Guyana News

A taxi driver was yesterday charged with throwing firecrackers at a group of people in Alexander Village.

A popular Essequibo Coast newspaper vendor was struck down by a car and killed yesterday as he was delivering newspapers in the Sparta area.

President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Guyana (ICAG) Ronald Alli says that he will be issuing a statement on the perceived conflict of interest situation created by the wife of the Minister of Finance being in her position at the Audit Office.

A group of men yesterday discovered the body of a man lying face down in a gutter near the Ruimveldt Police Station.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has announced that several streets in Georgetown will soon be designated one way streets to reduce traffic congestion and aid the fight against crime.

A US-based Guyanese man charged with shooting his wife in October waived his preliminary hearing on Wednesday in Shawnee County District Court, Kansas the Topeka Capital Journal Online reported yesterday.

Two women arraigned on charges of assaulting each other were each ordered to pay court costs on Tuesday after they opted not to proceed with their complaints.

APNU will not alter its stand on the anti-money laundering bill, which it maintains needs more work before passage, according to leader David Granger, who says the main opposition also sees the need for the establishment of a Public Procurement Commission (PPC) but believes the two issues are not tied to each other.

Several persons were injured yesterday when a minibus and a car collided on Main Street in the vicinity of the Palm Court Restaurant and Bar.

Laparkan Shipping is among hundreds of international logistics providers participating in the November 6 – 8, 2013 Americas Air and Sea Cargo Show and Conference at the Miami DoubleTree Hotel and Convention Centre.

  When police responded to noise report against miner Yogesh Singh, he cursed them, a court heard on Tuesday.

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is reporting that the second crop harvest is 95 per cent completed and that paddy being shipped to mills is in great condition.

Caricom Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque says that the regional body looks forward to strengthening development cooperation and friendship with Israel.

President Donald Ramotar has given assurances to Region Nine residents that they will reap all the benefits from a five-year Hinterland Tourism Development Plan that will focus on marketing Amerindian villages as adventure destinations in sport fishing and birding publications.

A La Penitence resident was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail after being charged with the theft of a sheep, which was then sold at a fraction of its value Orlando Wilson of 77 Middle Road, La Penitence yesterday pleaded not guilty when he appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

  Plaisance resident Brenda Beaton, described by police as a known shoplifter, found herself before a court yesterday after a tin of milk that she allegedly stole fell out of her skirt during a confrontation with a guard at a city supermarket.

The Embassy of the French Republic in Suriname collaborated with the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to offer a one-week training programme on techniques for investigation of drug trafficking to twenty-three ranks of the GPF.

Three months after they were passed by the National Assembly, President Donald Ramotar today assented to three of four Local Government Bills.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company around midday resumed internet operations following a complete loss of service earlier this morning.

Villagers once living in deplorable conditions are now new homeowners in the Swan Amerindian community, along the Soesdyke/Linden highway.