Guyana News

The Central Corentyne and Berbice Chambers of Commerce have pilloried the government over the crime situation saying it seems “powerless, ineffectual, and out of (its)  league” in addressing the upsurge in attacks across the country.

Armed bandits this morning stormed the Ramada Princess Casino on the East Bank.

The Central Immigration and Passport Office received over 1,000 applications for passports over the previous four days due largely to the “misconception” by applicants that the fee is slated to be increased, Deputy Chief Immigration Officer Dale Alves says.

A thorough probe into the 2012 heist of 476 pounds of gold in Curacao has been urged after an audit report suggested that the initial investigation was lax in an effort to protect persons who may have been involved in the unlawful shipment.

A Buxton mother died last evening at the Georgetown Public Hospital after she was hit by a car at the junction of Lamaha and Oronoque streets in Georgetown.

A security guard was fatally chopped when he attempted to chase off intruders at the Best Buy Hardware Store at Bladen Hall, East Coast Demerara on Wednesday night.

Another suspect in the murder of Sophia businessman Shawn Anys, who was killed almost a year ago by armed bandits, was yesterday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

Testimony before the Commission of Inquiry into the fatal prison unrest yesterday confirmed that the siren, which is sounded to indicate there is an emergency at the Camp Street prison, did not go off at the sighting of the first fire on March 3.

A city shop owner is now hospitalised after he was shot when two bandits pulled off a daring daylight robbery yesterday.

The Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) is maintaining its stand that local distributor, International Pharmaceutical Agency (IPA) Guyana Ltd effect an “immediate recall” of Lailac Infant Milk from the market.

A small fire was started by prisoners in the Golden Grove Police Station lock-ups, on the East Bank of Demerara yesterday.

Two companies that provided $74 million worth of services to the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) in 2014 and 2015 have been accused of VAT fraud and the GGB has been urged to refer the matter to the Guyana Revenue Authority for action.

The reopening of the Tower Hotel is set for May 14th.

Unapproved prospectors at Marudi in the Rupununi will have to remove their equipment by Sunday as part of a deal reached between miners and the authorities during a mediation exercise at Lethem last weekend.

A five-month- old infant died on Wednesday at the city public hospital after a truck hit his stroller while he was being pushed across a road at Belmont, East Coast Demerara.

Anthony David, one of the five men accused of robbing Justice Nicola Pierre and her husband, yesterday said that he was set up by police, who he accused of holding him for days without any explanation, assaulting him and then trying to recruit him as an informant.

The Regional Education Officer (REdO) has promised to address the issues at the Mocha Arcadia Nursery School, where teaching has resumed after parents forced its temporary closure due to the deplorable conditions.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) has applied to Magistrate Judy Latchman to summon journalist Travis Chase and a station manager to testify in the trial of self-confessed drug trafficker Barry Dataram.

An independent candidate from the Soesdyke/Huist Coverden local authority area has been elected as Vice-Chairman of the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC).

A man is now at the Georgetown hospital after he was shot several times to one of his legs last night.