Goldsmith Richard Ramjit, who had over $4M in jewellery seized from him at the Cheddi Jagan airport, Timehri in January, was yesterday charged with exporting gold without a licence and falsifying a declaration form.
Two more Camp Street prisoners yesterday pointed fingers at Deputy Prisons Director Gladwin Samuels as being culpable for the deaths of 17 inmates who perished after the fire at the prison last month.
A prisoner, who was hit with pellets in both eyes during unrest last month at the Camp Street Prison, is now blind and his mother is pleading for assistance to foot his medical bills.
Three men, who were charged last December with illegal possession of guns and ammunition, were freed of the charges yesterday by a city magistrate due to insufficient evidence.
There is at least one connection to Guyana in the leaked ‘Panama Papers’ which details the offshore holdings of world political leaders and elite businessmen and celebrities, among others.
Minister in the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes on Saturday witnessed disturbing damage to the environment by miners in Konawaruk (Potaro-Siparuni).
NGO, Red Thread yesterday maintained its protest for Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence to be removed over her attempts to shield an APNU+AFC candidate who was accused of child molestation and another counter-picket was held by her supporters.
Four persons, including a 12-year-old, are now in police custody in connection with the murder of Nonpareil pensioner Roger Manikam, who was found dead along the Coldingen Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.
The father of 10-year-old Ishmael Raghubir, who was driving the truck from which his son fell to his death on Sunday, has been released on station bail.
Canadian mining firm Guyana Goldfields Inc produced 41,281 ounces of gold at its Aurora mine in Region Seven during the first quarter of this year and its total gold production since September last year is now at 77,182 ounces.
New primary and nursery schools will be built in Number 36 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, as part of the region’s capital works programme, according to Region Six Chairman David Armogan.
A shift system is being instituted for some students attending the Goed Fortuin Primary after upset parents pulled their children from the school on Monday due to dangers posed by ongoing construction on the building.
Senior Legal Adviser, Ministry of Legal Affairs and Office of the Attorney General’s Chambers, Judy Stuart and the President of the Guyana Press Association, Neil Marks recently participated in a US programme on combating corruption.