordered to remove by the Sea Defence Board (SDB) and Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill said they had violated the terms of their occupancy of the spots.