Guyana News

A just concluded three-day workshop, conducted by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), is expected to make the operations of the Parliament Office more effective.

Samuel Marks of Port Kaituma, NWD, has been charged with murder committed on Police Sergeant 16934 Leonard La Rose which occurred on March 01, 2016, at Matthews Ridge, NWD.

During today, Police Special Constable 14536 Akeem Hyles, 22 years, of the Tactical Services Unit was among a team of Joint Services personnel and officials of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) in a boat in the Amatuk Falls area, Potaro River, when the vessel capsized and he is suspected to have drowned, the police say.

The Government has approved the application of Surinamese Airline ‘Fly Always N.

Government has green-lighted a proposal submitted by Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin to introduce a ‘Trusted Trader’ programme to benefit legitimate businesses in Guyana, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said today.

About 1725h. yesterday, the police say that Major Cunjah, 18 years, of Pomona Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, was the pillion rider on a motorcycle when the rider lost control of the vehicle and crashed on the Aurora Public Road, Essequibo Coast.

Former president Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday declared that he does not have hidden wealth in shell accounts and is willing to declare his holdings, both local and overseas, if the opposition members would do the same.

Four persons, including a 12-year-old girl, were arraigned yesterday for the murder of Nonpareil pensioner Roger Manikam.

Three men were yesterday charged with murder after the gunning down of Coast Guardsman Kevon Payne and the suspected reprisal killing of Gladstone “Tuffy” Taylor in Charlestown.

The ruling coalition is still to address reports that Minister of State Joseph Harmon interfered in the work of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) with respect to Chinese-owned logging company Baishanlin.

Almost two months after General Secretary of the Rice Producers’ Association Dharamkumar Seeraj accused the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) of signing an underhand agreement for the procurement of $420M in fertiliser, a source says that the deal has collapsed.

Public officers who make a log of illegal directives given by government will be protected by whistleblower legislation, according to former president Bharrat Jagdeo, who yesterday warned that those who do not will face the consequences should his party return to office.

Suzette Cornette, a former employee of the Guyana Police Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), was yesterday charged with obtaining over $500,000 in cash and items to derail the prosecution of a larceny suspect.

The wooden stands at D’urban Park are starting to show signs of deterioration though only months old.

Thirteen years after being charged with killing a 22-year-old man during a row at a cricket match, Ganesh Narine was yesterday sentenced to nine years in jail after pleading guilty to the crime.

It is clear from a reading of the entire local government legislation that the framers never intended for the electorate to directly elect a mayor and application of a clause that speaks to voters directly electing a mayor would lead to an “absurdity,” Attorney-General (AG) Basil Williams said.

Livestock farmers in Guyana may soon be able to buy locally produced soybean meal as a Brazilian company is expected to begin cultivation at Ebini.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday disputed reports that his party received a hefty donation from Chinese company Baishanlin for its 2015 elections campaign.

Dubbing the deaths of 17 prisoners in a fire last month a “massacre,” a former Camp Street prison inmate yesterday testified that the officer-in-charge (OC) of the jail, Kevin Pilgrim, was not fit to run the facility.

Workers of the Wales Sugar Estate were joined by senior officials of the Guyana Agricultural & General Workers’ Union (GAWU) in holding a  candlelight vigil last evening in front of the  estate.