Guyana News

A businessman was yesterday robbed of millions of dollars after he left a city bank.

President David Granger has pardoned two female prisoners who were serving sentences at the New Amsterdam Prison.

An official from the American Petroleum Institute (API) over the last few days spoke to around 200 business representatives on quality management systems.

A 42-year-old woman was granted bail yesterday after she was charged with wounding a university student.

A 32-year-old fisherman was remanded to prison yesterday after he was accused of breaking and entering another man’s home and stealing over half a million in articles.

Dexter Thompson, the La Parfaite Harmonie man who was brought before the courts in May to face fraud charges surrounding counterfeit US currency was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with a similar offence in a city court.

As part of their community enhancement drive, the recently formed Century Palm Gardens Community Project in the D’Urban Backlands area has posted a number of signs in their neighbourhood. 

A 45-year-old man who allegedly broke and entered Gafoor’s Houston complex with intent to commit a felony was fined yesterday after he admitted to the charge.

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) yesterday said it is disappointed at the ruling of Chief Justice (ag.),

ExxonMobil today announced that oil production has started from the Liza field offshore Guyana ahead of schedule and less than five years after the first find of hydrocarbons, which is well ahead of the industry average for deepwater developments.

Two brothers serving in the Guyana Police Force (GPF) were granted their release this morning after they were jointly charged with abducting and wounding 17-year-old Ak shay Budhiram, who was allegedly beaten and burnt at the brothers’ La Parfaite Harmonie home.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday warned that if his party returns to government it will exclude the company which concludes an agreement with the current administration to buy Guyana’s first oil from “any and all open tenders”.

Angela Jacobs, a Bygeval Secondary School student who is one of the survivors of the fatal Fairfield, Mahaicony accident that resulted in five deaths, says the driver of the minibus she was in had been speeding but no one said anything to him.

The two policemen who were placed under close arrest for allegedly torturing seventeen-year-old Akshay Budhairam remain in police custody, according to Commander of Region Three Assistant Commissioner Simon McBean, who said that no other suspect is being sought.

President David Granger on Wednesday assured military veterans of his commitment to ensuring that they live comfortable lives and that their future generations will benefit from petroleum revenues which should not go to the pockets of the rich.

Following an investigation by the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), local Christian Disc Jockey (DJ) Kester Deane has apologized for suggesting that Hinduism was in some way responsible for the recent social issues plaguing the country.

American Airlines (AA) yesterday started daily flights between the JFK International Airport in New York and the  Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri. 

Saying that Houston Estates owes almost $450 million in taxes to the city, Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine yesterday said the company has been using one compliant account to process the sale of lands which fall under other accounts that are in arrears.

Strategic Recruitment Solutions Inc. (SRS), a local human resources and talent recruitment firm, is continuing to ensure that Guyanese find work in the burgeoning oil and gas and related sectors and it has trained and enabled 94 persons to find work in those fields to date.

Minutes after presenting a court with photocopies of his qualifications yesterday, Leslie Veerasammy, Managing Partner of Nizam Ali & Company, was told by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan that he would be allowed to testify as a defence witness but would not be deemed an expert.