Guyana News

The Maritime Administration Department’s (MARAD) Hydrographic Surveyor, Darrell Fraser, 22, left Guyana in June 2015, and returned on December 20th, 2015 after successfully completing training in “Hydrography for Charting and

PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee on Monday claimed that the majority of elections day staff was made up of one ethnic group, although he would not identify which one.

President David Granger yesterday met with Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG), Professor Nigel Harris to discuss matters related to the repositioning of the institution such as maintenance of infrastructure, enhancing research capabilities and students’ experience, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

A rancher accused of stealing a horse was on Tuesday placed on $25,000 bail after his lawyer said that he had been given the animal to keep for a friend.

A Plaisance duo who pleaded not guilty to assaulting and causing grievous bodily harm to a neighbour had to find $40,000 bail yesterday after answering to the charges before the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board has questioned the timing of the Twenty20 World Cup squad’s contract demands, and says if players refuse to sign by Sunday’s deadline, replacements will have to be found.

CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – The Hero Caribbean Premier League will stage six matches in the United States during the upcoming season, a landmark move that will see the premier regional Twenty20 tournament unveiled in the Americas for the first time.

The drug trade here cannot be crippled unless the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has the backing of the judiciary and the police and there is international cooperation, according to Regional Director Matthew Donahue who today expressed confidence in a successful tenure in Guyana.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb 10, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board and dissatisfied players have found themselves at odds over the legitimacy of the West Indies Players Association’s role in negotiating players’ contracts.

Five candidates are contesting to be the representative for Constituency Two (Kitty North, Central, South and Subryanville) in the Georgetown municipality at the March 18 elections and among their priorities are cleaner and safer communities.

Opposition parliamentarian Yvonne Pearson yesterday told government to quit whining about ills inherited from the previous administration and show the indigenous people of the country specific benefits of this year’s proposed budget.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Raphael Trotman and Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson over the weekend visited Kwakwani and Ituni in Region 10 and promised a range of improvements including a paved road come 2018.

A witness yesterday testified that he recognised murder accused Alvin Semple as one of the men who invaded his father’s home after a rag he used to hide his face fell off during the fatal attack.

In the wake of its planned closure later this year, groups of workers of the Wales Sugar Estate on Monday attended meetings with GuySuCo officials to discuss their fate and many were left displeased with the decisions made.

-Rajkumar cites $233m for education APNU+AFC regional representative Hemraj Rajkumar says government’s promised “good life for all” budget would see multi-million-dollar development and improvements in education, health and agriculture in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).

Three men charged with stealing an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) were on Monday granted $100,000 bail each on the charge, but two of the accused remain on remand on additional charges of unlawful gun and ammunition possession.

Junior Minister of Education Nicolette Henry yesterday defended the amounts allotted for education, sports and cultural development in the proposed 2016 national budget, while saying government would work to foster holistic youth development.

The trial of Berbice businessman Charles Henry, who is charged with fatally shooting a man whose home he had been dismantling, began yesterday before Justice Franklyn Holder at the Berbice Assizes.

A Bourda man is now a remanded prisoner after he appeared before a city court yesterday to face a robbery charge for the second time in three months Carl Hilliman, 27, was read a charge that stated that he, together with others,

An unidentified man died instantly yesterday morning after a John Fernandes Limited truck ran over his head in the vicinity of the Public Buildings in Georgetown.