Guyana News

A taxi driver was yesterday charged with the murder of Bibi Nasmonisha Ramjit, the elderly woman who was found dead at her La Grange, West Bank Demerara home last month, while an arrest warrant was issued for the alleged mastermind behind the crime, who managed to escape from police after being handed over by Surinamese authorities on Wednesday.

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond yesterday said she has done “nothing illegal” and will continue right to sit in the National Assembly since she did “all that is within her power” to renounce her American citizenship before she was sworn in as a Member of Parliament (MP).

The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) and the Ministry of Health on Friday seized more than 700 pounds of meat products imported from Brazil after a raid at the Casa Mato Grosso Supermarket on Robb Street, in Georgetown.

Guyana’s total number of COVID-19 cases has now surpassed the 5,000 mark, just over eight months since the confirmation of the first local case.

The main opposition APNU+AFC yesterday accused the governing People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) administration of “trying to stifle the National Assembly” by failing to set a legislative agenda and holding sittings.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall says the government remains willing and prepared to do “everything lawfully possible” to ensure that persons who invested with suspected Ponzi scheme operator, Accelerated Capital Firm Inc (ACFI), are refunded their money.

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.