Guyana News

Ryan Chow, a sales clerk at Game Express, was yesterday accused of stealing $2.6 million in games from the store.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of narcotics possession for trafficking after her was caught by police allegedly transporting marijuana in a wine box.

Kerwin Estwick, of Amelia’s Ward, Linden, was yesterday charged with the gunpoint robbery of a vendor, who he is accused of holding up just minutes after buying bananas from her.

A post-mortem examination done yesterday on the remains of freed murder accused Dexter Marshall revealed that he died from a condition associated with the inflammation of the brain.

As part of its celebration of 30 years of service in Guyana, the Georgetown Central Rotary Club yesterday received a cheque for $8 million from Courts (Guyana) Inc to help fulfil its ‘Sophia Promise.’

National Road Safety Month kicked off yesterday with a small ceremony at the junction of Avenue of the Republic and Brickdam, under the theme, ‘Alcohol, Speed, and Inattentiveness Cause Accidents; Drive Wise and Save Lives.’

The Natural Resources Ministry is endeavouring to commission a Mining School whose programmes will enjoy local, regional and international accreditation.

Physical upgrades of several of the buildings at the University of Guyana (UG) could begin by the end of the year, according to Vice-Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi.

The launching of the Caribbean Association of Professional Statisticians (CAPS) was held on Monday in Basseterre, St.

The Immigration ‘B’ team won the Guyana Police Force’s annual First Aid competition for the Smellie Cup yesterday and also captured the ‘Best First Aider’ award.

Cellink consumers on the West Coast Berbice will now enjoy strengthened cellular coverage as a result of the activation of a new GT&T cell site at Bush Lot, the company has announced.

The Sea and River Defence Department is advising the public to take all necessary precautions as the predicted spring tide period has indicated above normal tides until Thursday.

The Guyana Police Force has announced that a number of roads will be closed today to vehicular traffic to facilitate the Annual Diwali Motorcade 2013 from 7pm.

A light plane crashed as it tried to take off from Wakenaam yesterday afternoon, almost two years after it crash landed on the island en route from Trinidad to Timehri.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — The authorities have imposed easier procedures for illegal aliens to legalize their stay in the country.

Educator and former Headteacher of the Helena Primary School, Mahaica, Anoopwattie Vereen died today, at age 68, after a brief period of illness, the Government Information Agency reported.

Guyana Defence Force Lieutenant Ronald Gonsalves, succumbed following injuries sustained in a vehicular accident on Mandela Avenue earlier this afternoon, a release from the GDF said.

A small plane that had crash-landed on the island of Wakenaam in November 2011 crashed again as it tried to take off this afternoon injuring the pilot, reports stated.

The opposition’s belief that the PPP will lose its plurality anytime soon is “farfetched” and it has to find creative ways of engaging with the government to lift the country out of the present impasse, according to former PPP/C Minister Henry Jeffrey.

Minister in the Ministry of Local Government Norman Whittaker has warned that moves to resume collection of the Kara Kara bridge toll could result in extortion charges, even as about 30 toll collectors working with the Linden Town Council have been sacked.