Guyana News

American investors interested in formulating an energy drink with coconut water from Guyana as one of the key ingredients, paid a courtesy call on President Donald Ramotar on Wednesday.

Darian Rose, accused of robbing a woman at gun-point in her yard, was remanded to prison on Wednesday on an armed robbery charge.

A fisherman, who was found with a small quantity of marijuana when police stopped and searched him, was yesterday fined $3,000 for narcotics possession.

Dobby Doman, a mechanic accused of assaulting and robbing the mother of his child, was on Wednesday cleared of the charges after the woman declined to offer any evidence against him.

Transport Minister Robeson Benn says the MV Kimbia will return to service by August 15, enabling the full resumption of the ferry service to Region One.

Leader of the Opposition, Brigadier David Granger has renewed his call for a Presidential Commission of Inquiry to investigate the many deaths on the East Coast Demerara between 2000 and 2010.

During yesterday and today, the police arrested 34 men in various parts of the city following cordon and search exercises.

At about 1420h today, police say that Angela Mc Allister of Sparendaam, ECD was involved in an argument with a man with whom she shared a relationship at Diamond Housing Scheme, EBD, during which she was lashed and chopped about her body.

One of the main Georgetown feeders was knocked out of service today due to one conductor being cut when an industrial vehicle came into contact with the primary network in the vicinity of Quamina and Waterloo Streets this morning.

The House this morning passed a government motion aimed at raising the loan guarantee ceiling for public corporations from $1 billion to $50 billion after a marathon session which began yesterday.

More than a decade after talks began on reform legislation, the four bills which pave the way for local government polls were passed by the National Assembly last night.

Up to press time this morning, the  National Assembly had passed one Amaila hydro project measure after the government secured support from the AFC but failed to convince APNU.

Hundreds of persons protesting a range of issues gathered outside Parliament Buildings yesterday chanting loudly and later causing pandemonium when a section of the crowd clashed with the police.

With the passage of the Fiscal Transfers Bill 2012 last evening, municipal and neighbourhood councils will be able to raise money in various ways and a formula has now been set out for the sharing of revenues between central and local government.

The man accused of killing Elvis Fernandes on Mandela Avenue was yesterday remanded to prison after being arraigned on a charge of murder at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Come October 1, Digicel subscribers travelling within CARICOM will no longer have to pay roaming charges for voice calls.

Police say that Shawn Fordyce is wanted for questioning in relation to the attempted murder of his wife Donette Blackman and three daughters which occurred on August 1st, 2013, at D Field Sophia.

Prime Minister Sam Hinds was yesterday afternoon granted another deferment on the second reading of a critical telecoms liberalisation bill which means it won’t be addressed until October at the earliest.

A former inmate of the Camp Street prison who was involved in a rooftop protest two Sundays ago was yesterday placed on $90, 000 bail after being arraigned on charges of assaulting a nurse attached to the prison and damaging a shirt following his protest.

The $400M Hugo Chavez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration located at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice, which will be a shelter for the homeless, will be opened on Saturday, by President Donald Ramotar, and Venezuelan Ambassador to Guyana,  Reina Margarita Arratia Díaz.