Guyana News

A minibus conductor was yesterday remanded to prison after answering to a charge of raping a woman in 2016.

Charged in January with attempting to smuggle a quantity of cannabis into the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court lockups, a mother of three was yesterday sentenced to a year behind bars for the crime.

Students and staff members of the University of Guyana (UG) are asked to note that full operations will resume today following a bomb scare yesterday.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday dismissed an application by James Ramsahoye, who was hoping to be granted special leave to appeal a decision of the Guyana Court of Appeal, which dismissed enforcement orders from a previous judgment, that he be paid damages and a monthly pension, against his former employers.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday rejected public disclosure of his declarations to the Integrity Commission.

President David Granger on Thursday paid a visit to Mocha Arcadia on the occasion of its 125th anniversary and challenged the residents to invest in their lands like the once-enslaved Africans did after they were emancipated.

Yesterday’s downpour in Georgetown resulted in a few areas being flooded in and around the city.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) yesterday held its second lottery for 2019 in Mining District 5, Port Kaituma, Region One following a similar exercise held in March in Georgetown.

As investigators continue to probe the death of Kareema Mary Cholmondeley, the teenager who lost her life after she allegedly jumped from her husband’s vehicle and was struck by another car, her husband and the driver remain in custody.

The National Assembly yesterday approved a $7.9 billion supplementary appropriation which included $3.5 billion in funding for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), $2 billion in funding for the Ministry of Public Infrastructure and $1.5 billion for the Ministry of Communities as well as several hundreds of millions in funding for the Ministries of Finance, Social Cohesion, Social Protection and National Security.

A ballistics test conducted on two firearms discovered following a shootout between the police and three bandits on Sunday in Black Bush Polder, have confirmed that they were used recently in the robbery carried out on an Albion Chinese supermarket.

An 18-year-old Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara girl died after she was struck by a car, after allegedly jumping from her husband’s vehicle on Wednesday night.

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday express-ed dissatisfaction with the explanation given by Public Infrastructure Minister, David Patterson about the US$9000 reimbursement into his private account for a 2017 China trip and questioned why the money was not handed directly to the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD).

Denying that it is deliberately stalling the licensing process for sport betting service, Superbet, the Gaming Authority on Wednesday said that  the money laundering conviction against  one of the company’s principals has resulted in the need for an AML/CFT audit.

Minutes after an arrest warrant was issued for Superintendent Gary McAlister, who on the last occasion gave conflicting testimony regarding the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the attempted murder charge against Maryann Daby, the warrant was recalled, as the officer showed up and explained the reason for his absence.

A rape charge against a technician was on Tuesday withdrawn based on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), as the complainant wished to offer no evidence.

An application for operations in Guyana sent in by rebranded airline, Eastern Airlines LLC, formerly called Dynamic Airways, has been rejected by Cabinet, Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Egbert Field said.

A University of Guyana (UG) graduate, Lisa Dublin, along with Dr Dawn Fox, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, have earned themselves the distinction of being the winners of the inaugural 2018-2019 Guyana Innovation Prize.

The Hope, East Coast Demerara Wind Farm project is one step closer to being realised, after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received an application for environmental authorisation for the project.

Detective Corporal Alexie Annys yesterday told a court that he saw when Kerry Cromwell shot Elvin Lorrimer.