To enhance transparency and reduce prolong waiting time for planning and building applications, the Ministry of Housing and Water, Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) on Wednesday launched the Electronic Planning and Development Single Window system. The platform was introduced less than a year after the Planning and Development Single Window…
Doctors, nurses and other workers in the healthcare sector have long grappled with sporadic cases of violence but Head of the Accident and Emergency Department at the Georgetown Public Hospital, Dr. Zulfikar Bux, says the threat has increased substantially. “Interpersonal violence is now being brought into institutions like the (Georgetown…
Guyana’s Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall said the “serious and drastic” measures taken by the government after US sanctions on the Mohameds and Mae Thomas were meant to protect Guyana’s financial system. With the US sanctions instituted last week, concerns have been raised about corruption locally….
Saffee Ahmad, a businessman of Queens New York, and Roraima Scheme, Versailles, West Bank Demerara, was granted $600,000 bail after being charged with ‘Exporting Gold Without License’. Ahmad appeared at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman. He pleaded not guilty to the crime. The case…
His Majesty King Charles III will continue to serve as Patron of the Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (IIC) for another term in supporting the Centre’s work to advance sustainable rainforest management and climate change resilience. This announcement is part of a series of events to…
Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on Wednesday announced that distribution of the “Because We Care” cash grant to children from public and private schools will commence on Monday, June 24. Manickchand, speaking during a LIVE on her Facebook page, said the distribution process will run for two weeks across the…
Almost three months after 18-year-old Jared Jagnandan was fatally shot at his East Coast Demerara workplace, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised the Police to charge the security guard, who allegedly inflicted the wound, with manslaughter. The News Room understands that the file was recently returned to the…
Police are investigating the suspected suicide of a 14-year-old student of the Leonora Secondary School, West Coast Demerara (WCD), Region Three. The teenager died sometime Tuesday afternoon, Police Headquarters said in a statement. The teenager lived in the school’s dormitory; the body was found by the ‘dorms father.’ Police reported…
A fantastic performance by France-based Guyanese strongman Dominic Tyrell saw him claim the bronze medal in the deadlift while placing sixth overall in the 83kg category at the World Classic Open Powerlifting Championships, which are being held in Druskininkai, Lithuania. Moving up in weight and facing seasoned campaigners in the…
Devon Moralis, a 39-year-old man, died on Tuesday while riding along the Ifill Access Road/ Trail at Eyelash Backdam, in the North West District of Region One (Barima- Waini). Police Headquarters reported that Moralis lost control of the All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) he was riding along the trail to Providence Backdam….
