Guyana News

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday added its voice to criticism of the government-sponsored sympathy motion to mark the passing of convicted terrorist plotter Abdul Kadir, while calling it “highly damaging” to the country’s reputation.

On the occasion of Portuguese Arrival Day, the Honorary Consul of Portugal, Michael Correia Jr, yesterday asked President David Granger to consider as a political priority a more comprehensive reform of Guyana’s local government system.

A man accused of raping a nine-year-old girl walked out the Sexual Offences Court a freed man yesterday afternoon after a judge upheld a no-case submission made on his behalf by his attorney. 

A man was yesterday sentenced to nine months in jail after he admitted to escaping from lawful custody.

Contracts for road works, mainly in the interior regions, were among nine multi-million dollar contracts noted by Cabinet at its Sub-Committee meeting held in Linden last Tuesday.

(Trinidad Express) The Guyanese man who stabbed to death his nine-month pregnant Trinidadian wife, at their home in Pickering, Canada, back in 2017 has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 17 years.

The Private Sector Commission today condemned the expression of sympathy by the National Assembly on the late, convicted terrorist plotter, Abdul Kadir.

ExxonMobil today said it has funded the Liza Phase 2 development offshore Guyana after it received government and regulatory approvals.

President David Granger yesterday explained that he appointed former Minister of State Joseph Harmon as Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency as he needed help to manage the ministry, given its “huge” responsibilities.

An Albouystown shopkeeper was killed early Thursday morning after she and her husband were attacked by four home invaders, who robbed them of cash and jewellery.

In a surprise move, Dr Karen Cummings has been appointed as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs.

A Port Mourant, Corentyne man succumbed at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital yesterday after he was allegedly beaten at his house during the wee hours of Thursday morning.

President David Granger yesterday defended his decision to retain former Housing Minister Valarie Adams-Yearwood in a ministerial capacity and explained that her appointment as the Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture with responsibility for Rural Affairs was in the public interest.

A Guyanese-born New York City Police officer died in a crash yesterday morning on Peninsula Boulevard.

An accounting specialist is being sought to advise the Department of Energy (DoE) on the management of cost recovery claims by operators in the oil and gas sector.

A four-year sentence and a $9.1 million fine was yesterday handed to Sandra Angela Profitt, the woman who was held on Monday at the Eugene F.

Continuing his bid to have a few weeks shaved off his sentence, convicted Guyanese drug kingpin Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan yesterday argued that an objection filed against his petition is “erroneous” and accused United States (US) prison authorities of trying to deliberately commingle two provisions of the law under which he is seeking early release.

The trial of Kenkassie Lynch for the alleged murder of Mocha mechanic Terrence Lanferman commenced yesterday morning before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

A Tain man and his two sons yesterday morning fought off armed bandits who invaded their home.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday came to an agreement with contractors Cevons Waste Management Inc.