Guyana News

The Port Mourant Market has been shuttered as a result of not being cleaned since Saturday owing to a shortage of labourers. 

Director of the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD), Marlon Cole, says the department is gearing up to engage local importers about the form of certification they are required to have to import food into Guyana and the international agencies the certification must be sourced from.

Head of the Hinterland Electrification Company Horace Williams yesterday said the installation of a temporary generator to restore power to Port Kaituma is being examined.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo last week contended that there have been more murders during the tenure of the APNU+AFC government than there were during the so-called “troubles” which followed the 2002 jailbreak.

Two men are dead after the vehicle in which they were travelling crashed into the fence of Yokohama Trading at Liliendaal last evening.

The police say they are pursuing all possible angles in the investigation involving the Sophia couple who was taken into custody on Sunday following the discovery of several items including an AK-47 assault rifle.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has again delayed making a decision on the use of the House to House (HtH) until such time as certain anomalies are resolved.

An early morning accident along the East Coast of Demerara Public Road yesterday left at least four persons injured and the northern side of the Republic Bank, Triumph, East Coast Demerara branch severely damaged.

The Council for Trade and Eco-nomic Development (COTED) of CARICOM will not erect a 40% common external tariff (CET) against extra-regional white sugar until regional producers are able to supply the quantity and quality needed by regional manufacturers for their food and beverages operations.

The local operations of Indian logging company Vaitarna remain functional, despite the closure of its sister company, Dark Forest Furniture Company.

Jamal Forde, the 26-year-old man who was accused of murdering a Sophia businessman in 2015, is set to face trial after denying the charge at the High Court in Georgetown.

Although he admitted to stabbing his drinking partner, a fish vendor was released on bail by a city court yesterday after he claimed that the victim was willing to drop the complaint once he is compensated.

A 19-year-old labourer was yesterday released on $100,000 bail after he was charged with attempting to kill Hansraj Durga during an argument at a wedding house at Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara more than three weeks ago.

Tenders were yesterday opened for a number of projects at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board.

Three years after allegedly wounding a co-worker, resulting in the man’s left arm being amputated, Ryan Lowe was yesterday faced with an attempted murder charge and remanded to prison.

Alfred Taylor, a 23-year-old mason who robbed two minibus passengers of a total of just over $130,000 in valuables, has been ordered to serve a six-month sentence after he admitted his guilt.

Camille Devi, who police claim was found trying to traffic just over 10 pounds of cannabis, was remanded to prison yesterday. 

The quality of life for some 160 residents of Moco Moco, Central Rupununi, Region Nine, has improved with the drilling of a new well, installation of distribution and transmission pipelines and 36 individual service connections.

A 19-year-old, who was arrested for threatening his sister, was sentenced to six months in prison yesterday after he admitted to escaping from police custody.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against the accused in the murder of Patrick Fraser, known as ‘White Boy,’ commenced yesterday with the testimony of six witnesses.