Guyana News

A man accused of breaking and entering the home of a woman and stealing a quantity of cash and items is now free after the complainant yesterday stunned a court by dropping the case. 

The People’s Progressive Party was saddened to learn of the passing of former Attorney General of Guyana, Doodnauth Singh SC.

The Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) yesterday called on the government to move immediately to set up the Integrity Commission.

Over two weeks after  the official second sugar crop  started, cane harvesters  yesterday began working the fields at the Skeldon estate.

Twenty-year-old Kevon Trotman, who was involved in a vehicular accident last Friday on the La Grange Public Road in the vicinity of the Two Brothers Gas Station, succumbed to his injuries in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital on Wednesday afternoon.

Leroy Caravio, captain of the speed boat that was involved in the Barima River accident on Tuesday that resulted in the death of Shavone Anthony, was airlifted to the city for medical treatment yesterday afternoon.

Local authorities are currently investigating how 69 kilogrammes of cocaine ended up in a rice shipment which was intercepted in the Dominican Republic eleven days after it departed Guyana.

The US Embassy has announced that 135 youth between the ages of 15 and 24 graduated from its most recent ‘Work Ready Now!’

Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro’s official State visit is scheduled for August 31 and there is a packed agenda which includes a series of meetings to be held at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Liliendaal, the Government Information Agency reported on Wednesday.

By Jairo Rodrigues in Paramaribo, Suriname Guyana exhibited literary works, craft and fashion at the Carifesta Grand Cultural Market and Trade Fair on Wednesday in Suriname and its food stalls were a hit.

For 16-year-old Tabatinga, Lethem resident Mary Parker, securing 10 subjects at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations made her the top performing student for Region Nine this year.

The KFC outlets on Vlissengen Road and Stabroek Square re-opened for business on Wednesday evening after closing suddenly on Tuesday while Pizza Hut says  it was never closed.

A man was yesterday fined $10,000 and ordered to serve two months community service for narcotics possession.

A man and a teen were both fined $5,000 yesterday after admitting they were caught with cannabis during police searches in Linden.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC- Guyana Amazon Warriors beat Trinidad and Tobago’s Red Steel by seven wickets in the first semi-final of the inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League at the Queen’s Park Oval here Thursday.

Guyana exhibited literary works, craft and fashion at the Carifesta Grand Cultural Market and Trade Fair on Wednesday in Suriname and its food stalls were a hit.

HPS and Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday announced that Cabinet has offered no objections to 14 contracts including one valued over $569M for East Coast road works and another for $33.9M for closed circuit television cameras for the airport.

Former Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Doodnauth Singh, SC, passed away last evening at the age of 80 at the Balwant Singh Hospital.

EU Ambassador to Guyana, Robert Kopecky has supported the view of union leader Komal Chand that if the sugar industry is to prosper, new ways of doing business have to be found.

Harold Davis, a former Chair-man of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), died early yesterday morning.