Guyana News

Minister of Finance Ashni Singh tonight renewed the government’s appeal for the opposition to place the passage of the anti-money laundering bill above “partisan politics”.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) says a recent statement by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) constituted an attempt by the GRA to give the impression that the company owed $5.3b in consumption tax whereas the opposite was the truth.

Four persons were killed and six others injured when the Mahdia-bound bus they were travelling in collided head on with a truck at Coverden, East Bank Demerara, in the vicinity of Kaylee’s Gas Station yesterday morning.

A bandit was shot dead at Dundee, Mahaicony yesterday afternoon during a confrontation with police, while his accomplice escaped with a bag containing the booty.

The issuance of a “cautionary” letter from the Trinidad and Tobago central bank to its commercial banks regarding doing business with Guyana has caused some amount of consternation by the Private Sector Commission (PSC).

With the future of oil search activities in the offshore Roraima block still uncertain after last week’s seizure by Caracas of a ship in Guyana’s waters, Opposition Leader David Granger yesterday declared that the government’s engagement with Venezuela this week solved nothing.

Ramesh Muniram was yesterday sentenced to 76 years in prison, after he was found guilty of murdering his wife.

Chairperson of the governing board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Bibi Shadick and Managing Director of the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) Valmikki Singh handed out several broadcasting licences yesterday at the NFMU’s head office.

Two armed bandits yesterday morning battered and robbed a businesswoman of Chester, West Coast Berbice and her son before turning their guns on a group of residents who chased after them.

Two men were yesterday charged with breaking into the Central Electronics Store and carting off $9.2M in cash and electronics, after allegedly being caught in the act on the store’s security camera.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) doctor’s quarters on Waterloo Street, Georgetown is literally falling apart around the doctors still living there but they are refusing to go until they are given alternative housing.

R&B star R. Kelly yesterday touched down and put Guyanese fans on notice to expect the unexpected at his concert tonight.

Several persons are expected to be charged in Barbados as early as today after illegal drugs and a submachine gun were found aboard the cargo vessel that sailed from Guyana.

Three are now wanted for questioning by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) after being identified by drug mules as their suppliers.

Nigerian national David Nduka, who tried to obtain a Guyanese passport under an assumed identity, was foiled in part by his “uncommon” accent during the application process.

Just months after being released on bail on a charge of narcotics possession, Troy Nedd was back before the court yesterday facing a similar charge.

Morris Porter, of Laluni Street, Queenstown, was yesterday accidentally shot while “playing around” with a police rank on patrol duty in the city.

A carpenter was yesterday accused of stealing two heavy duty engine gears from BK International.

A 12-member jury was on Thursday empaneled for the retrial of Cyon Collier, called ‘Picture Boy, who is accused of murdering two Victoria brothers in 2006.

Local police have sent a reminder to Interpol with respect to an earlier request for information on the alleged shooting to death of a Guyanese born father and son in Venezuelan territory, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud.