Guyana News

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) board yesterday requested that government fire Commissioner Rickford Vieira, even as the country’s leading miners’ group announced that it had no confidence in Board Chairman Clinton Williams.

A statement prepared by Nigel Hinds Financial Services (NHFS) says the renovation of the Independence Arch on Brickdam and the inauguration of President David Granger cost $18.7M and were funded by donations.

While acknowledging that the laws and by extension the penalties for cannabis offences ought to be reviewed, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday also argued that the current absence of a clear sentencing policy is a problem.

The suspect in the hit and run accident that claimed the life of teen biker Travis Bollers was yesterday arraigned in a city court on five charges, including causing death by dangerous driving.

Although November was Road Safety Month, it saw the highest number of road fatalities recorded for the year.

Three heavily armed bandits pulled off a daring daylight robbery on an A H & L Kissoon’s Furniture Store outlet yesterday afternoon on Main Street, after which police held three suspects who they say matched their descriptions.

An empty go-fast boat was recently discovered in the North West District of Region One and tests are being conducted to determine if it was involved in any illegal activity, head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) James Singh has confirmed.

A suspect was yesterday charged and remanded to prison over the alleged murder of miner Santee Solomon, who was fatally stabbed almost two weeks ago.

Anthony Morrison will now have to face a second retrial after a jury was unable to arrive at verdict at the conclusion of his trial for the murder of his common-law wife, Donna Thomas.

A Sophia teen was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison after he admitted to carrying out an armed robbery.

A second man was yesterday charged with stealing over $17 million in weapons, jewellery and foreign currency during a burglary.

A man was yesterday placed on $50,000 bail after making an appearance before a city court for allegedly impersonating a police officer.

A former Special Constable in the Guyana Police Force was charged yesterday with defrauding five persons of over $1.5 million by pretending that he could get them house lots.

Rene Gordon, who was on trial for engaging in sexual activity with a minor, was yesterday freed at the conclusion of his trial in the High Court.

After three visits to Guyana, the International Children’s Heart Foundation (ICHF or Baby Heart) has left behind an important structure necessary for the surgical care of paediatric patients.

Work to rebuild the historic Umana Yana, which was destroyed by a fire in 2014, has begun and the foundation and the flooring are expected to be completed by December 31st.

The Ministry of Social Protection is partnering with the Mayor and City Council, the National Commission on Disability and UNICEF to ensure Georgetown is made more accessible for persons with disabilities, especially children, the ministry has said.

Beginning on Monday, all approved non-immigrant visa applicants will no longer have to return to the United States Embassy to uplift their approved visas.

Teachers and students at the Bartica Secondary School dormitory are in shock after they awakened on Thursday morning to find the body of a male teacher hanging in one of the dormitories.

It has been almost six months since the enforcement of parallel parking along some of the city’s most congested streets and so far 185 persons have been charged with breaching the new traffic rule, according to Traffic Chief Dion Moore.