Last Updated on Sunday, 17 June 2018, 21:45 by Denis Chabrol The managers of a mosque and at least 12 residents at Wakenaam Island want a river defence contractor to compensate them for damage and destruction caused by a flood due to poor quality works, officials said Sunday night. Chairman of the Neighbourhood Democratic Council at Wakenaam, Sheik Ahmad told ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 17 June 2018, 11:40 by Denis Chabrol As residents and businesses in a section of Wakenaam grapple with the impact of severe flooding due to what they said was poor river defence work by a contractor, Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson has ordered the contractor to fix the breach before the next high tide. “I ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 June 2018, 23:00 by Denis Chabrol The revised but still controversial parking meter contract is back with Cabinet which has decided to refer the document to a sub-committee, amid ongoing concerns by several sections of Georgetown, Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan said Saturday. He said Cabinet on Tuesday- June 12, 2018- decided that a Cabinet ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 June 2018, 22:19 by Denis Chabrol Junior Minister of Labour, Keith Scott on Saturday- Enmore Martyrs Day- appealed for an end to politically divided events to observe the gunning down of the five sugar workers by colonial police 70 years ago, but he ignored concerns that one of the union confederations was not invited to ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 June 2018, 16:49 by Denis Chabrol The rehabilitation works on the Lethem, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo (Region Nine) road network have begun, government announced Saturday. The Department of Public Information said the project, which is being undertaken in two phases, will transform the township into an urban landscape and result in significant benefits to Lethem and ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 June 2018, 13:29 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force Deputy Superintendent, Motie Dookie, who was sent on special leave in the public interest months after he had been accused of smuggling several bottles of whiskey, has challenged the constitutionality of the decision for him to stay off the job. The matter has been fixed ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 June 2018, 12:47 by Denis Chabrol Two policekmen were among seven persons arrested after a handgun was found near the area where they were gambling, the Guyana Police Force said in a statement. One of the two lawmen, the force said, has been interdicted from duty and is reportedly renting a ‘mobile outlet’ at Onderneeming, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 June 2018, 7:56 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s Integrity Commission is among several other similar bodies in the Caribbean that have called on the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to put  graft and corruption on their agenda and craft Commissioner harmonised legislation to tackle the scourge. The decision to urge Caribbean leaders to put the thorny issue ...

Last Updated on Friday, 15 June 2018, 21:21 by Denis Chabrol Re-migrant Guyanese from Venezuela claiming land in Ekereku, Region Seven must be able to prove their citizenship to the satisfaction of immigration authorities a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The ministry issued a statement on  Friday noting the claims to the mineral-rich land is not a ...

Last Updated on Friday, 15 June 2018, 21:15 by Denis Chabrol NEW ORLEANS, June 15, 2018 — First Bauxite Corporation on Friday announced that it has received a second bridge loan to the amount of US$10 million  to be used for the Bonasika Bauxite project located in Guyana. The loan, which was provided by with Resource Capital Fund VI L.P, ...