Guyana News

The Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) tonight said that it busted a man at a ‘backtrack’ crossing from Suriname yesterday morning with suspected Ecstasy pills and Crystal Meth.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives met behind closed doors on Saturday to prepare for what could be the final week of their months-old impeachment inquiry that has imperiled Donald Trump’s presidency.

The performance of the coalition government, of which the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) is a part, has been satisfactory as it has been able to deliver in several areas, including law and order and the fight against corruption, party executive Aubrey Norton said yesterday.

Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF), which will hold oil revenues, is to be located in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York rather than the Central Bank of Guyana, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has revealed.

President David Granger on Thursday cited the lack of evidence and witnesses as the reasons why inquiries have not been led into the killing of persons following the 2002 Camp Street Prison jailbreak and the ensuing crime wave.

Eleven persons, including several children, were displaced early yesterday morning after a fire, suspected to have been caused by an unattended kerosene stove, destroyed three Bent Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown houses.

Parents of some of the students of an East Coast Demerara Primary School, where a six-year-old was allegedly raped earlier this week, yesterday staged a protest yesterday to press for the removal of the accused perpetrators.

The children of the parent accused of assaulting a teacher at the Winfer Gardens Primary School have been transferred to another school.

Global travel magazine ‘Condé Nast Traveler’ has listed Guyana as one of its  suggested 20 destinations to visit in 2020 and the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) says is not only an honour but sees it adding to the exposure that the oil and gas sector will bring.

Heavy equipment retailer Machinery Corporation of Guyana Limited (MACORP) is selling its eight-acre Demerara riverfront property at Providence and moving further up the East Bank to a 25-acre plot it has purchased.

ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) says locally-trained engineers are eligible for engineering posts which the company is looking to fill but questions persist as to whether Guyanese will be hired for the most technical of these.

Seven hundred students received certification in engineering, business, computer science, land surveying, mechanics and hydromet studies when the Government Technical Institute (GTI) held its 68th convocation ceremony on Thursday.

Just over a year after a contract was awarded for the rehabilitation of the dilapidated Leguan Stelling, works began yesterday, according to General Manager of the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) Marcelene Merchant.

A 26-year-old taxi driver was ordered to serve three years in prison on Thursday after he was found guilty of stealing more than $85,000 in articles from a West Ruimveldt resident during a burglary.

A man is now serving a three month-sentence behind bars after he told a Georgetown Magistrate that he was too drunk to remember beating his spouse in the washroom of a nightclub.

Senior Magistrate Leron Daly has recused herself from presiding over the Preliminary Inquiry into the murder charge against Ashaka John, who is accused of strangling a man to death during a robbery at Church Street, in Georgetown.

In ten days, Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty is expected to make a ruling on the charge against Lolita Callendar, also known as ‘Lola Doll,’ who stands accused of the assault of fellow cosmetologist Onika Pompey.

Vasheer Khan, a man who admitted to assaulting and calling his sister-in-law an offensive name, was recently fined a total of $20,000.

A man who allegedly had more than 400 grammes in his possession at his Mahdia home was granted bail on Wednesday after he denied the charge.

DNA testing to verify whether charred remains found in a torched car more than a month ago are those of missing witness Colin Rodney Jr is still ongoing, according to Director of the Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory (GFSL) Delon France.