Guyana News

Sports-betting giant Superbet has sued the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Gaming Authority for not processing its application for betting licences and imposing the requirement of good standing certification as a precondition.

Harvey Gulf International Marine officially launched its local subsidiary, Guyana Offshore Vessels Services Inc.,

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has over the past few months intensified its monitoring of local media and citizens using social media platforms, to discourage the heightening of tensions and the promotion of discriminatory practices due to political developments.

A 36-year-old miner is now nursing three gunshot wounds after he was shot after he attempted to sexually assault a woman.

Timothy McKenzie, the 22-year-old man who was charged with murdering Richard Noel last year at the Stabroek Market, was yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime, while his father, James McKenzie, who was charged alongside him, was freed.

A murder accused prisoner was sentenced to three years in jail yesterday after admitting to the ownership of cannabis found in his food at the Camp Street Prison.

A three-year sentence and a fine of $2 million were yesterday imposed on a Thomas Street, Kitty man, who was found guilty of having 10 pounds of cannabis in his home for trafficking.

A three-year sentence was on Thursday handed down to a man who was found guilty of the illegal possession of a gun and ammunition.

A youth has been sentenced to six months in jail after admitting to pocketing money someone else had dropped in the vicinity of Stabroek Market.

A day after being further denied bail by a city magistrate for conspiring to murder a Lethem businessman, Mark Grimmond, the operator of Rockies Hotel in Georgetown, secured bail from the High Court.

Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence is seeking an inquest into the death of Nursing Assistant Schenise Apple, who was found dead in her apartment at the nurses’ quarters in Mahdia, in Region Eight, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported yesterday.

As part of its efforts to reduce maternal mortality countrywide and guarantee safer deliveries for first-time mothers, and particularly teen mothers, nurses in the Maternity Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) have established a support group to educate young mothers on the various steps of delivery.

The 14th Chinese Medical Brigade has just concluded a one-year stint at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

In an address to the nation following the consequential orders today  by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), President David Granger said that a new Chairman of GECOM could be appointed by Monday if the opposition act in a consensual manner and in good faith.

(Caribbean Court of Justice) Port of Spain, Trinidad. The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) today issued consequential declarations and orders in two sets of cases from Guyana.

The Caribbean Court of Justice today said it would fix no timelines for general elections following the December 21, 2018 motion of no confidence but said that the clear provisions governing article 106 of the constitution must be given full effect and a caretaker-type administration is now in place.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) this afternoon ruled that President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo settle on a new Chairman of GECOM with the utmost urgency.

The police file on convicted drug kingpin Roger Khan was never closed and in time it will be known whether charges could be laid against him, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan disclosed yesterday.

President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo will have to meet again; this time to consider 13 potential candidates for the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) after their representatives failed to come to a consensus on six names yesterday.

The judiciary yesterday expressed “grave concern” over attacks on it in a Guyana Chronicle report.