Guyana News

President of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO), Urica Primus and President of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA), Terrence Adams yesterday signed a two-year fiscal concessions renewal agreement with the Government of Guyana.

A 20-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to four years in prison on a ganja trafficking charge.

The Attorney General’s Chambers is requesting more time to ascertain the location of the $54M worth of diamonds belonging to miner, Ronald Khan, which was left in the custody of police following a 1994 Potaro robbery.

The Georgia Institute of Technology is currently conducting marine research in Guyana’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

Residents of Lethem, Region Nine will soon benefit from a newly constructed Fire Station, the Ministry of Public Security said yesterday.

The Attorney General’s Chambers yesterday said that the settlement of a court matter resulted in businessman Hareshnarine Sugrim forgoing over $63m which the High Court had awarded him in relation to a breach of contract for the purchase of equipment.

A course in ‘Wildlife Survey Techniques’ was recently offered for students and faculty in the Departments of Biology, Forestry, and Environmental Science at the University of Guyana (UG) and included a field portion.

A miner was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in prison for beating his reputed wife with a rolling pin.

A Sara Johanna resident was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the 2016 murder of Seon Clarke, who was the suspected victim of a vigilante killing at Pearl, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh and former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington who were recently charged with misconduct in public office did not show up for court this morning to answer the charges.

A Guyanese fisherman was yesterday arrested in Suriname and is being questioned by law enforcement there about the April 27th piracy attacks that have left 3 dead and 12 missing.

When Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan meets with the  Surinamese authorities today, he will be pleading for increased communication between them and relatives of the  fishermen missing following recent piracy attacks, among other requests.

Former Police Commissioner, Floyd McDonald yesterday said that he never received any diamonds pertaining to a matter involving Ronald Khan and is disturbed that after more than 14 years since his retirement he is being asked to give account for it.

Calling the recent murderous acts of piracy on Guyanese fishermen in Suriname’s waters “an act of terrorism”, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday called for swift collaborative efforts between the two nations’ governments in bringing justice for the crimes committed.

The authorities in Suriname during a meeting on Saturday promised fishermen safety at sea in a week’s time, while distributing hampers to the twenty affected families in the April 27 piracy attack which left 12 fishermen missing.

A security guard of Federal Management Systems yesterday morning perished after the car he was travelling in landed in a trench at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara.

A Guyanese security guard of JFK International Airport in New York died yesterday morning following a horrific crash which occurred at 3.45, on the airport parking lot.

The wife of the boat captain who is feared dead in the second piracy attack off Suriname last Wednesday is pleading for assistance from the public, as she is unable to look after her five children by herself.

A North West District man succumbed during the wee hours of Saturday from injuries he sustained from a reported fight with his brother after a night of consuming alcohol with the brother and friends.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) is back to full operation after suffering problems on Saturday due to a barge crashing into two of its pontoons.