Guyana News

Malcolm Sonaram, the customs broker charged with trying to smuggle marijuana out of the country in pumpkins, was yesterday freed after the charge against him was dismissed.

Nezaam Ali, the Muslim scholar accused of sexually molesting nine boys at the Turkeyen Masjid, intends to lead an expert witness as part of his defence.

National awardee Harold Davis who was the first Chairman of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) was laid to rest following a funeral service yesterday at the Trinity Methodist Church on High and Leopold streets, Werk-en-Rust.

Anne-Marie Hutson, the trainee nurse who was doused with acid, is recovering at the Burn Care Unit of the Georgetown Hospital where she remains a patient.

The recently-opened Gravity Lounge may be turning into the place to be but patrons last weekend found out that getting in was easier than getting out.

The community of Parik-warunawa (PK) in Central Rupununi recently celebrated the handover of a women’s livelihood project funded by the New Zealand High Commission Head of Mission Fund (HOMF).

Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh said in a statement yesterday that the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) due diligence on the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project has ceased and blamed APNU for this development, a charge that the opposition group’s leader denied last evening.

Two Albouystown neighbours were yesterday brought before the court for assaulting and wounding each other.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison after he admitted to stealing up to $2M in items from his employer, who he said underpaid him.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has saluted the contributions made by the late former Chairman of the GuySuCo board Harold Davis, recalling that he gave his expertise to the sugar sector during uncertain periods in the nation’s history.

A man was yesterday granted bail for the alleged theft of a laptop computer, after his lawyer said that he was duped into committing the crime.

Waste disposal bins were yesterday handed over to representatives of 15 NDCs in Region Four by Minister in the Ministry of Local Government Norman Whittaker, at the ministry.

Harinand Boodram, 18, who was hospitalised following an accident at Garden of Eden on Monday, has regained consciousness.

Two men were yesterday arraigned at court for wounding and assaulting each other and they were both placed on bail.

A restaurateur was charged yesterday with verbally abusing the owner of a neighbouring liquor shop.

The PNCR and Culture Ministry are mourning the passing of Keith Booker, MSM, and remembers him as a distinguished public servant who served in myriad roles associated with nation building.

The Anna Regina Town Council’s IMC last week teamed up with the Region Two Administration and the business community to host a three-day Town Day where they reflected on achievements in education and committed to making improvements.

In another of a series of statements lamenting the stalled hydropower project, Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh today said that unless the main opposition, APNU changes its mind, it seems the Amaila scheme has died.

The Guyana Power and Light today said that the Demerara Interconnected System suffered a total shutdown yesterday during adverse weather conditions.

ANSA McAL has suspended its proposed multimillion-dollar biofuel project here even as government boasts of more bio energy initiatives.