Guyana News

A taxi driver, accused of having an unlicensed gun and ammunition, yesterday told a city court that the articles were left behind his car by passengers who may have been planning on robbing him.

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission Dr Steve Surujbally said that in the light of the circumstantial evidence “it would be impossible to prove” who took the false Statements of Poll into the commission and as such, “I couldn’t see why we would proceed with an investigation.”

The Mayor and City Council is mulling transforming the usually busy and traffic-congested commercial Bourda block into a designated open air shopping centre.

A remedial education pilot project targeting pupils of three primary schools in the Buxton/Friendship area was launched on Monday with the aim of improving literacy and numeracy.

Decisions about public sector vacancies were made at the level of Cabinet under the former government, the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Public Service heard yesterday.

A man is in custody after police unearthed 977 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa (marijuana) in his possession during a search which was conducted on his person on September 21, at De Edward Village, West Coast Berbice.

A visually impaired Ceion Rollex, is the recipient of a new laptop amongst other equipment which were handed over to him by President David Granger to aid in his studies at the University of Guyana (UG).

The South Central People’s Development Association of Rupununi has created history for Guyana, winning the United Nations Development Fund’s Equator Prize for the year 2015.

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison after being jointly charged with growing and trafficking marijuana.

Tenders were open last week Tuesday for the Transport and Harbors Department (T&HD) which had invited applications for bids for the rehabilitation of the Parika, Bartica and Legan stellings.

Government is looking to pass legislation that will give the Integrity Commission the power to go after public officials who fail to declare their assets in a timely manner, according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon.

A soldier has been an admitted a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) since Saturday after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car on David Street, Kitty.

Two bandits, who posed as customers, pulled off the brazen robbery of a city carwash on Sunday afternoon.

The assault case against the two police officers charged with assaulting detainee Colwyn Harding was adjourned again yesterday.

A Prospect, East Bank Demerara man was robbed and stabbed just after he disembarked a minibus and was about to enter his home on Saturday evening.

The police were last evening investigating four suspected cases of human trafficking which occurred in the Omai Backdam, Region 7, involving a female shop owner.

There is the need to decentralize the process of preserving the heritage of communities and CEO of the National Trust of Guyana Nirvana Persaud put the onus to do this on local authorities and citizens, at the launching of Heritage Week.

A Linden youth is nursing several chops about his body at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was attacked by three men who are still at large.

Minister within the Ministry of Education, Nicolette Henry, yesterday said that sports will be formally reintroduced into the school curriculum.

Mobilization of Venezuelan Military Forces and Equipment The Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana has received several informed reports of the mobilization of Venezuelan military personnel and equipment on the border with Guyana.