Guyana News

A man who told the court that the cannabis he was found with was for medicinal purposes, was yesterday fined and sentenced to three years in jail.

All three of the opposition’s dual citizen parliamentarians have submitted their letters of resignation to the National Assembly and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that the party is still searching for replacements.

An assistant manager at BK International was yesterday granted $150,000 bail, after he was accused of defrauding the company of $20.4 million.

Minister of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes has sued Guyana Publications Inc (GPI) and columnist Anand Goolsarran over statements  published in the April 15th edition of Stabroek News where it was stated that she was in breach of the Integrity Commission Act as a result of a contract which her company, Videomega was given by the Department of Energy (DoE).

A Sophia resident was on Tuesday evening shot by the police after he allegedly escaped while being transported to a police station lockups.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has provided a written statement to the police in response to claims that he made offensive statements at Babu Jaan, Port Mourant in March and party officials have since said that government officials’ utterances have been worse.

Four percent of workplace accidents (22) recorded last year resulted in death and Minister in the Ministry of Social Protection, Keith Scott, has declared that the statistic is too high, and urged employers to prioritise the safety of their workers.

Days after being hospitalised at the Burn Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital, Phyllis Archer, a passenger on the boat that caught fire while traveling from Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela to Charity, Essequibo last month, succumbed to her injuries.

ExxonMobil Guyana in partnership with the Volunteer Youth Corp (VYC) hosted the 6th annual STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) camp under the theme, “Achieving excellence in studies, promoting innovation and creativity through STEM.”

As part of the ‘Government comes to you’ outreach, Minister of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes, on Tuesday met with Berbice farmers at the University of Guyana’s Tain Campus, Berbice, to introduce her ministry’s new initiative.

Kishon Simon, a local boxer, was yesterday granted bail, after police alleged that he was in possession of four grammes of ecstasy pills, which were found near his toilet.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday ruled in favour of the Barbados government in relation to the tax attracted by imported cement products, finding that the regional cement manufacturers had several years’ notice that the nation would be reverting to the regional tariff of 5%.

Just over a week ago, the residents of Plaisance were gifted a new bridge linking Victoria Road onto Britton Street, according to a Department of Public Information (DPI) release.

Leroy Rose of Port Mourant on the Corentyne has finally overcome the challenges he has faced in his efforts to obtain his National Insurance Scheme (NIS) old-age pension. 

Following a walk along several blocks of Regent Street on Tuesday, the City Administration and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) have agreed to cooperate on the development of a garbage strategy for individual businesses and to reach out to the Chinese Ambassador to better facilitate the integration of Chinese-run businesses.

The police have not yet made any arrest in connection with the murder of moneychanger Prince Phillip Alleyne who was shot during a robbery outside Ashmins Trading building on High Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown on Tuesday.

Two senior policemen earlier today visited Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo at his Church Street office about alleged offensive statements he made about government officials inclusive of the president, in March.

American Airlines is to begin non-stop daily flights from Guyana to New York from December this year or earlier.

The Commissioner of Police, as represented by the head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) Sydney James, on Monday failed in a bid to secure the forfeiture of more than $7 million in local currency and millions more in foreign currencies that the police say they unearthed during a search of the home of a Berbice resident as part of a money laundering probe.

An overseas-based Guyanese has initiated legal action against the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield to prevent the planned national house-to-house registration exercise, which is scheduled to begin in June.