Guyana News

Three men, charged with raping a Bartica woman, have been granted their release on $100,000 bail.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) yesterday signed 14 contracts for the construction of low, middle and moderate income houses which will be on display at its “ Housing Solution 2017 and Beyond Exhibition” set for 1st-5th May at Perseverance, East Bank Demerara.

The feasibility study and the design for the proposed Linden to Mabura road is expected to be launched in another few months, according to British High Commissioner to Guyana Greg Quinn, who also confirmed that the project is one of the two before the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) under consideration for funding under the UK Caribbean Infrastructure Fund.

A Corentyne man has been placed on $50,000 bail for allegedly beating his wife on Valentine evening, with an iron rod, a piece of wood and an electric chord.

Carl Parker, the Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Nine who was recently charged with sexual assault, has been relieved of the post, according to Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan.

  Despite the procedural illegality of the no-confidence motion which led to Linden Town Clerk Jonellor Bowen being removed from her post, a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) has recommended that she be permanently reassigned, since her temperament and attitude may lead to further stymieing of the work of the council.

A day after he was freed of a larceny charge, a man was yesterday sentenced to spend the next 12 months in jail for escaping from the Camp Street Prison.

A young mother of one was on Monday evening found hanging from the rafters of her Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara home and her common-law husband has been detained by the police.

New York Judge Dora Irizarry has “reluctantly” granted another adjournment of the sentencing of Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad on mortgage fraud conspiracy.

The results of an autopsy on a Rupununi woman who was reported to have died after falling in her bathroom have led to the arrest of her husband.

  An excavator operator yesterday found himself in a city court to answer to a charge of attempted murder after he was accused of chopping a friend in the face during a drunken fight.

The pedal cyclist who was struck and killed on Dennis Street, Sophia, Greater Georgetown, on Sunday, has been identified.

Police are searching for the prime suspect in the murder of a Lethem farmer, who was beaten to death on Sunday by a gang of men.

More than two weeks after a police officer allegedly shot teenager Alex Griffith during a chase, the police have completed their investigation and the case file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is moving to regularise auto-body, spray painting and scrap iron operations in the city in the coming weeks, Town Clerk Royston King announced on Monday.

The Ministry of Education, Department of Youth’s Mentorship programme is to be rolled out in March 2017 and Georgetown students will be focused on.

As the recent imposition of the 14% Value Added Tax (VAT) on private education services continues to attract criticism, Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday added his voice to the call for the decision to be reversed.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today called on the government to reverse the 14% VAT on private education that was unveiled in this year’s budget.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – West Indies Cricket Board president, Dave Cameron, has remained vague on the future of embattled left-hander Darren Bravo.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it is firmly in favour of the call for the revocation of the parking meters deal.