Guyana News

A man was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison after he admitted to charges of illegal firearm and ammunition possession.

After helping to care for triplets since their birth, an East Canje, Berbice woman is now hopeful of adopting them following the recent death of their mother.

A former soldier was handed an 18 month-sentence yesterday after he admitted that cannabis found by police in his home was to be used alongside other “bush medicine” to treat his prostate cancer.

With the Carambola Fruit Fly (CFF) posing a threat to exports of fruits and vegetables to key markets, the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) has been intensifying its efforts to control the spread of the pest in regions Six, Eight and Nine.

Several months after the murder of Baramita resident Ruthina Thomas, whose husband has been charged with the crime, the police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for a second suspect.

Trinidad’s Minister of Agriculture Clarence Rambharat has advised that raw and cooked poultry meat from Guyana has been banned from entry into Trinidad and Tobago with immediate effect.

Raveshwar Jainarine is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Ruthina Thomas between 2018-10-23 and 2018-10-24 at Central Baramita, NWD.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) today reported a hike in scamming reports from customers in the Mobile Money Department.

Three bandits were killed in a shootout last night with police in Norton Street, Lodge that saw the area transformed into a battle zone with bullets flying.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday interviewed a “person of interest” in the January shooting of School of the Nations Director Dr.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday questioned the potential outcomes of the government’s Green State Development Strategy (GSDS), while saying it would be discontinued if his party is elected into office at the next elections.

Levi Stephens was yesterday morning sentenced to 12 years in jail for the unlawful killing of a man whom he said shot at him with a water gun.

A police detective yesterday testified that he informed Constable John Holder, who is charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice in the case against Maryann Daby, to ensure that his statement corroborated that of the rank who has accused the woman of attempted murder.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) will support an investigation of the award of several oil blocks shortly before the 2015 general elections once it is led by an internationally recognised firm and not the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA), which it believes is biased.

The Sugar Association of the Caribbean (SAC) has lamented that over two-thirds of the sugar consumed in the region comes from outside of it, and the imports, garnered duty-free, are displacing market opportunities for over 200,000 metric tonnes of CARICOM sugar.

-reprimands lower courts for sloth in completing written judgments The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Wednesday ruled that the High Court should proceed with a decades-old action filed by the Guyana National Co-operative Bank against R.

The possibility of a free University of Guyana education is being considered by government, Prime Minister (PM) Moses Nagamootoo announced to an Essequibo gathering during an outreach on Wednesday.

More than 20 Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) schools are set to undergo rehabilitation, to create improved learning environments for learners and educators on the Essequibo Coast.

A West Coast Berbice farmer and his workman were this week charged with possession of firearms and stolen meat.

The Local Government Commission (LGC) has dispatched an auditor to the Municipality of Corriverton to investigate a series of complaints against Treasurer Ronita Griffith.