Guyana News

Senior Magistrate Leron Daly is awaiting a report from the Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) on the exact amphetamine content of ecstasy pills allegedly found in the possession of Darrel John, who is charged with trafficking the drug to students.

Hours after the drive-by shooting in Festival City, North Ruimveldt, which claimed the life of former murder accused Leon Duncan, called ‘Whistle,’ police located a car that they believe was the one used in the attack.

A Venezuelan national who was remanded on currency fraud charges, has been granted her release on $120,000 bail after a city court heard she is legally staying in Guyana.

Almost nine months have passed since the murder of Kwakwani midwife Paulette Wade and her family is still awaiting justice.

The Salvation Army is set to celebrate its 125th anniversary in 2020.

Caribbean Airlines is highlighting its cargo delivery capabilities after it recently shipped a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) used in the oil industry utilising its All Cargo Freighter.

Maintaining its opposition to house-to-house registration, the opposition PPP today charged that the process is meant to de-register thousands.

Contending that the ongoing house-to-house registration exercise is “unlawful,” the Private Sector Commission (PSC) has called for the process to be immediately suspended.

Former murder accused Leon Duncan died and his brother and two other men are now hospitalised after a drive-by shooting last night in Festival City.

ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), and partners have secured the necessary local insurance for its operations here even as the oil major’s Country Manager Rod Henson assured that it won’t have to be used since there will be no oil spillage or accidents.

Guyana Stores Limited (GSL) has “done what [it] had to do” as it relates to repayment of a $3.8 billion debt that was owed to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), co-owner of the company Tony Yassin has said.

The “interim” status of the APNU+AFC government has resulted in the holdup of major projects including the new Demerara River bridge and Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson says that no contracts would be awarded during this time.

In a letter dated July 20th to President David Granger, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has emphasized that the responsibility for submitting names for Chairmanship of GECOM is exclusively his.

The names of those who upped payment for lands allocated to them in `Pradoville 2’ cannot be made public until the 2018 annual report is tabled in the National Assembly, Director of the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) Professor Clive Thomas recently insisted.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on Thursday revealed plans to drill a potable water well in the Region Nine village of Moco Moco.

Former Army Chief of Staff and potential PPP/C Prime Ministerial Candidate.

Scott Ting-A-Kee, Daryll Goodchild and Gabrielle Mohamed will represent Guyana as part of the country’s Literary Arts contingent at the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) which will be held in Trinidad and Tobago next month.

The police now have four persons in custody and charges are expected to be laid soon for the brutal killing of 25-year-old fisherman Alvin Gajraj and an assault on his brother at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo, on Thursday night.

 With poor quality water flowing through their taps, residents of Two Miles, Bartica are pleading with the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) to address the issue and bring some relief.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, Ministers Amna Ally, Raphael Trotman and David Patterson along with Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon and Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine on Friday evening engaged with over 200 business magnates and investors in Port of Spain, Trinidad.