Guyana News

Human trafficking charges have been reinstituted against Soesdyke businessman Feezal Shaw, months after he was freed following a procedural error.

Two weeks after being freed of an attempted murder charge, Fresh Co Supermarket manager Xinoxi Qu was yesterday back before a city court on a charge of assaulting one of his employees.

Two gunmen last evening grabbed a bag from a salesman’s car which was located in front of a supermarket in New Amsterdam.

As the police investigation into the more than one-week-old murder of 18-year-old Rivaldo Williams continues, Commander of ‘A’ Division Marlon Chapman yesterday said several persons were questioned but the main suspect is yet to be apprehended.

Kumar Shaw, a homeless man who admitted to stealing a battery from a minibus, was fined yesterday for the crime after he failed to convince a city magistrate to allow him to do community service as his punishment.

Fresh off of  enhancing the main visitors’ area of the Kaieteur National Park and providing life skills training in the indigenous village of Chenapou, Region Eight, the First Assembly of God Wortmanville’s youth group Nulli Secundus has been awarded for its service to communities across Guyana.

Commuters on the West Coast and West Bank of Demerara will today and possibly tomorrow have to make their way to Region 4 via boat service as the Demerara Harbour Bridge is under emergency closure after a tug slammed into it around 1 am today. 

Amid ongoing political uncertainty, the National Toshaos Council (NTC) has added its voice to calls for elections to be held even as it reiterated the need for the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in matters that affect them.

With first oil just months away and around six billion barrels of oil equivalent in the offshore Stabroek Block alone, the Director, Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe on Saturday said that a local oil refinery is not feasible at this point. 

Former Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran has defended his sharp criticism of the CCJ for not issuing definitive orders in the no confidence motion case and he yesterday pointed out that the High Court here is now being approached for various rulings which should have been issued by Guyana’s top court.

Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) enforcement officers were ordered to remove two illegal dredges from the Kuyuwini River in Region Nine, GGMC Commissioner Newell Dennison has said.

A strong stance against corruption, full respect for the separation of powers and more public ownership rather than privatisation are key aspects of the governance section of the manifesto released last Thursday by the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP).

Hinterland education is being repositioned to help to eliminate inequalities, says President David Granger who has restated that oil revenues will ensure that free education from nursery to university becomes a reality.

Oxen-drawn punts, a Rolls Royce, and pest-fighting insects were among the highlights of a tour of the Albion Estate, which the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has been promoting as part of its cultural heritage tourism product.

Twenty-one youths were on Saturday night recognised for their contributions in various fields while 40 were awarded grants of up to $2 million and they were all charged to continue being role models and trailblazing agents of positive change.

Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency,  Joseph Harmon, yesterday visited the village of Aliki, Essequibo Islands- West Demerara (Region Three), where he provided a school boat for the students in the area as had been promised.

An Agricola man, accused of a series of armed robberies, was granted bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

A couple was charged at a city court on Friday after a former employee reported to the Ministry of Social Protection that they had not paid him after his work with them had been terminated.

A Computer Learning Resource Centre was commissioned yesterday at the Kimbia Primary School.

The court is expected to rule tomorrow on whether to recall a witness in the matter against former Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) accountant Peter Ramcharran for alleged falsification of an account.