Guyana News

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) says it is deeply distressed at the violence which broke out in Dominica following a public meeting on Tuesday 7 February.

(Guyana Revenue Authority) Motorists who may have been baffled or perturbed by the requirement to pay additional fees when renewing motor vehicle licences should take note of the following: The 2016 Budget provided for an increase in motor vehicle licences and other fees effective March 14, 2016, under the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act Cap: 51:02, relating to motor vehicle licences and other fees including Registration, Transfers, Certificate of Fitness, Driver’s Test of Competence, General Dealers Licence etc.

The New Building Society (NBS) has mounted a legal challenge against the city’s metered parking by-laws, which it says are illegal and a judge has since ordered Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan to show why his decision to approve the by-laws should not be quashed.

Carl Parker, the Regional Executive Officer (REO) for Region 9, was yesterday charged with sexual assault.

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall says that circulars from the Bank of Guyana (BOG) on February 2nd to cambios fixing the spread between buying and selling rates is ultra vires of the law.

  A second demonstration against the city’s metered parking project saw a swell of support yesterday and although government, through consultation with the Mayor & City Council and Smart City Solutions, has committed to ensuring lower parking fees, protesters made clear that a reduction is not enough.

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan says he is disheartened by findings in the 2016 Household Drug Survey which found among other things that alcohol binge drinking is as high as 64.2% in males and 46.3% in females.

Seven persons have been held in connection with the murder of Danian Jagdeo, the phone card vendor who was shot during a robbery on Wednesday at Adventure, Corentyne, according to ‘B’ Division Commander Ian Amsterdam.

The police in Berbice are probing whether Leilawatie Mohamed, also known as ‘Aunty Leila,’ who was shot dead on Tuesday when men invaded her Tain Settlement, Corentyne home, may have been the victim of a `hit’.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison by a city magistrate after being charged with murder.

The Bank of Guyana (BOG) and the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) reached an agreement yesterday that will allow the bank’s employees to park around the periphery of the Church Street and Avenue of the Republic building.

The opposition’s interpretation of the constitutional criteria for nominees to fill the vacancy of Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) and the supporting case law will be carefully examined before another meeting is held on the issue, according to Attorney-General Basil Williams SC.

A report, ‘GNIC pays $148M outstanding debt to NICIL, published in the February 8th, 2017 edition of Stabroek News incorrectly stated that GNIC has so far paid $148M to NICIL.

A Nigerian man, accused of attempting to defraud two stores of items totaling over $1 million, was yesterday remanded to prison.

A bill intended to improve the welfare of animals in Guyana was yesterday sent for further consideration by a parliamentary select committee.

Faisal Moore, who was implicated by a co-accused as the shooter in the death of Glen Xavier during a robbery, had told police that it was another man, whom he only identified as “Burnham,” who was responsible for the murder, according to a caution statement admitted into evidence at his trial yesterday.

The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) is making progress with its investigation into the allocation of lands at ‘Pradoville 2’ to cabinet members of the former administration and their close associates, financial investigations expert Dr Sam Sittlington said on Wednesday.

An Agricola, East Bank Demerara family of five lost its home to a fire yesterday afternoon.

The University of Guyana (UG) will host its inaugural Diaspora Engagement Conference from July 23-28, 2017 under the theme ‘Dreaming Diaspora Engagement, Doing Diaspora Engagement’.

A fire on Tuesday evening gutted a Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara (EBD) apartment building leaving four persons homeless and millions in losses.