Guyana News

A shoemaker was yesterday freed of a marijuana trafficking charge after the prosecution failed to prove that he knew he had the drug in his possession.

New United States Ambassador-designate Perry Holloway arrived in Guyana on Thursday and he will be shortly presenting his credentials to President David Granger.

President David Granger on Thursday held talks with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he began the first of a series of bilateral meetings with visiting Heads of Government participating in the 70th United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The Government is still reviewing the operations and financial stability of the Marriott Hotel with a view to determining its future role with the entity.

Guyana Bar Association (GBA) President Christopher Ram on Wednesday presented copies of the “Rights of Arrested Persons” to the Guyana Police Force (GPF).

A technical glitch that occurred on Thursday, September 24, 2015 saw the pages of the print edition for Friday, September 25, 2015 being placed in the wrong order. 

The Government is still reviewing the operations and financial stability of the Marriott Hotel with a view to determining its future role with the entity.

The opposition PPP today pilloried the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Dr Steve Surujbally for a statement to Stabroek News that it would be impossible to prove who inserted fake statements of poll into the verification process at GECOM headquarters during the May 11 General Elections.

The new U.S. Ambassador designate, Perry Holloway arrived in Guyana yesterday.

The Guyana Sugar Cor-poration (GuySuCo) is effectively bankrupt and its total debt stood at $82 billion at the end of July, according to Chairman of the Board Dr Clive Thomas.

Minister of Health Dr George Norton says international standards will be adhered to when the ministry moves to open tendering for the procurement of pharmaceuticals.

Even as Guyanese soldiers begin two days of military manoeuvres Venezuela’s Congress Speaker Diosdado Cabello yesterday said that President Nicolas Maduro is willing to meet President David Granger in New York.

Four Berbice-based police officers are under close arrest and a senior rank has been transferred to police headquarters in Georgetown after they were implicated in the payment $6 million in exchange for the release of a large quantity of cocaine.

Government is awaiting the conclusion of a forensic audit before any further attention is paid to the persons who have been identified as having fraudulently accessed fuel from the Guyana Oil Company (GuyOil), Minister of State Joseph Harmon says.

The police found drugs in a house in the North West District on Wednesday night after a shootout with the suspected drug traffickers.

Guyana is moving to raise the quality of post-secondary and tertiary education through the establishment of the Guyana Core Group of the Caribbean Area Network for Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education (CANQATE).

A seminar held last week to celebrate Software Freedom Day, saw presenters demonstrating active working solutions using Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), including for Geographic Infor-mation Systems (GIS).

The Budget Supermarket on Sheriff Street, Georgetown was robbed on Wednesday night by two armed bandits.

Three youths were brutalised and robbed after they tried to confront one of the persons who robbed their friend in Sophia on Wednesday night.

Following the death of one worker and injury to another at the airport, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) will have to submit an engineer’s report to the Labour Department of the Ministry of Social Protection declaring the area safe, before work can recommence, according to junior Minister Simona Broomes who also revealed that in the company’s agreement no provision was made for the safety of workers.