Guyana News

A three-day judiciary retreat was recently held at the Skeldon Heritage Resort, according to a release yesterday from the National Commercial and Industrial Investments Limited (NICIL).

Jamaican businessman and PNP activist, Alston Stewart, has been reprimanded and discharged by a court in Trinidad after at least two bullets were found in his luggage when he visited the twin island republic on Thursday, according to nationwideradiojm.com.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) yesterday launched an awareness programme for 31 new standards for electrical items coming into the country and February 2020 is seen as the cutoff point for substandard goods.

The Court of Appeal is set to rule on former attorney-general Anil Nandlall’s bid to overturn a magistrate’s decision to call on him to lead a defence to the charge that he fraudulently converted over $2 million in law reports to his own use while in office.

President David Granger says that public servants must upgrade their training continuously  if they are to remain relevant to the new emerging economy and that trade unions have a responsibility in this process.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) company last month launched its 4G/LTE (Long Term Evolution) mobile network at several locations on the coast and says that it is the “fastest data network” in Guyana.

An East La Penitence man accused of robbing two friends at the Promenade Gardens was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

A barber charged with exposing his genitals to a customer and touching the woman without her consent was granted bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

The prosecution yesterday closed its case in the matter against constable John Holder, who is charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice in the attempted murder matter involving Maryann Daby.

An aspiring chef charged with assaulting and using abusive language towards a policeman who was attempting to arrest him, among other offences, was fined on two charges and granted bail on two others when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday. 

A labourer accused of stealing jewellery worth over $1.2 million from his employer was yesterday released on self-bail after he told the court that he has no relatives to help him pay the bail he was initially granted.

Renika Anand of Marian Academy on Saturday placed  first in the GBTI/BrainCentral Math and English Online Olympiad Champ.

Wales Masters and Club 45 secured wins when the second annual ‘Kick Out Prostate Cancer, Keep Men In The Game’ Awareness Football Festival concluded Sunday.

 A crowd of overwhelmingly school-age Guyanese staged a ‘Guardians of the Earth’ Rally last Sunday to coincide with the closing of the week-long ‘Climate Strike’ activities by students around the world.

A meeting of the National Emergency Operation Centre was convened yesterday afternoon to address the recent spring tides and an application will be made for $800m from the Contingency Fund, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported.

Two men who were in 2017 charged with the murders of Constance Fraser, 89, and Phyllis Caesar, 77, yesterday admitted to committing the crime and now await sentencing.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday decided to proceed with a 42-day long Claims and Objections (C&O) process, which began yesterday, although opposition-nominated commissioners maintained that a 35-day process had previously been agreed upon. 

A man yesterday admitted to chopping his mother-in-law and step-daughter to death during a 2014 attack.

Sherwin Roberts, the Sophia man who was two years ago accused of killing his one-year-old niece, was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to the crime.

Guyana has agreed to the creation of a Regional Information Card for the thousands of Venezuelans who have fled hardships in their country.