Guyana News

A Goedverwating man was yesterday charged and remanded over a gun-point robbery, while the man to whom he allegedly sold the stolen items was also charged and released on bail.

Canada is to finance the retrofitting of the Fort Ordnance Primary School to the tune of $15m so that it can serve as an emergency shelter for flood-affected residents.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Monday met with the members of the Board of Inquiry, which was mandated to investigate allegations of mismanagement and wrongdoing at the Guyana Oil Company (Guyoil) and Guyana Energy Agency (GEA). 

The Guyana Police Force’s legal advisor on Monday returned the case file on the controversial ‘Pradoville 2’ land deal to the police but it is unclear what advice has been given.

A Kingston youth, allegedly caught with 18 grammes of cannabis, was yesterday remanded to prison on a drug trafficking charge.

The Ministry of Business has invited a team from the World Bank to advise on improving the local business environment, GINA said.

As traders who have operated for decades along the Merriman Mall continue to complain about the recent changes at the site, City Hall continues to claim it is unaware of the issues affecting them.

A national of the Republic of Guinea was on Sunday arrested after he attempted to pass off documents, which stated he is a Guyanese national, to an immigration official in order to gain entry into Suriname.

A guard was granted $100,000 bail by a city court on Friday after denying a charge that he stole almost $200,000 in items.

Residents of Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo are benefiting from a facelift that members of the newly formed Community Development Committee (CDC) have embarked on.

A traffic policeman is now unable to walk after being struck down while helping children across the Eccles, East Bank Demerara Public Road on Monday.

NEW DELHI, India, CMC-Indian businessman Vijay Mallya says he has paid only $100.00 for the Barbados Tridents, a franchise in the Caribbean Premier T20 tournament.

An investigation has been launched and one person has since been arrested after a 58-year-old Albion man was fatally shot on Sunday in a home invasion.

Attorney Nigel Hughes has tendered his resignation as chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC), which is part of the coalition government.

Businessman Brian Tiwarie yesterday said he had been appointed as a personal advisor to Minister of State Joseph Harmon and not to the government, and while claiming that he was the subject of a political vendetta he criticised President David Granger for acting “impulsively” in rescinding the appointment.

For the first time in over 25 years, Guyanese workers can expect one May Day rally as well as more cooperation within the fractured trade union movement.

President David Granger last evening declined to respond to businessman Brian Tiwarie who accused him of acting “impulsively” in rescinding his appointment as ministerial advisor on business development.

Facing concern by coalition partner AFC over the extensive powers of Minister of State Joseph Harmon, President David Granger last evening defended his APNU colleague, saying his duties are not “burdensome” and no objections had been raised before.

Dhupaul Singh, who was on trial over the fatal chopping of Mahaica farmer Balkissoon in September, 2014, was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment after a 12- member jury found him guilty of murder.

A man who was nabbed at the JFK Airport in the US with 19.2 kilogrammes of cocaine packed between curry powder and rice will be leaving a New York jail in August after a court accepted that he was a minor cog in the operation and sentenced him to a year and a day in jail.