Guyana News

A new network of financial experts and economists is claiming that the Government of Guyana has sold the country’s oil at a price well below market value.

An Albouystown man was last Friday charged in a city court with the theft of over $3.5 million in goods, which were stolen from the Lucky Star Mall in D’Urban Backlands.

Eight new land surveyors were yesterday sworn in and Minister of State Joseph Harmon urged them to uphold the ethics of the profession.

Precision Woodworking Ltd on Thursday inspected records of Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited pursuant to its suit against the financial institution for alleged breach of contract.

Less than a year after he was caught attempting to smuggle 39 pellets filled with cocaine that he had swallowed into the United States, Guyanese Jermaine Smartt is expected to be back on local soil soon as United States Judge Frederic Block has sentenced him to time served.

Garbage dumping, harvesting and grazing of livestock are three main issues  affecting the mangrove forest along the East Coast Demerara foreshore.

The St  Joseph High School Old Students’ Association announced on Sunday the hosting of the 7th Triennial International Reunion in Georgetown, Guyana from July 8 to 14, 2018.

Two students of the Government Technical Institute (GTI) were on Wednesday presented with bursary awards from the Gafoor Foundation, to assist with school-related expenses.

Residents, particularly the youths of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, will now benefit from a new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Hub, which was on Saturday officially opened at the Community Centre.

Richard Daly, who was accused of forging a cheque for $820,000, was placed on bail last Friday after denying the charge.

  A miner was remanded to prison on Friday after he was charged with wounding another man.

An intelligence-led operation on the West Coast of Berbice this morning by a party of police, commanded by a Senior Superintendent, has resulted in the arrest of a 20-year-old driver of East Canje, Berbice with 9.07kilograms (22 pounds) of cannabis.

Government has decided that there will be a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the deaths of hundreds of persons during the unprecedented six-year crime wave here from 2002 and the members of the commission will be named this week, Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday said.

An event yesterday to officially open foot path bridges in Alexander Village saw a public outcry from residents in the area for government and City Hall to address an over 25-year-old flooding issue there.

Georgetown’s Mayor Patricia Chase-Green yesterday accused Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan of meddling in City Hall’s business and urged that he try to engage with her and the council more frequently before pronouncing on M&CC matters.

“Come back home early, okay” is the last thing Hemchand ‘Rakesh’ Dalchand, the 20-year-old man who was found dead on Oleander Gardens Public Road, heard from his mother before he left his home on Saturday evening.

Prior to opening fire on a group of people playing dominoes in Mahaica last night and injuring two, the shooter attempted to drive over one of the victims with his bus, an eyewitness said while recalling hiding as a hail of bullets rained.

When Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge and his delegation meet with Indian officials this week, Georgetown will be taking up New Delhi’s  offer of support for the restructuring of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the sugar industry, Minister of State Joseph Harmon says.

With the PPP leadership irked at his attendance at a meeting with President David Granger on the sugar crisis, the end of the tenure of Komal Chand as head of the union, GAWU is near.

In wake of the discovery of an illegal road heading towards Venezuela, the security forces will be outfitted with additional resources to increase their ability to effectively patrol the country’s borders, according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon.