Guyana News

Morvin Maikoo, a youth who was granted time to repay a man he stole from but failed to follow through and then absented himself from court, was yesterday sentenced to six months in prison.

Michael Sookraj, who admitted to trying to obtain a passport by pretending to be his brother, was yesterday sentenced to three months in jail after he told a city court that he was desperate to go back to his motherless child, who resides in Curacao.

Shamar Harvey, 21, who is charged with the murder of Albouystown teen Christopher Mansfield, yesterday learned that he had been found fit to stand trial.

The police are seeking the assistance of the public to find an Angoy’s Avenue, Berbice resident, who is wanted in connection with the murder of Carl McDonald, who was chopped to death a short distance away from his home on Boxing Day last year.

The 2019 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) results are to be announced on July 3rd, the Ministry of Education announced today.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd today said that some of its VISA debit card customers had been hit by fraud as a result of what is known as a “Brute-Force” attack.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday called retired judge James Patterson’s continued occupation of the post of Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) Chair-man “untenable,” while saying that he could have a new list of nominees ready within hours for President David Granger’s consideration.

An investigation has been launched into the recent allegations made against a senior Guyana Police Force officer, who has been implicated in corrupt activities in Berbice alongside junior ranks within the division.

Kerry Cromwell was yesterday morning handed a life sentence with the possibility of parole only after serving 50 years for the murder of Linden minibus driver Elvin Lorrimer, who was gunned down just over three years ago.

A non-governmental organization (NGO) with links to Cuba’s largest opposition group, has identified Guyana as the main location where Cuba’s state security is exiling dissidents in its attempt to weaken opposition on the island and up to yesterday the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here was  silent on the matter.

The Centre for Excellence in Information Technology (CEIT), which will facilitate advanced level classroom training for public sector Information and communications technology (ICT) professionals, was yesterday commissioned at the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus.

General Equipment Guyana Ltd (GENEQUIP) last evening commissioned its new energy efficient and state-of-the-art dealership facility at Houston Industrial Site.

Little over a week after declaring plans of an expansion, Emerge BPO, a Business Process Outsourcing Company, has announced that it will be laying off some staff from its local operations.

A Linden spiritualist was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with raping a woman he was supposed to give a “spiritual bath.”

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is aiming to produce over 50,000 tonnes of white sugar by the end of 2021 or early 2022, giving it the capacity to meet the demand of the local market and part of the regional market.

A 22-year-old welder, who was accused of stabbing his stepfather during an altercation, was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with attempted murder.

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) says that whenever general elections are called, it will be ready to bring to Guyanese fresh and sincere policies in a concise manifesto document and not “glossy but empty promises” that the two main parties have given over the decades since independence.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) incorporated continues to miss key benchmarks in the delivery of service including in both the frequency and duration of blackouts. 

Medical services in an atmosphere of fun for  the whole family is what is in store at the Mahaicony Medical and Family Fun Day slated to be held at the Mahaicony Technical Institute on the East Coast of Demerara.

As several sections of society call for his resignation in light of the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), retired Justice James Patterson has said he has no comment on the situation.