Guyana News

The Giftland Group says it has gotten judgment in its favour in a more than five-year-old battle with the Georgetown Mayor & City Council (M&CC) which it had said accused it of owing in excess of $100 million in rates and taxes.

The Ministry of Public Works and the Canawaima Ferry Service Inc last night announced the resumption of a regular ferry service between Moleson Creek, Corentyne and South Drain, Suriname from Sunday, 21st of February 2021.

A Corentyne man was yesterday sentenced to 13 years in prison for the killing of a guard while his co-accused who was a teenager at the time of the murder was sentenced to two months in jail.

Gopaul Sewsankar, also known as ‘Romel’, 24, of Lot 85 Yakusari North, Black Bush Polder who is accused of fatally stabbing his teenage brother on 19 March, 2017, pleaded guilty to manslaughter yesterday when he appeared at the High Court in Berbice.

A Linden labourer was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail and fined $1.7 million after he was charged with attempting to traffic cocaine in fudge.

Ralph Jones, the father of one of the prisoners who escaped from the Mazaruni prison on Tuesday has since admitted to supporting the quartet during their escape by providing them with change of clothing.

The search for the boat containing bodies that was seen floating offshore Guyana on Monday will continue outside of the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill says.

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for a third suspect in relation to the murder of retired priest, George Chuck-A-Sang, a day after a couple was remanded to prison for the crime.

Over 1,000 more persons were recently tested for COVID-19 within a 24-hour period resulting in 25 new cases of the virus being recorded.

The Mayor and City Council will soon implement a policy to regularise vending throughout the city.

A businessman who allegedly obtained over $11 million from two persons by promising to import heavy duty equipment for them was on Monday granted bail in the sum of $300,000.

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board on Tuesday opened bids for the procurement of dietary items, janitorial supplies and other essential items under the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security.

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand has disputed statements made by former Minister and current Member of Parliament, Cathy Hughes about the number of smart classrooms in the education system.

Ralph Jones, the father of escapee, Rayon Jones has admitted helping his son and three others who fled the Mazaruni jail on Tuesday including providing them with a change of clothing.

The female suspect in the murder of La Grange grandmother, Bibi Nasmonisha Ramjit, who had escaped police custody minutes after being handed over by Surinamese law enforcement officers in November, 2020, has since been recaptured in Suriname.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for finance, Dr Ashni Singh, last night announced a reduction in the excise tax on gasoline and diesel to relieve the impact of the recent sharp increase in the world market price for fuel.

As the search continues for the four prisoners who escaped from the Mazaruni jail on Tuesday, several persons including a number of prison officers and the father of one of the escapees are currently in police custody.

A teenager was charged yesterday with causing the death by dangerous driving of two friends in the wee hours of Valentine’s Day.

Local authorities have since notified officials in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) to be on the lookout for the boat containing human bodies which disappeared after it was found floating offshore Guyana on Monday.

A 32-year-old pork knocker was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of Jonah Williams, a Bara-mita farmer who was chopped to death in November last year.