Guyana News

A Mabaruma man was yesterday released on $200,000 bail after he denied the possession of cannabis for trafficking.

Caribbean Airlines has re-launched its website, which it says has been re-designed to be user-friendly with improved navigation and functionality.

A mechanic was yesterday granted bail by a city magistrate after denying that he wounded a man with a cutlass as a result of an argument.

The Education Ministry, taking note of videos that have gone viral on social media, which display children behaving in a violent and disrespectful manner, is urging parents to frequently engage and monitor their children in order to prevent problematic behaviour.

There is a need for sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression to be expressly included in the non-discrimination provision outlined in the Code of Conduct for minibus operators, Managing Director of SASOD Guyana, Joel Simpson has advised.

Milaimi Alli, 49, is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to murder committed on Ramzan Ali between 11th and 12th July 2009 at Coldingen, ECD, the police said today.

A teenaged Albouystown footballer was yesterday morning gunned down as he was making his way to a nearby football field at West La Penitence and police have detained five persons for questioning.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) had an estimated $3 billion in scrap iron for disposal as at December 2017 and with the scrap metal trade recently reopened, executives of the corporation are questioning if it has already been sold and if so, where is the revenue from that sale.

The body of a West Coast Berbice pensioner was found on fire last evening in her backyard.

After receiving the final report of the audit into Sherod Duncan’s stewardship of the state-owned Guyana National News-papers Limited (GNNL), the Board of the entity will meet tomorrow to decide the next step.

Overseas-based Guyanese have to be present in Guyana during the house-to-house registration period if they want to vote in the next general elections, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said on Friday.

A battery of tests to identify the cause of the flu-like symptoms which have left seven manganese miners hospitalised and one dead are being done while a National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) has been activated to coordinate the response.

An Albouystown man was on Friday brought before a city court to answer to two charges of cannabis possession for the purpose of trafficking.

PPP Presidential Candidate Irfaan Ali yesterday encouraged Guyanese to be inspired by the legacy of the late President Janet Jagan.

The Regional Administra-tion of Pomeroon-Supenaam on Friday commissioned two nursery schools at Cotton Field and Lake Mainstay, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Post the December 21, 2018 no-confidence motion, there have been no major disruptions to the economy but long-term investors may have delayed planned projects, according to Minister of Finance Winston Jordan.

Investigators are currently on the hunt for a woman, who is wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of East Coast Demerara fuel dealer Ramzan Alli, whose body was found in the trunk of a rental car almost ten years ago.

Business Minister Dominic Gaskin yesterday morning visited the MV Serenissima and, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI), he said from all reports the visit of the cruise ship was successful.

Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, says that a lack of electricity is largely to blame for the delay in the commencement of operations at the newly built passport and immigration offices at New Amsterdam and Linden.

A duo was on Friday remanded to prison, after it was alleged that they robbed a man of his firearm while he was at church.