Guyana News

Three men are now remanded prisoners after being accused of the gunpoint robbery at Aranka backdam, in which raw gold and cash were stolen.

A security guard will be spending the next two years in jail after he was found guilty of having an illegal gun and ammunition in his possession.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied any irregularities in the provision of consular services to Guyanese residing in St Maarten, in response to an article published in the St Maarten News Network (SMN) which it says seeks to discredit Consul General of Guyana to Barbados Michael Brotherson.

Another batch of solar panels for the hinterland seems in the making soon as the Office of the President yesterday received bids for the supply and delivery of same.

Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday dismissed the case against a Werk-en-Rust woman accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm on her spouse after the man declined to give evidence in the matter.

Acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba and the Mayor and City Councillors remain at an impasse over the reinstatement of waste management contractors Cevon’s and Darthmouth Rentals, whose services she terminated earlier this month.

The National Assembly recently sent its Public Relations Officer Oneika Walton and its Systems Development Officer Deo Dookie to a the workshop on information and communication technology (ICT) Strategic Planning and the use of Social Media in Parliaments in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited rewarded seven RightStart account holders who excelled at the National Grade Six Assessment 2013, in a ceremony at Queen’s College, during the school assembly on October 25, 2013. 

Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon announced that cabinet has given no objections to six contracts, including one valued US$80,000 for services linked to the development of terminals at the country’s ports of entry.

Over 1,200 families drew their house lot numbers for the housing scheme at Lust-en-Rust, Region Three, at the Ministry of Housing’s sixth One Stop Shop for 2013 last Friday.

Already dealing with the loss of her farm after an apparent attack less than a month ago, Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice farmer Amaloon Bickram on Friday received news that ten of her cows were slaughtered and their heads, intestines and skins left behind.

A man charged with assaulting his common-law wife was on Monday ordered by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to attend counselling sessions at the Help and Shelter.

An elderly man was shot and injured early on Monday morning when he tried to resist gunmen during a robbery.

The Ministry of Health’s outreach on the weekend at Maria’s Pleasure Primary School, Wakenaam, provided services such as general medical checkup, screening for cervical cancer by visual inspection using acetic acid (VIA), eye and blood pressure testing, and blood donation.

Walter Bunting was yesterday sentenced to 36 months in jail after he was found guilty of attempting to traffic 21 grammes of cannabis.

Magistrate Judy Latchman granted self bail to a man charged with using abusive language against his neighbour, after he pleaded not guilty to the offence in court.

The Guyana Fire Service today said that its inspection of the First Federation building on September 27, 2013 showed that the structure was a derelict and it either had to be torn down immediately or reconstructed.

Officials of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) this morning met with Ambassadors and High Commissioners from The United States of America, Great Britain, Canada and the Europe Union, a release from the coalition said.

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur said Chinese forest company Bai Shan Lin approached the agency with a view to demonstrating good corporate social responsibility and offered to build the car park now under construction on the Lamaha Railway Embankment.

Voice Recognition Sys-tems are being procured to unburden judges of having to manually record evidence in the Commercial Court, the Appeals Court and the Chief Justice’s Court, Attorney General Anil Nandlall announced yesterday, while declaring the Modernisation of the Justice Administration System (MJAS) project, under which the initiative falls, a success.