Guyana News

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison on a charge that they robbed a pastor.

The minibus driver accused of killing an elderly man through dangerous driving in July was yesterday cleared of all charges after a city magistrate found him not guilty.

The driver of a car was arrested after he drove away from police and was later stopped and found with an unlicensed gun.

Members of the City Council have expressed concern that work being conducted in the city is being developed and implemented without their knowledge or approval.

Come October 1, over 3,000 young people in hinterland communities throughout the country will begin to benefit from training in technical vocations and life skills.

Speedboat operators who ply the Vreed-en-Hoop/ Stabroek route have benefited from a recently-held customer service training programme which outlined their roles in delivering quality service to customers.

Six more persons were fined after they admitted to driving under the influence of alcohol.

Sookraj Permaul, the bus driver who was charged last year August with causing the death of remigrant cyclist Roy Mendonca, was yesterday sentenced to 54 months in prison after he was found guilty of the crime.

A man accused of five counts of armed robbery had the charges against him dismissed on Friday after the virtual complainants failed to show up in a city court.

With just a matter of hours left before President David Granger addresses the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) the Head of State says his objective will be to call on the UN to offer some form of solid protection for small States.

Based on actual and projected performance, the Marriott Hotel is expected to make an operating profit based on cash flows by the end of this year, its special purpose company Atlantic Hotel Inc (AHI) said in a statement today.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Phil Simmons was today suspended as West Indies head coach, for criticising the selection process regarding the one-day team for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka.

President David Granger says he is confident that a resort to the court to settle the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy will yield a ruling in Guyana’s favour.

Guyana and Venezuela last evening agreed to receive their respective ambassadors with Venezuela also accepting an investigative United Nations team which afterwards will report to the UN Secretary General for a decision on the way forward.

The government has not been transparent enough in all of its actions in its first 100 days in office, including in the appointment of ministers, which was “untidy,” Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) President Calvin Bernard says.

A police officer in training is now dead after his motorcycle slammed head on into a speeding car early yesterday morning.

Three people are now dead after three separate accidents yesterday and on Saturday morning.

Decisions made by the Defence Board with respect to Coast Guard head Gary Beaton and his alleged connection to a vehicle transfer scandal is not for the public’s ears, according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon.

Chairman of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guy-SuCo) Dr Clive Thomas has said the commercialisation of key assets along the coast could provide much-needed revenue streams for the cash-strapped state company.

Head of the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) Dr Clive Thomas said that the lease by which Red House was let to a company linked to the former PPP administration has to be re-valuated as market principles must determine the price or lease of public property.