Guyana News

For the first time this year, a meeting of the Region Five Regional Democratic Council (RDC) was held without disruptions but also without APNU+AFC councillors present.

As floodwaters slowly recede in parts of Region Five, Regional Chairman Vickchand Ramphal says it is time for central government to put more money into tackling drainage issues.

Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday refused to state whether he was satisfied with explanations provided by PPP/C Member of Parliament Nigel Dharamlall regarding threats the parliamentarian allegedly made against a man who was communicating with his ex-wife.

Clive David, a former Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Customs officer was yesterday jailed for three years after being found guilty of trafficking in cocaine via mail.

In dire need of new sources of revenue, the Linden Town Council will reopen the Kara Kara bridge toll booth on August 1 once the by-laws to give the process legality are finalised.

Former Marketing and Distribution Incorporated salesman Rayon Nurse, who was charged in 2014 with embezzling over $8M from three of the company’s customers, was yesterday found guilty of the offence.

A 45-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with burning his brother, which resulted in the injured man being hospitalised.

The recently conducted Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March unrest at the Georgetown Prison had a price tag of approximately $13M, Minister of State Joseph Harmon revealed on Wednesday.

A homeless man was sentenced on Wednesday to 12 months in prison after he admitted to a charge of breaking and entering.

When Guyana participates in the Working Group of South American Citizenship forum next week in Ecuador, among discussions will be the establishing of a common passport for citizens of South American nations.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The death of John Ashe, a former United Nations General Assembly president accused by U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain has voted to leave the European Union, results from Thursday’s landmark referendum showed, an outcome that sets the country on an uncertain path and deals the largest setback to European efforts to forge greater unity since World War Two.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Distinguished former West Indies captain, Clive Lloyd, has been axed as chairman of selectors after just two years in charge, and replaced by Courtney Browne.

The three men who were last Friday found guilty in the robbery of Land Court Judge Nicola Pierre and her husband Mohamed Chan were today each sentenced to 16 years in prison, by Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul.

The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown today said that it would be conducting a massive cleanup exercise on Sunday 25, June 2016 commencing at 7:00am, in the Central Business District.

Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin sought to address concerns about a sluggish economy when he addressed the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association annual Business Luncheon held at the Pegasus Hotel today.

The APNU+AFC government yesterday formally proposed differentiated increases for public servants rather than the customary across-the-board hike and the GPSU has agreed to “explore” this.

Government yesterday announced that it had ordered a review of the contract for the city’s parking meters, to ascertain if it contained any illegalities.

More than five years after he hacked his three children to death as they lay asleep in their Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara home, John Blanchard yesterday received a life sentence after pleading to the lesser count of manslaughter.

The 23-year-old driver who was involved in a two-vehicle smash-up at Coverden, East Bank Demerara (EBD) was yesterday charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and was placed on $400,000 bail.