Guyana News

A 44-year-old psychiatric patient reportedly burnt her house down around 7:30 am yesterday at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice and has been taken into police custody.

The National Assembly on Monday night unanimously agreed to increase the membership of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) from seven to ten, in order to make room for representatives of cultural and ethnic organisations.

The police at Charity, Essequibo Coast are investigating the alleged abduction of a 14-year-old girl from Tenez Ferme, Lower Pomeroon River.

Accused of chopping his neighbour after a night of binge drinking, Mark Peters, 18, of Kwebanna Village in the North West District, was on Monday remanded to prison on a wounding charge.

A man was sentenced to nine months in prison on Tuesday, after he admitted to snatching $5,000 from a passenger in a taxi at the Demico House car park last October.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) last Friday initiated a new system for randomly examining imports and Commissioner-General Khurshid Sattaur is hopeful that it will result in fewer false declarations.

An Eccles woman was on Monday accused of attempting to blackmail another woman, claiming that she had a DVD showing the woman’s husband engaged in sexual activity.

There are 25 new additions to the ranks of the Guyana Prison Service with the conclusion of its latest Basic Recruit Training Course and Home Minister Clement Rohee has warned them to be wary of their behaviour due to media scrutiny of the security sector.

Merundoi Inc on Monday received funding from the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) for an edutainment project aimed at combating domestic violence.

Republic Bank has again thrown its support behind the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport’s steel band competition, donating a cheque valued $2.8M for the hosting of the event set for this weekend.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is observing its 125th anniversary this year with a roster of activities, including a lecture series in collaboration with the University of Guyana.

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) is showing its support for this year’s Republic Day celebrations by sponsoring a Spelling Bee competition in Region Six.

A man was on Tuesday sentenced to one year in jail after being found guilty of breaking and entering a vendor’s stall at Merriman Mall and stealing a quantity of articles.

The 2014 World Press Freedom Index has Guyana in almost the same position as last year and significantly below its fellow Caricom countries.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon has been unwell for the past three weeks and is being treated medically at his home.

United States and Italian law enforcement authorities yesterday announced the dismantling of a major trans-Atlantic mafia ring, which uncovered a plot to smuggle some 1,000 pounds of cocaine from Guyana to Southern Italy with the help of Mexican drug cartels already operating here.

Only three breathalyzer kits are functioning in three policing divisions. This was revealed in a written response circulated in parliament on Monday by Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee to questions on breathalyzer kits posed by AFC Member of Parliament Catherine Hughes.

A city shop owner is now a wanted woman after a recent attempt to smuggle cocaine out of the country in achar packages at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

Two members of the Financial Action Task Force are calling for Guyana to be brought before the International Co-operation Review Group (ICRG), the entity charged with analysing high risk-jurisdictions, and for specific actions to be taken, Attorney General Anil Nandlall says.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall has admitted to the long delay in the start of the operations of the Family Court, for which he said the administration of the judiciary is responsible.