Guyana News

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Test captain Jason Holder says one of his main goals is to transform the Caribbean side into a tightly-knit unit, and believes this is will be the catalyst for any turnaround in the team’s fortunes.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today said that the Value-Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations will come into operation on February 01, 2017 when the VAT rate will be reduced from 16% to 14%.

Attorney General Basil Williams and a representative of Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo are to meet for clarifying talks on the controversial list of nominees from Jagdeo for Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Former New York state Senate leader, John Sampson was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday for lying and obstructing justice to cover up his misuse of escrow money in a case where a key witness against him was US-based Guyanese businessman, Ed Ahmad.

A labourer was on Tuesday evening stabbed to death by a cousin over the repayment of $440, tragically ending a two-week feud between two teenagers.

Seeking to correct what it said were major failings on the part of the previous administration, government yesterday launched a two-year Plan of Action to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) even as President David Granger underscored the importance of enforcing the laws to ensure that traffickers are successfully prosecuted and the vulnerable protected.

Controversy yesterday erupted over a meeting between the Ministry of Finance and miners on Monday with the GGDMA stating that the talks had been derailed by the presence of “fringe groups”.

A man who unintentionally hit his two-month-old son with the buckle of his belt, from which injury the child subsequently died, was yesterday sentenced to eight years in prison, after pleading guilty to manslaughter before Justice Navindra Singh.

A 27-year-old worker of Gafoor’s succumbed at a private hospital on Sunday evening, more than two weeks after he was involved in an accident while performing his duties.

Dhanraj Raghubir, who is alleged to be responsible for a visa fraud where he received over $1 million from persons for visa application fees and had been read  17 charges in relation to the scheme, was yesterday found guilty on one of the charges, and sentenced to two years in prison by a city magistrate.

  Sharmila Inderjali and Maryanne Lionel, the two women who allegedly offered a police officer $4 million in cash to release the accused in the murder of Number 70 Village carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt, were yesterday each granted $1.5 million bail by a city Magistrate.

Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder yesterday said that the increase in land rates is necessary to avoid the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary-Agriculture Development Authority (MMA-ADA) from “becoming another GuySuCo”.

Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) , Annette Ferguson yesterday met with bus operators, and residents of Coomacka, Region 10, as they were staging a picketing exercise calling for repairs to the main Coomacka road.

Investigators in Berbice are on the hunt for two suspects in relation to the robbery at Spready’s Supermarket, Port Mourant, and three others with regards to a robbery at Kildonan Village. 

Two major water catchment areas estimated to cost a total of US$1m will be created in Region Nine to help battle arid weather which has gripped the area in recent years.

Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings and the Director of Regional Health Services, Dr.

Smart City Solutions (SCS) says it is prepared to meet with the teachers union and the disabilities commission over concerns that have been raised about parking meters.

An Aishalton farmer was on Tuesday remanded to prison after police alleged that he had a firearm and ammunition in his possession.

A labourer was released on self-bail on Tuesday after denying a charge that he stole a $35,000 bicycle.

President David Granger today wrote Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo suggesting that Attorney General, Basil Williams meets a representative of Jagdeo on issues surrounding the controversial GECOM list.