Guyana News

The Kitty Roundabout is expected to be officially declared open on Monday, according to Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson, who says last minute work is being done to prevent drivers from “taking shortcuts.”

With a focus on building women and youth entrepreneurship and mobilising investment, the Guyana Green Economy and International Small Business Summit and Expo was launched yesterday.

Six contracts, valued at over $650 million, were awarded to contractors last month for maintenance of the Rockstone-Mabura, Kurupukari-Annai-Lethem and the Linden-Ituni-Kwakwani roads.

Deonarine Bhihari, the man who is accused of murdering an Enmore man 18 years ago and then going on the run, was yesterday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

A city magistrate yesterday dismissed the charge against 77-year-old taxi driver John Haynes, who was indicted earlier this year for causing the death of a vagrant by dangerous driving.

A Timehri youth was yesterday sentenced to one year in prison by a city court after he admitted to breaking and entering a house.

Charges against a brother and sister, who were accused of firearm, ammunition and narcotics possession last year, were dismissed yesterday after the police failed to prove its case.

The body of Mikey Allen, the man who fell off a jet boat on Wednesday afternoon at the Bartica Stelling, has been recovered.

Auditor General Deodat Sharma has set a September deadline to complete his investigation of the controversial billion-dollar D’Urban Park Development Project.

The Bar Association of Guyana on Tuesday launched the 2017-2018 edition of its law journal, ‘The Bar Association Review’ (BAR) at the Cara Lodge Hotel.

The People’s Progressive Party today expressed concern at what it said was the untimely deaths of four Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) staffers – Dwayne De Jonge (ranger),  Latchman Chiti (surveyor), Leroy Green (carpenter) and Clement Proffit (lab technician).  

Still grappling with the fallout from a $941m fraud case that is before the courts, the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry  (GBTI) has reported a 25% decline in profit for 2017 in a year which also saw a decline in interest income.

Deonarine Bhihari, who is accused of murdering an Enmore man some 18 years ago was today charged with the offence.

An intelligence led operation by the Law Enforcement and Investigation Division (LEID) of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) resulted in a large quantity of uncustomed alcohol being seized at a location on the East Coast Demerara on Tuesday May, 29, 2018.

Attorney-at-law Kamal Ramkarran was yesterday re-elected as President of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA), which also passed a motion to support the confirmation of acting Chancellor of the Judiciary Yonette Cummings-Edwards and acting Chief Justice (CJ) Roxane George-Wiltshire SC.

The Education and Social Cohesion ministries have launched a joint probe into the alleged discrimination against a Mae’s Schools pupil over his indigenous wear, even as the school faced another protest yesterday calling for it to apologise.

Shawn Harris, the Kitty man who is charged with murdering a vagrant last year, was yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.

Guyanese Calypso icon The Mighty Rebel, known for bold and unapologetic political commentary which challenged the state of affairs, died yesterday after a period of illness.

Masked bandits early yesterday morning invaded an Eccles, East Bank Demerara, home, where they attacked a family and carted off valuables amounting to over $1.5 million.

Dwayne Gonsalves, the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) employee who was charged last November with causing the death of biker Ronaldo Jaundoo, following a collision at James and Barr streets, Albouystown, was yesterday freed after a city court found that the police failed to prove the case against him.