Guyana News

Former Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon was yesterday questioned by Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) investigators about the annual general meetings of government holding company NICIL.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday said the Ministry of the Presidency needs to answer the legitimate political and legal questions raised by the failed Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) operation that resulted in three deaths during a chase along Carifesta Avenue on December 30 last year.

Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman yesterday inducted the new members of the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) and urged them to address gold smuggling and to ensure high declarations of the precious metal, according to a Ministry of the Presidency statement.

Amid objections from the opposition PPP/C, the government used its majority in the National Assembly on Thursday, to pass the Law Reform Commission Bill 2015 which seeks to establish a permanent Law Reform Commission to reform and modernise Guyana’s laws.

Although over half of the youth polled in a recent survey were sexually active before the legal age of consent, many still have a very limited understanding of birth control.

Chief Constable Andrew Foo says once a formal complaint is made, allegations of vendors being extorted by city constables will be investigated.

Although the City Council recently instituted a line system to curb congestion at the East Coast minibus park, the demarcated zone for operators is quickly becoming too small to serve its function.

The members of new Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Board and the Sea and River Defence Board yesterday received their letters of appointment.

The National Mine Workers’ Union will be aiming to tackle the major issues that are affecting all miners and giving them a voice, while striving for a better working environment, according to union president Sherwyn Downer.

A Turkeyen resident was yesterday brought before a Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and charged for killing a Brazilian national.

An employee of DeSinco Trading, accused of embezzling in excess of $4 million, was yesterday placed on $250,000 bail by a city court after he denied the allegation.

A teen was yesterday sentenced to 12 months in prison after admitting he threatened to chop off a market vendor’s head.

A Linden man, caught on camera robbing a store, attempted to justify his actions to a city court yesterday by saying that the store owner owed him money.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on Thursday returned 24 files to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and requested additional investigations into a multi-million dollar theft from the former Public Service Ministry.

Officers from the Police Narcotics Branch unearthed some 2.7 kilogrammes of cocaine hidden in the walls of an outbound package at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) yesterday afternoon.

Two days after being involved in a motorcycle accident that left her battling for her life, four-year old Paula Waterman succumbed to her injuries on Thursday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, today, inducted the new members of the Guyana Gold Board (GGB), urging them to address gold smuggling and to ensure high declarations of the metal, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Guyana Jaguars produced a clinical all-round effort to easily trounce Leeward Islands Hurricanes by seven wickets and book their spot in the final four of the Regional Super50 here today.

Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman in a meeting this morning with small miners at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre instructed the release of more lands to them.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) today said that the December 30 intelligence operation that resulted in three deaths raises many good governance concerns and it called for a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency on all the “legitimate” questions posed.