Guyana News

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), on Friday held a four-leg outreach in Corentyne, East Berbice with rice farmers.

Six Upper Corentyne men were remanded on Friday for invading a Number 69 Village boat owner’s house and robbing him of a quantity of cash and jewellery on  August 5.

After finding that concessionaire Smart City Solutions (SCS) vastly inflated estimates of its capital investment in the Georgetown metered parking project, the Mayor and City Council’s Negotiating Committee has warned against proceeding with the venture without a renegotiation of the contract.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday issued a defence for the recently passed amendments to the broadcasting legislation, while saying that they are urgently needed in the public’s interest and cannot be delayed.

Joylyn Nicholson, one of the rice farmers who successfully challenged last year’s cancellation of their leases by President David Granger, says she feels vindicated by the judgement in the case although she remains convinced that the move against her was an act of political victimisation.

Two persons, including a four-year-old, died in the past week after being stung by scorpions.

The mother of Winston Hinds, the murder accused who was shot dead at the Timehri Prison during a reported escape attempt just over a week ago, is calling for a full investigation of the circumstances surrounding his death as she maintains that there is evidence that he was unlawfully killed.

The Bar Association of Belize is considering calling for the resignation of Guyana-born Chief Justice (CJ) Kenneth Benjamin, given the extensive backlog of cases which presently exists.

Months after almost two dozen persons, including former President Bharrat Jagdeo and some of his former ministers, faced questioning by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) over the allocation of lands at ‘Pradoville 2’and the subsequent disclosure that the investigation was completed, the legal minds reviewing the case have not yet issued their final decision.

The stable exchange rate recorded by the Bank of Guyana over the period January to June, 2017, “masks the reality of a short-lived period of exchange rate instability,” the Ministry of Finance has said.

A seven-year-old boy died at the Suddie Hospital yesterday afternoon, shortly after he was pulled from a car that ended up in a trench just off Capoey Access Road after the driver lost control.

A day after some gas stations in Lethem were forced to suspend operations due to a fuel shortage, residents of the town got some relief with the arrival of a fuel truck.

The body of a man in an advanced state of decomposition was discovered yesterday morning at Mibicuri, Black Bush Polder.

Police Constable Jarren Huntley, who was the driver behind the wheel of the car involved in the fatal crash at Catherine, Mahaicony, last Sunday, has been discharged from hospital and is bedridden, according to Traffic Chief Dion Moore.

Members of Guyana’s contingent for Carifesta XIII will be offering a preview of their performances at a special show this evening at the National Cultural Centre.

Appearing again before the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into an alleged plot to assassinate President David Granger, Assistant Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine yesterday denied misleading the President at a meeting on March 30th on what had been learnt up to that point in the investigation.

East Canje, Berbice residents were left in shock yesterday after well-known businessman Rudolph Blair, the owner of the Stretch D Dollar franchise in the county, murdered his estranged wife and then committed suicide.

Investigators suspect that Chinese businessman Liyan Jiang, who was found bound and gagged in his Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo home on Thursday night, was killed during a robbery.

Residents in Lethem, Region Nine, may now have to look to neighbouring Brazil to source fuel as the condition of the Hunt Oil section of the Linden/Lethem road continues to prevent large vehicles from entering the town.

A 37-year-old Staff Sergeant of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) died on Thursday evening after he reportedly crashed into the back of a parked truck in the compound of Camp Stephenson at Timehri.