Guyana News

The badly decomposed body of Hyde Park taxi driver, Sherland Dalloo, 37, who was missing since last Monday was discovered at Onverwagt Backdam, West Coast Berbice around 8 am yesterday.

In the wake of lingering perceptions that former president Bharrat Jagdeo wants to make another bid for the presidency, his successor Donald Ramotar insists that the two-term presidential term limit is best for Guyana.

They might be someone’s sister or brother or even parents. Some are professionals, others can be found on the streets begging.

Guyana has experienced the bulk of the region’s negative environmental impacts from mining but is not enjoying the benefits, according to a study led by the French Forestry Agency (ONF).

Former President Donald Ramotar yesterday justified the now scrapped Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) Strategic Plan 2013-2017 saying the plan focused on industry-wide diversification that would have eventually led to ethanol production and has urged greater investment in the sector.

Milton Eastman, the accused burglar who was apprehended in the Survi-val Supermarket earlier this year, was on Friday cleared of a robbery charge by Magistrate Fabayo Azore.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Presi-dent David Granger yesterday declared that Novem-ber 1, this year and every year hereafter will be observed as ‘Defence Force Day”.

Government is hoping to receive feedback from civil society on the Code of Conduct proposed for government ministers and public officials in the coming weeks, Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman says.

After several months of uncertainty as to when they would be employed, the 92 Cuban-trained doctors who completed their final year internship and graduated in August have finally seen a development in their case.

The owner of Street Styles Boutique, Carl Innis who was shot on Saturday night in front of his business and robbed is in stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit officers on Saturday intercepted a Guyanese male (46 years old ) at CJIA with 4.1 kilos of cocaine hidden in the false wall of his suitcase .

A mason was on Friday arraigned on four counts of armed robbery where more than $2.2 million in cash and cellphones was taken.

Claude Peters, the taxi driver who was charged in July with misusing money given to him by a Nigerian national to buy an engine, has been fined $100,000 by a city court after being found guilty.

Effective October 30, customers of Digicel can register free of cost to access the services of Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GTT)’s mobile money.

A young mother was on Friday accused of stealing over $100,000 in jewellery from another woman.

Raymond Samaroo, the man who was previously charged with stealing the same car twice, has been accused of stealing another vehicle, just one day after he was granted bail by a city court.

On October 26, Caricom Secretary General Irwin LaRocque made an official visit to Brazil at the request of Brazil’s Foreign Minister, Mauro Luiz Vieira.

A joint charge is expected to be instituted against the five men accused of robbing Land Court Judge Nicola Pierre and her husband.

A workshop was held two Fridays ago to improve the delivery of technical and vocational education in Guyana.

The first phase of the rehabilitation of the Georgetown drainage system has concluded, with 45% of the main drains cleared and a combined expenditure of more than $195 million.