Guyana News

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) will be partnering with the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to rehabilitate the city’s primary drainage system, a release yesterday from the Ministry of Agriculture said.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with engaging in sexual activity with a 15-year-old.

Investigators have managed to gather additional statements in connection with the wounding of Rasville teen, Shamar Tanner, who had accused the police of severely beating him early last month.

Claude Deygoo, a resident of Bel Air Park, has secured an interim injunction prohibiting realtor Anthony Da Silva from constructing what he describes as a multi-storey commercial apartment building in the area which is solely a residential zone.

Trinidadian company WiPay, which was launched in Guyana last December, is now collaborating with Caribbean Airlines and Bill Express to make it easier for persons to purchase airline tickets online.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo will soon travel to Trinidad and then the United States where he will advance the PPP’s position on the political situation in Guyana.

The Miss World Guyana 2019 pageant has been shifted to 2020, a statement from the organisation on Tuesday disclosed.

A resident of Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, was yesterday arrested for possession of close to 60 pounds of cannabis which was found in his apartment at an East Bank Berbice house. 

A technician was yesterday granted bail, after he was accused of raping a woman.

With the provision of a larger water ambulance to serve residents along the Berbice River, those in Region 10 will now be able to gain quicker access to emergency healthcare.

Residents of Bamia, Region 10, through the collaborative effort of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC), GWI and the private sector, received donations of nine water tanks, to combat the usual water shortages experienced during dry spells.

One of the two drivers who were involved in Sunday’s three-vehicle accident, which claimed the life of motorcyclist Collin Bourne, yesterday surrendered to the police, one day after escaping from a police lockup where he was being detained.

The Ministry of Public Works last week met with the Vice President of Sinohydro Corporation Limited, the company responsible for the Sheriff Street-Mandela expansion/upgrade, over the company’s “slow and disappointing” execution of the project.

A woman who was accused of repeatedly stabbing another, was yesterday remanded to prison, after the virtual complainant told the court that the accused was still threatening to kill her.

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) will be providing a US$97,000 grant to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to facilitate a study on the substituting of plantation white sugar for refined sugar, in the region’s manufacturing sector.

The ‘Think Green’ Steering Committee, a subsidiary of the Linden Mayor and Town Council (LMTC), has launched its data collection project in Amelia’s Ward, Linden.

A woman was yesterday granted bail, after she told the court that the car she was accused of stealing was registered in her name, and claimed that the charges brought against her were an attempt by the original owner to repossess the car he pawned her.

This year’s United States State Department’s International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) has recommended that government implement the 2001 counterdrug bilateral agreement with the United States, to suppress illicit trafficking by sea and air. 

A man was sentenced to a month in jail, after he admitted to damaging a glass window of a car before stealing more than $4,000 worth of items from the vehicle.

As part of the reformation process for a more modernised and efficient Guyana Police Force, 40 ranks from within ‘D’ Division on March 27, 2019 were trained to use Portable Video Recording kits (Body Cameras), a statement from the Force said today.