Guyana News

A 21-year-old Guyanese man gunned down in New York in bed beside his girlfriend was killed over US$1,200 in stolen cash, sources said Monday, according to the New York Daily News.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC- Former West Indies batsman Jimmy Adams is the new director of cricket for the West Indies Cricket Board, according to regional media reports.

A Number 79 Village cambio dealer was robbed of millions in cash and jewellery early yesterday morning when a gang of 14 men, who were heavily armed including with AK-47s, invaded his home.

The members of the special team being assembled to prosecute the alleged criminal offences stemming from the sale of land at the ‘Pradoville 2’ Housing Scheme have been chosen, Minister of State Joseph Harmon has revealed.

The project to build a wind farm at Hope Beach is moving forward but will have to be scaled down by at least 50%, according Lloyd Singh, one of the investors of Guyana Wind Farm Incorporated (GWFI).

A Berbice River resident is seeking answers and compensation from the Guyana Police Force and the Minister of Public Security after a group of policemen unlawfully occupied his home for several days when they were sent to the area to conduct drug raids.

  Pleased by his ministers’ performance in 2016, President David Granger says there will be no reshuffling of the Cabinet.

Mexican Ambassador to Guyana Ivan Roberto Sierra-Medel told local rice farmers in Berbice last Thursday that a large market is available for their produce in Mexico, if they can gain a foothold.

None of the nominated prisoners have met the criteria to be pardoned this year, according to President David Granger.

In a bid to decrease the overcrowding at the jails around the country, President David Granger said his government is going to spend over $300 million to expand the Mazaruni Prison to accommodate about 500 more prisoners.

To mark the anniversary of Martin Carter’s passing in December 1997, Gemma Robinson looks at Carter’s work on independence from 1966.

A 42-year-old man was on Friday granted bail by a city magistrate after he was accused of fraudulently converting over $2 million in fish to his own use.

Newcomer Vickram Bharrat told the National Assembly on Thursday that the coalition government has “signalled its intention to kill sugar.”

The Camp Street prisoner who was reportedly injured by a prison warden after he allegedly refused to have a body cavity search conducted on him was released from the Georgetown Public Hospital and is back in prison recovering.

Doctors at a private city hospital have removed the bullet which was lodged in the right leg of Gavin Ramlall who was shot during a robbery at Sophia on Thursday last.

Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson says the proposed $2.3 billion budget for road rehabilitation and construction in the hinterland next year is testament to the government’s commitment to ensuring the long awaited link to the coast.

The children of Caria Caria Village, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (Region Three) received an early Christmas treat when President David Granger continued his toy distribution exercise in their community yesterday.

Sita Nagamootoo, wife of Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, in collaboration with the Ralph Joseph Charity, held a Christmas party in Courtland Village, Corentyne which saw the attendance of over 250 children, from the Corentyne area.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Senate’s top Republican broke with President-elect Donald Trump on Monday over whether Russian hacking during the U.S.

An Upper Corentyne moneychanger was this morning  robbed of millions of dollars in cash and jewellery by fourteen men, some of whom were armed with high-powered weapons.