Guyana News

The Guyana Police Force yesterday unveiled its plan for the upcoming Christmas season, which aims at providing a safe and secure environment for citizens, visitors, businesses and commuters during the holiday.

Having been denied bail by a New Jersey judge, convicted Guyanese pilot Khamraj Lall has now moved to appeal as he seeks his freedom while on trial on new money laundering and drug trafficking charges.

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall has appealed the recent dismissal of his $125 million defamation suit against his successor Basil Williams SC, arguing that the decision was erroneous and misdirected in law.

Nine primary school students in Region 9 stole nearly two million dollars from their School’s feeding programme according to the Auditor General’s 2016 Report.

Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Ivelaw Griffith has admitted that the Sophia Exhibition Centre was not an optimal location for the university’s 51st Convocation.

A delegation consisting of President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Deodat Indar, Nicholas Boyer and Major General (rtd) Norman McLean, will this week participate in a one-week fact-finding mission in St John’s Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada.

A West Coast Berbice money changer was robbed on Sunday morning of $1.2M in cash by armed men while he was standing on the Rosignol Public Road conducting business.

Nineteen employees were recognised for 20 years of service to Banks DIH Limited during the Company’s Annual 20-Year-Club Luncheon held on Friday at the Sports Club at Thirst Park, a release from Banks DIH said yesterday.

A West Coast Berbice money changer was robbed on Sunday morning of $1.2M in cash by armed men while he was standing on the Rosignol Public Road conducting business.

The Guyana Delegation urged the Republic of Suriname’s delegation at the Indigenous Peoples in Border Regions, ACTO meeting to desist from the breach of international protocols, after a portion of Guyana’s territory appeared on their map.

A post-mortem examination yesterday confirmed that the Zeelugt fisherman who fell overboard in the Waini River last week drowned, but his widow believes there is more to his death, which occurred on his first trip back on open-water after a three-year break.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken on Friday urged one hundred and thirty three new policemen and women to use their leisure time to engage their prospective communities and to stay out of trouble.

A delegation consisting of President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Deodat Indar, Nicholas Boyer and Major General (rtd) Norman McLean, will this week participate in a one-week fact-finding mission in St John’s Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada.

Several victims of domestic violence along with their relatives, friends and supporters marched through the streets of New Amsterdam on Saturday afternoon to raise awareness about the social ill that has been affecting women countrywide for decades.

The Guyana Delegation urged the Republic of Suriname’s delegation at the Indigenous Peoples in Border Regions, ACTO meeting to desist from the breach of international protocols, after a portion of Guyana’s territory appeared on their map.

A cashier/receptionist who was employed at the Woodlands Hospital and a security guard were today charged with stealing a little over $1 million from the institution.

Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin agrees with the Private Sector Commission’s (PSC) condemnation of the Guyana Power and Light Company’s (GPL) management which it says seems to hold no solution to a reliable power supply.

Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan has written to the city’s Town Clerk saying that the corporal who was dismissed for supposedly failing to take action during an alleged sexual assault on a minor by a lance corporal, must be given a fair hearing.

Two police constables and the ex-partner of Kescia Branche remain in custody following an attack which left her mortally wounded along Cemetery Road.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) received more than $4 billion in income tax from the self-employed last year but according to Auditor General Deodat Sharma only a mere 20% of the active registrants filed returns.