Guyana News

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) today advised all Prepaid Meter Customers that its Juice/Prepaid System is currently experiencing a suspected hardware fault which is affecting token vending.

Former Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Gary Best was this afternoon freed of the charge of causing the death of cyclist Jude Bentley by dangerous driving.

President Irfaan Ali last evening charged the private sector to be more aggressive in its lobbying of  CARICOM to remove trade barriers.

Roman Catholic Bishop, Francis Alleyne has said that it is time for the anti-sodomy laws in Guyana be made null and void even though he did reference the fact that the Church is of the firm view that sexual activity outside of the male/female covenantal relationship for the purpose of procreation is disordered and morally wrong.

Twenty-four-year-old Nigel Dodson who back in 2017 burnt a Kaneville house in which 8-month old Romain Seth lived, was yesterday handed a 30-year sentence for the murder of the baby who perished in the fire.

Images of a container in which 11.5 tonnes of cocaine was smuggled out of the country in September have been retrieved with international help after having been deleted from a Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) container scanner.

The Government Analyst–Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) yesterday warned consumers about the circulation of expired Colgate toothpaste that is on sale at a significantly reduced price and one retailer has been arrested.

Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall SC has filed a suit against businessman Larry Singh to recover just under $370 million dollars which he said had been paid to Singh by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) between 2015 and 2016 for the supply of guns and ammunition.

Following complaints of repeated sexual harassment of female staff at the Department of Public Information (DPI), the agency yesterday terminated the services of one of its senior Information Technology employees.

A West Bank Demerara taxi driver was sentenced to two years in prison after he was arrested on Tuesday and charged yesterday with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Despite being optimistic about the year ahead, the aftermath of the March 2 Regional and General Elections compounded with the coronavirus pandemic have had a major detrimental impact on the manufacturing sector.

The family of Jumal Park has raised concerns over what they see as a lack of effort being made to apprehend the third suspect in the teen’s murder and are requesting a wanted bulletin be released.

Bids were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for emergency sanitising supplies and pharmaceuticals.

Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir has disallowed a motion by the opposition calling for the current Government to retain the name of the “Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs”.

Bartica Mayor, Gifford Marshall says the municipality supports the special restrictive measures imposed on Region Seven and reminded residents that they each have an individual responsibility.

Preparatory steps are underway to ensure Guyana is ready for a COVID-19 vaccine and authorities are looking at giving older persons and those with co-morbidities priority when vaccines for the virus arrive in the country.

The dredge operators who were illegally mining on Micobie lands in Region Eight are still refusing to refill the land they have excavated  to conduct mining operations, Toshao Cleveland Henry yesterday revealed.

Three miners  appeared virtually at the Port Kaituma Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with the murder of  Kevin Allam.

Yogeshwar Kumar, the man accused of murdering a 16-year-old teen of Rich-mond Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, was yesterday discharged from the hospital after having attempted to take his own life.

A Christianburg Secondary school teacher was on Tuesday robbed at gunpoint of his motorcycle by two masked men.