Guyana News

An intelligence-led operation conducted by ranks of the Regional Police Division Four (A), under the command of an Assistant Superintendent yesterday unearthed 1,076 grams of suspected cannabis.

Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Irwin LaRocque wants the cost of natural disaster insurance to be more affordable.

A labourer who stole more than $1.5 million in articles from the home of a woman was on Friday sentenced to 14 months in prison after a city magistrate found him guilty of the offence.

A young man was fined on Friday for stealing two bicycles.

A larceny accused, who is already serving a four-month sentence for stealing a phone, on Friday tried to negotiate for a similar sentence if he admitted to a similar crime.

The Guyana Fire Service has launched an investigation to determine the cause of an early morning fire which gutted a Coldingen Industrial Estate building today.

The  deadline given to the Alliance for Change’s negotiators by its constituency for a new Cummingsburg Accord with APNU expired yesterday but having failed to reach consensus on the proposed terms, the two governing coalition partners will have a final meeting on Thursday which will “ultimately decide” if they split for the 2020 General Elections, sources say.

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan yesterday said that the impending increase to public servants’ salaries this year, will take the overall hike to an all-time high of 75% since 2015.

Chairwoman of the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM), Justice Claudette Singh, says GECOM is anticipating the assistance of two  experts from Ghana and India.

Eastern Airlines was granted approval to operate here after it committed to lodging  two huge bonds with the government and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).

The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Ten has moved a motion which may ultimately lead to the cessation of Kalibur Security’s services  within the area.

President David Granger yesterday reaffirmed his support for the care of military veterans and their families and presented the Guyana Veterans Legion (GVL) with a cheque valued $1M, at the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony and Reception, hosted at the GVL’s headquarters,  Coghlan House, Carifesta Avenue.

The Eugene F. Correia International Airport (EFCIA) is seeking expressions of interest in the development of a duty-free shop.

A Copa Airlines passenger is facing threats of a lawsuit in his home country of the Netherlands after he was stuck in Guyana and missed his already paid for performance dates, a delay he blames on the airline for its “incompetence” for saying it could not find his name in the system.

The Local Government Commission (LGC) has formally filed an appeal in an attempt to have the decisions made by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall, which nullified the dismissal of Georgetown Town Clerk Royston King, quashed. 

Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has acknowledged that the commission staff was at fault in the granting of controversial proxies during the November 15, 2018 Local Government Elections (LGE).

The Ministry of Agriculture has told rice farmers in Region 6, that they are working on getting clogged canals cleared and fuel for pumps to irrigate the lands.

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) yesterday announced the award of two brand-new concessions to the Ituni Small Loggers Association (ISLA).

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is selling an unserviceable Bell Helicopter as part of the upgrading of its fleet of aircraft.

After a disagreement with a friend ended in violence, a bus driver has agreed to pay the man compensation in order for him to drop the resulting criminal charge.