Guyana News

Two women City Constabulary officers were suspended by the Mayor and City Council for misconduct while on duty in an incident dating back to September 2016.

A push cart operator was yesterday sentenced to 12 months in jail after admitting to stealing nearly $1.2 million in items.

A gold miner, who was allegedly found with 70 grammes of marijuana, was yesterday remanded to prison on a drug trafficking charge.

A five-day training programme began yesterday to develop strategies to treat the country’s wastewater.

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan has set a date for a ruling on the wounding charge against Calvin Bailey, who is accused of injuring a fellow prison inmate at the Camp Street Prison.

A new date was yesterday set for the commencement of the trial of former director of the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) Carvil Duncan, who is accused of conspiring to steal $27.7 million.

The National Assembly last Friday passed an amendment that will see the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) applying an 18% interest rate on tax arrears.

A vendor was yesterday granted more time to pay a businesswoman whom she defrauded of over $200,000 in items.

Manx Powers, the driver who is accused of causing the death of former world champion boxer Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis, has been called upon to lead a defence.

The National Assembly has assented to an affirmation order meant to initialize the VAT Tax (Amendment) Regulations of 2016, which will bring such changes on stream as the payment of VAT on water and electricity.

The Office of the Leader of the Opposition said it received correspondence today, Monday, January 9, 2017 from the Ministry of the Presidency in which President David Granger formally notified Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo that his list of nominees for the Chair of GECOM was unacceptable and asked that a new list be provided.

(CMC) ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Hoping to expand its commercial footprint, improve its management and develop a better relationship with players, the West Indies Cricket Board announced today that Englishman Johnny Grave will take up the position of chief executive officer from February.

The Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) has refused entry into Guyana of one 1X20 ft container with 7200 cases x 24 boxes x 125 ml of Awal Junior Milk (Strawberry, Banana and Chocolate flavours) which was imported from the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Canadian miner, Guyana Goldfields Inc produced 151,600 Ozs of gold last year, just over 20% of the country’s total production of just over 700,000 Ozs.

President David Granger yesterday announced that he has rejected a list of six names provided to him by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo from which one was to be extracted for the position of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

For the year ended September 2016, Banks DIH notched up profit after tax of $4.3b compared to $2.5b in the preceding year.

A fight at the New Amsterdam Prison yesterday left two inmates seeking medical attention at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital and one suffered serious injuries.

Arson is suspected to be the cause of a fire in Sophia on Saturday night which destroyed a four-apartment building and has left ten persons homeless.

Using Kamana Court, known by most as Red House, as a reference, President David Granger yesterday vowed to fight the misuse of state property and said that he will also endeavour to ensure the preservation of the history of all of Guyana’s presidents.

The Chairman of the Buxton/Foulis NDC says that that the week-long flooding that occurred in sections of Buxton near the railway embankment was the result of a six-foot-wide-breach in the east sideline dam, which was repaired yesterday afternoon.