Guyana News

Members of Cabinet as well as Non-Cabinet Ministers, today, met at the Ministry of the Presidency to iron out their 2016 Ministerial work programmes, which will inform the finalising of the National Budget, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said this evening.

President David Granger yesterday presented the keys to two 30-seater buses for school children to the Region Five, Regional Democratic Council (RDC).

(Trinidad Guardian) In a move expected to shake up the foreign used car industry, Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon yesterday announced a new policy which bars the importation of gasoline-powered vehicles more than four years old.

VIENNA/DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran emerged from years of economic isolation on Saturday when the U.N.

Three more persons were yesterday charged over their alleged involvement in the murder of British teen Dominic Bernard.

Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman yesterday announced that he had instructed that additional lands be released to small miners.

The Commercial and Land registries must be fully computerised as part of a wider modernisation process to protect documents from flood, fire and tampering, according to President David Granger, who yesterday also called for updated copyright laws to protect the creative community.

By Dreylan Johnson A pastor and his wife were both chopped last evening when they were attacked by bandits at their Foulis, East Coast Demerara home.

Jermaine Maynard was yesterday afternoon handed down an 88-year sentence by Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court in Georgetown, after a jury found him guilty of murdering his former girlfriend Carlisa Matthews.

The husband of Hafeeza Rohoman, the Helena, Mahaica woman found floating in a trench on Sunday, has confessed to the crime, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.

The Stena Carron drillship is on its way to Guyana where it is expected to drill several wells for US oil company ExxonMobil in the coming weeks.

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.