Guyana News

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Monday held a session on its planned introduction of the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA).

One of the lawyers representing former General Manager of the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) Nizam Hassan, who is accused of approving payments for substandard work on the rehabilitation of the company’s Robb Street headquarters, yesterday argued that the charge laid against the man discloses no criminal offence.

The trial of Anjanie Boodnarine, the common-law wife of convicted drug trafficker Barry Dataram, for allegedly forging a passport, is set to begin today.

A Sierra Leone national was yesterday fined and ordered deported after he admitted to entering the country illegally.

A South African man was on Monday charged with overstaying his time in Guyana.

ST JOHN’s, Antigua, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of former West Indies captain, Jimmy Adams, as its new Director of Cricket.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today wrote President David Granger seeking clarification on the President’s view as it relates to a candidate for the Chairmanship of the Guyana Elections Commission.

Police ranks acting on information received, yesterday conducted several raids in the Broad Street, Charlestown neighbourhood for illegal drugs and firearms.

The People’s Progressive Party today condemned President David Granger’s rejection of the list of six names to be considered for Chairman of GECOM which had been submitted by Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo.

One day after President David Granger announced that he had rejected the list of six names provided for the post of Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Chairman, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo was officially notified of this development.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Springlands Magistrate Court charged with chopping his former girlfriend and her mother on Christmas Eve.

After managing to elude the police for almost eight years, murder accused Charles Chapman, who was on Friday arrested in relation to a wounding incident, admitted to fatally stabbing his former lover in 2009.

Rice farmers in Essequibo are now computing their losses as floodwaters have started to recede from their fields after recent rainfall.

A two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) outlining areas of support to drive the achievement of gender equality goals was signed yesterday by the Caricom Secretariat and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).

The police were up to yesterday afternoon trying to view surveillance footage which monitors the Tower Suites’ Club Privilege, as they continued to investigate a shooting incident which occurred early Sunday morning during which several patrons were reportedly injured.

A shipment containing over 7,000 cases of milk imported from the Kingdom of Bahrain located in the Persian Gulf was denied entry into Guyana by the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) after it was found that it was adulterated with vegetable oil.

Yesterday marked the first day of the new school term and teachers who were eligible for promotion two years ago returned to the same classrooms they occupied in 2015.

After enduring a week-long flood, some Buxton residents were breathing sighs of relief when the water finally receded yesterday.

A man is now in police custody assisting with investigations following the discovery of 13 kilogrammes of cannabis destined for Port Kaituma, North West District last Saturday.

Out of the 141 cases that were scheduled to be heard during the October Criminal Assizes, only 28 were disposed of; 15 were dealt with in the High Court of Demerara and 13 were nolle prosequi (discontinued) based on statements from the virtual complaints.