Guyana News

A four-year sentence was yesterday handed down to a fruit vendor charged with sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl with a disability.

A 20-year-old woman who was accused of repeatedly hitting a Police Sergeant in the face, causing her spectacles to break, was granted bail yesterday, after she was charged with six offences.

The conflicting testimony of a Superintendent of Police, has resulted in a stalling of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the attempted murder charge against Maryann Daby.

The charge against Mark Murray, a rank from the City Police outpost who was accused of discharging a loaded firearm at a minibus driver, was dismissed yesterday, after the complainant told the court that he did not want to proceed with the matter.

The National Milling Company of Guyana Inc (NAMILCO), local producer of flour and flour-products, will today be hosting a ceremony to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) has announced that effective May 11, 2019, all airport-related charges will be included in the passenger ticket price.

Johnathan Budhan is likely to know his fate tomorrow afternoon after a jury deliberates on the case against him for the alleged murder of Deonarine Manbodh whom he does not deny hitting with a cricket bat, contending he acted in self defence.

The crisis in neighbouring Venezuela continues to force its nationals to flee from economic hardship and  communities in proximity such as Port Kaituma have registered an influx of nationals in search of jobs, medical aid and food.

There is an urgent need for the transportation sector to take steps towards mitigating climate change and increase its resilience to hydrological and climatological changes, says Sophie Makonnen, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Country Representative to Guyana.

The Guyana Rice Development Board’s (GRDB) help to farmers in their battle against the infestation of paddy bugs in Region Two and other areas helped tremendously in reducing the loss of rice.

Leader of the True Worshippers Faith, Desiree Pancarte, was all smiles yesterday, as members of her church planned a celebration service in honour of her 100th birthday.

St Lucia’s Minister of Tourism and Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), Dominic Fedee, has challenged Caribbean rum producers to fully exploit the potential of the regional tourism industry to build their brands According to West Indies Rum & Spirits Producers Association (WIRSPA) press release, it members met in St.

The Ministry of Social Protection and the National Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health yesterday recognised several organisations  for safety and health in the workplace.

The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) says that during the first crop, 17,522 bags of seed paddy were produced at the Burma Rice Research Station.

Brandon Singh, a young mechanic from D’Urban Street, was brought before a city court yesterday to answer to a charge  of unlawful wounding.

A man was yesterday sentenced to 30 days in prison after he admitted to assaulting a Kitty police officer.

Samples were collected from the stomach of Gary Stuart, the prisoner who died on Saturday shortly after he consumed a substance believed to be alcohol, to determine how he met his demise, Commander of ‘F’ Division, Kevin Adonis said.

As part of its commitment to have theatre and performing arts integrated into the secondary schools curriculum, the Department of Culture has selected five secondary schools in Region Three, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, for the implementation of this programme beginning in September 2019.

Republic Bank today confirmed  that some of its customers have been impacted by recent fraudulent activity on its Visa International Debit Cards.

The police today said that Ryan Sugrim, the estranged husband of Zaila Sugrim has admitted to murdering her and is co-operating with investigators.