Guyana News

The Organisation of American States (OAS) yesterday said it was looking forward to a proclamation of March 2nd as the date for the now overdue general elections here and it urged an end to the political uncertainty that has gripped Guyana.

The Organisation of American States (OAS) today said it was looking forward to a proclamation of  March 2nd as the date for long-awaited general elections here and it urged an end to the political uncertainty that has gripped Guyana.

Spring tides this morning swamped parts of the West Demerara and the authorities are scrambling hundreds of sand bags to bolster defences for when the high water returns at around 3.30 pm.

GECOM yesterday declared that all potential voters for the 2020 elections must verify their registration during the extended Claims and Objections process, sparking a furore among opposition-nominated commissioners who said the move was illegal.

Two men are now dead after stabbing each other during a fight last night in Alberttown, Georgetown.

Guyanese Khamraj Lall, the pilot who smuggled large quantities of cocaine and currency between Guyana and the United States using his private jet, was yesterday sentenced to 13 years in jail for trafficking hundreds of pounds of cocaine into New Jersey and New York and laundering over US$10.2 million in proceeds from the drug trade.

Maria Pereira Da Silva, the Brazilian national who along with her husband was allegedly set on fire while they were asleep at their camp at Toroparu Landing, in Region Seven, has succumbed to her injuries.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) has recommended the immediate dismissal of one of its ranks who was recorded during an apparent attempt to extort a traveller at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) after claiming that a quantity of marijuana was found in her luggage.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure on Thursday signed a contract for the, “Design, Supply and Installation of a 150kW hydropower plant on the Cheung River, at Kato Village, in Region Eight.

Following a statement by British High Commissioner Greg Quinn that no decision has yet been made on the construction of the road between Linden and Mabura under a United Kingdom-funded project, Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson yesterday said that works will commence with local funds already approved in the national budget.

President David Granger on Thursday officially opened the first Children and Family Care Centre, in Sophia, Georgetown.

Giving no firm indication as to whether it will remain in Guyana for the long-term following an unsuccessful takeover bid by Republic Bank, Scotiabank yesterday announced that it will continue its business as normal while focusing on a long-term solution for its employees and customers.

A 25-year-old Chinese national is now hospitalised after receiving injuries during a robbery at her America Street business place yesterday afternoon.

After almost a year since being directed to lead a defence to a charge that they failed to comply with a court order, former Ministry of the Presidency Permanent Secretary Omar Shariff and his wife Sabeita Hardeo took the witness stand yesterday and professed their innocence.

Lalita Bollers, the Corentyne woman who was charged with being an accessory after the fact in the murder of a Rose Hall Town security guard last, was freed after a no case submission was upheld by the High Court in Berbice this week. 

“They took from me what I didn’t even have,” were the words of a tearful Carole Chester, moments after she was freed of a charge of obtaining almost $1 million by falsely pretense.

A Sophia resident was yesterday sentenced to spend the next three years in prison after a city magistrate found him guilty of five offences, including robbery and escaping from police custody.

An accused drug trafficker was remanded to prison yesterday after police told a court that she had been under police surveillance for suspected narcotics trafficking six months prior to her arrest.

A man was yesterday released on $100,000 bail after he denied charges of forgery and giving false information to a policeman.

Three siblings were displaced yesterday after a fire of unknown origin charred a large section of their Stevedore Housing Scheme, South Ruimveldt home.