Guyana News

Wales Estate cane cutters picketed the Ministry of the Presidency yesterday, claiming that they are being denied their severance payments, while being strong-armed by GuySuCo to take up positions at the Uitvlugt Estate.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran has written the Chairperson of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) Carol Corbin to challenge the disregarding of his application for the post of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the body.

In its 44th year, the Caribbean Community (Caricom) is working fairly well and making strides in areas its residents often take for granted, according to Caricom Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque.

An audit of the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) found files for major investments in disarray, inconsistencies in how tax holidays were granted and in one case an investment officer was instructed to sign a key agreement which was later withdrawn.

After a shutdown in the Demerara Berbice Inter-connected System (DBIS) resulted in large parts of the country being plunged into blackout on Sunday night, a second incident on the system yesterday resulted in large parts of Georgetown and other areas experiencing a shutdown for several hours.

Bandits over the weekend broke into the Agricola, East Bank Demerara home of local singers and music and film producers, Charmaine Blackman and Bonny Alves and carted off two laptops which contain most of their professional work, some of which is yet to be released.

Anjanie Boodnarine, the common-law wife of convicted drug trafficker Barry Dataram, was yesterday cleared of a charge that she forged a passport after a city magistrate found that there was insufficient evidence.

Three youths, who were busted last year for possession of amphetamines during an undercover police operation, were yesterday found guilty and sentenced to three years in prison.

A decision is to be made next week on an application by the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to forfeit the sum of $9 million that was allegedly seized from convicted drug trafficker Barry Dataram and his brother, Troy Dataram.

The three men accused of murdering Glen Xavier, who was killed during the robbery of a city mini mart, professed their innocence yesterday after being called upon yesterday to lead their respective defences.

Digicel Guyana is donating much needed supplies, appliances, stationery, school shoes, food hampers and other items to 10 special needs schools and orphanages throughout Guyana in 10 days.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), while confirming that documents are missing from the files in the rape case against Muslim scholar Nezaam Ali, said that efforts are now being made to get replacements.

The Georgetown Metered Parking By-laws have been added to the website of the Official Gazette.

A Linden teenager was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with robbing a woman of almost $300,000 in jewellery during a gun-point attack and also assaulting a police officer.

The police are still compiling the report on the incident where a pedestrian was knocked down and killed on Saturday night.

Accounting issues experienced by Region Four’s Regional Administration have been put down to a 32% vacancy in its accounting unit, which is a shortage that has persisted in excess of a year, according Regional Executive Officer (REO) Pauline Lucas.

Smyth Street Nursery, St Angela’s Primary and St John’s College have been adjudged the best of the best in their respective categories, according to the results from last Saturday’s Children Costume and Float Parade.

(Reuters) – A Virginia federal judge today issued a preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority nations, the latest legal setback for the administration.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. blacklisted Venezuela’s Vice President Tareck El Aissami and an associate for drug trafficking, the first crackdown by the Trump administration against top officials in President Nicolas Maduro’s government for money laundering and the drug trade.

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman says he would petition the Ministry of Finance to set aside a greater portion of the gold royalties for land reclamation projects in mining areas, GINA reported today.