Guyana News

A United States Customs and Border Protection Officer yesterday offered evidence via video conference against Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo businessman Christopher Baldeo, who is accused of smuggling gold bars out of Guyana.

The Guyana Water Inc yesterday admitted that sewage was released into the Sussex Street canal on Sunday.

The TUC and the GBGWU yesterday rounded again on the Granger administration for not taking steps to ensure worker grievances with Russian-owned company BCGI are arbitrated.

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will be moving to register street vendors next year, Mayor Patricia Chase-Green announced on Monday.

The Office of the Auditor General has raised concerns about the composition of the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), which it says contravenes the guidelines set in the Procurement Act.

A Crane, West Coast Demerara man was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the armed robbery committed on the Sun Beam Hangout Bar and its patrons last week.

The town of Bartica has announced the appointment of Phoebe Wallerson as Town Clerk of the Municipality, a release from the Ministry of Communities said yesterday.

The Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) hosted a sensitisation conversation yesterday to improve its relationship with customs officers.

A man, his wife and their three children are in need of help after a fire of unknown origin gutted their home in Lesbeholden, Black Bush Polder.

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is seeking legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to determine if charges should be instituted against persons implicated in an alleged fraud committed during the construction of the New Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) headquarters.

A man who was allegedly caught with an unlicenced firearm and matching ammunition in the Palmyra area was remanded to prison on Monday.

The Ministry of Business yesterday said that consultations were held with stakeholders in January this year on the importation of frozen chicken.

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the rehabilitation of the Wakenaam Stelling.

The mother of a missing Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara teenager is seeking the public’s help to ensure her safe return home.

Guyana and Chile on Wednesday signed an Open Skies Air Services Agreement and a Reciprocal Visa Abolition Agreement at the Palacio de la Moneda, the seat of the President of Chile in Santiago.

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) will soon be approving regulatory guidelines for the debarment of those contractors who have failed to perform.

A 60-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with being in possession of over 50 pounds of ganja.

Cabinet meetings will be held at the Officers Mess at GDF Headquarters at Camp Ayanganna until repairs are done to the Ministry of the Presidency.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition-led National Assembly voted today to open a political trial against President Nicolas Maduro for violating democracy, but the socialist government dismissed the move as meaningless.

Britain’s Prince Harry will visit Guyana on December 2-4 as part of a Caribbean tour.