News

The Ministry of Labour last year recovered more than $11M on employees’ behalf following unscheduled checks at workplaces countrywide, which also revealed a number of labour law breaches by employers.

People’s National Congress Reform One Guyana (PNCR-1G) back-bencher James McAllister has submitted a motion to parliament calling on the Government to review its decision to build a floating bridge in Berbice between D’Edward Village and Crab Island and hold off on construction for three months.

A $60M night club opened in Linden last week with the aim of taking a bite out of Cricket World Cup (CWC) and transforming the mining town into party central.

Magistrate Krishendat Persaud on Friday sentenced a man who pleaded guilty to break and enter and larceny to five years imprisonment, while two of his alleged accomplices have been granted bail.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has debunked a front page article in yesterday’s edition of the Kaieteur News entitled “Major shake-up looms in army” and has labelled it as `misleading, sensational and alarmist.’

A horse cart operator was killed yesterday afternoon in what appeared to be a tit-for-tat stabbing at his Lamaha Railway Embankment home.

Two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, early Sunday morning robbed a West Ruimveldt resident of a cellular phone and cash as he walked along Cemetery Road.

Magistrate Kim Kyte-John on Thursday ordered a mother who attempted to murder her two children and commit suicide to seek psychiatric treatment when she appeared at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court.

The National Library has purchased 16 copies of Dr Gemma Robinson’s book entitled “University of Hunger: Collected Poems and Selected Prose.

Volunteers from Partners of the Americas’ Farmer to Farmer programme are expected to review the status of the local cattle industry and to make recommendations for the marketing of its dairy products.

A taxi driver was robbed at gunpoint of cash by a man and woman who hired him early Sunday morning to take them to New Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara.

Though members continue to vote along party lines on contentious issues parliamentary committees have been forums for political compromise.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues on Thursday paid tribute to the late Phillipai, Region Seven mountaineer Isaac Jerry.

What appears to be a well-planned and executed break and enter and robbery some time Sunday night or early yesterday morning has left a businessman pondering his next move after losing an estimated $4.5 million less than one month after making an investment.

After a number of setbacks in the Caribbean region the Hydrometeorological Service has finally been able to start work on the radar tower for the long awaited Doppler Radar.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) through the Ministry of Agriculture has in the pipeline the purchase of two long-boom excavators at a cost of $60M for work on the main conservancy.

The Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) organisation will not be staging the Linden town week this year after a dispute with the council over the payment of a $2 million fee but the council says it is still moving ahead with plans for the April event.

A businessman is counting his losses after persons unknown stole his car worth $4.5 million and set it alight at Mocha Arcadia.

A teenaged boy who with another person allegedly robbed his employer of a quarter million dollars was yesterday placed on $25,000 bail by Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Outgoing President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Gerry Gouveia says the private sector is “furious and hurt” over the treatment meted out to it by the Guyana Revenue Authority in the wake of the chaos surrounding the implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT).