Guyana News

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) on Thursday issued a removal order to operators of dredges who are illegally mining on the titled lands of Micobie, in Region Eight.

Tests conducted by the Cornell University Research Lab in the United States have confirmed that the devastation of the local duck industry last year was caused by duck hepatitis virus.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for a 32-year-old Brazilian national, who knifed a drinking buddy to death and wounded another after an argument at Balamani Backdam, Cuyuni River, earlier this month.

An Alberttown man is now wanted by the police for allegedly conspiring to defraud the state of Guyana over the last three years.

The young man accused of killing Mahaicony businesswoman Bibi Shairoon Nesha Ali was yesterday afternoon found not guilty by a jury.

Three men from the East Coast and East Bank of Demerara were yesterday nabbed along the Corentyne Public Road, after they allegedly stole a quantity of local and foreign currency from an Upper Corentyne boat owner.

Former APNU+AFC government minister Jaipaul Sharma yesterday issued an apology to Attorney General Anil Nandlall over allegations he previously made on his Facebook page, which attracted a libel suit this week.

The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health today seized more than 700 pounds of meat products imported from Brazil at the Casa Mato Grosso Supermarket on Robb Street.

As questions grow over a proposed deal between the government here and the University of the West Indies for the training of 20,000 Guyanese, the University of Guyana (UG) today said that it has “not ceded its mandate”.

The police today issued a wanted bulletin for Jankie Tapsie, the suspect who escaped from custody after being held in connection with the murder of the elderly La Grange woman, Bibi Nasmonisha Ramjit The bulletin said that Jankie is wanted by the Police for questioning in relation to a murder and Escape from Lawful Custody.

Former APNU+AFC Minister Jaipaul Sharma today issued an apology to Attorney General Anil Nandlall over statements he had  made on his Facebook page.

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond today said that she has done “all that is within her power” to renounce her American citizenship prior to being sworn in as a Member of Parliament (MP) and as a result she will continue to sit in the National Assembly.

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved US$26 million in additional financing for Guyana to support the ongoing Guyana Flood Risk Management Project.

The termination of the services of Permanent Secretary, Sherie Samantha Fedee was done upon the instruction of President Irfaan Ali and in line with the constitution, according to Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira.

In his submissions calling on the court to strike out the election petition filed by the main APNU+AFC Opposition contending that the March 2nd elections were unlawfully conducted, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC is arguing that service of this petition had not been properly effected.

President  Irfaan Ali yesterday met with Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Juma Al Maktoum of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and an eight-member delegation who arrived in Guyana on a three-day official state visit.

The pedestrian who was struck and killed by a Puran Brothers garbage truck on Sunday, at Stewartville, West Coast Demerara, has been identified as a pastry maker who was on an errand to get supplies.

The mother of Rockey Sawh, the teenager who was fatally shot in  his head allegedly by his friend during a sleepover in Kitty on Tuesday night is calling for justice and questions are being asked as to why it took hours for the boy to be taken to the hospital “I as a mother just asking for justice for my son.

The young man accused of killing Mahaicony businesswoman Bibi Shairoon Nesha Ali back in 2016 is likely to know his fate later today when a jury deliberates on a verdict.

Officials of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and the Micobie Village Council yesterday went to the area where four dredges were continuing to defy a cease order to stop mining part of the bank of the Potaro River.