Guyana News

The body of the 52-year-old farmer, who went missing on Sunday evening after the boat he was in collided with another in the Lower Pomeroon River was recovered on Monday afternoon.

The Ogle Airport Inc. (OAI) carried out a full-scale Mass Casualty Inci-dent Management (MCIM) simulation yesterday afternoon at the Eugene F.

President David Granger says that the Government of Guyana welcomes the recent announcement by the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres of the appointment of Dag Halvor Nylander, a Norwegian diplomat as his Personal Representative on the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela.

Leroy Williams, one of the men committed to stand trial for throwing a grenade outside of Kaieteur News last year, was on Monday given a two-year sentence for firearm possession.

Karim Price, a manager of the Port Kaituma branch of MACORP, was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with the unlawful possession of a gun and 12 rounds of ammunition.

A mother of seven was yesterday remanded to prison after she was charged with being in possession of a little over 13 pounds of cannabis for trafficking.

The Teaching Service Commission (TSC) is not yet ready to provide a publication date for either the final or preliminary promotion list for senior teachers.

Million-dollar bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the Docking and Rehabilitation of the MV Malali under the Transport and Harbours Department.

Justice Brassington Reynolds is expected to rule tomorrow on the High Court’s jurisdiction to hear the application of Mohendra Arjune, who is seeking judicial review of the controversial parking meter contract between the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) and Smart City Solutions (SCS).

Linden Town Clerk Jonellor Bowen will return to her post today as Ministry of Communities Permanent Secretary, Emile McGarrell has chosen not to have her reassigned.

Former chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Dr Steve Surujbally believes that the best person to replace him would be a judge, if the candidate qualifies as “fit and proper.”

UN constitutional experts who visited last month will analyse the information they gathered and provide guidance to UN decision-makers on technical support for the constitution reform process here.

An ex-convict was fined $25,000 on Friday for breaking and entering.

A man was on Monday remanded to prison after he was accused of stealing over $2 million in property, including a Bedford truck, from his supposed employer.

The PPP this evening said that a second list of names with nominees for the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission will be submitted to President David Granger.

Indira Outar, the woman fingered as the mastermind behind the execution-style killing of Tain mother of four Leilawatie Mohamed was today charged with procuring five persons to commit the act and remanded.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Newly-appointed Director of Cricket, Jimmy Adams, has strongly backed the ongoing review of the West Indies Cricket Board’s controversial eligibility rule.

Arson yesterday destroyed Benjamin’s Homemade Bakery which had been a fixture in the Buxton community for almost 26 years.

Justice Brassington Reynolds yesterday refused a request to issue a temporary order to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to prohibit contractor Smart City Solutions (SCS) from administering the metered parking system in the city, while saying he wanted to be fully briefed on the entire case.

Former president Bharrat Jagdeo was evasive yesterday on his interest in a third term but noted that the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has not decided who its presidential candidate for the next elections will be.