Guyana News

The dredging of the Demerara River needs to be boosted to 24 hours a day as it is clear that the routine dredging that is currently practised in the river channel is insufficient to optimise the use of ocean-going ships of Port Georgetown, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday moved to the courts in an attempt to recover more than $52M in rates and interest it says is owed from 1996 to present and among those targeted are Chartered Accountant Christopher Ram and the owners of Kaieteur News.

A former cycling champion of Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice fell to his death from the top of a coconut tree around 8 am yesterday.

An SUV which was transporting Minister in the Ministry of Finance Juan Edghill and four other passengers crashed yesterday morning while travelling along the Linden-Kwakwani dirt road on the way to Aroaima, Berbice River.

The assailant in the killing of a Hosanna Street, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice teenager has been taken into custody.

Eight pioneering women in the aviation industry were honoured for their outstanding contribution to the local aviation sector in Guyana on Wednesday at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Officers’ Mess, Camp Ayanganna as the first Women in Aviation Stamp Series was launched and unveiled by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds.

The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) on Wednesday celebrated several achievements, including the introduction of the InstaPay bill payment system, at observances to mark the Universal Postal Union’s (UPU) 44th World Post Day.

Orlando Fitzgerald and his 17-year-old son Jesse, who were reportedly shot dead by Venezuelan soldiers in the Spanish speaking territory one week ago, were yesterday buried  after a simple funeral service at Wauna, North West District (NWD).

Oasis Café yesterday celebrated eight years since opening its doors at Carmichael Street, Georgetown.

Minister of Public Works and Communication Robeson Benn yesterday declined to give his account of an incident which occurred on Sunday when it is alleged he ordered police to throw Andrew Livingston in the lock-ups for heckling him.

President Donald Ramotar says the lack of cooperation from opposition parties is hindering progress on development projects vital for Guyana’s transformation and vowed to bring them to fruition, at a town hall style meeting held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) on Tuesday donated a trophy and a medallion to the Retired Teachers group for the New Amsterdam and East Canje Education district.

A trainee policeman was yesterday charged with assault after allegedly using a hot iron to burn a fellow officer.

An autopsy performed on the body of Hampshire business Devindra “Dave” Deodat has confirmed that he died from shock and haemorrhage due to gunshots.

Lack of funding has been a setback for the Rights of the Child Commission (RCC) but according to its deputy chairperson Rosemary Benjamin-Noble it is still pushing forward and will soon be embarking on an education campaign in school to teach children about their rights.

A 19-year-old from Tucville is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital nursing a gunshot wound to his right side just above his hip after he was confronted  by six men, two of whom were armed with firearms on Wednesday evening.

Two Guyanese Girl Guides have been elected to new office-bearing status for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) Western Hemisphere Region.

While most local wood products’ manufacturers embrace the ambition of capturing lucrative overseas markets, the Hauraruni Agricultural Development Company (HADCO) Farm and Sawmill Incorporated is proceeding in the opposite direction.

Fifteen pounds of marijuana was early this morning discovered in a vehicle on the premises of La Familia Hotel and Country Club located at Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt, CANU head James Singh has confirmed.

Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) on Tuesday told a visiting Organization of American States (OAS) team here for a review of Guyana’s actions under the Inter-American Convention Against Corrup-tion that there is a serious conflict of interest around Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh and his wife which must be resolved.