Guyana News

Two men were on Monday granted bail in a city court on a charge of stealing over $200,000 in raw gold and mining equipment, although the owner of the recovered items has indicated he no longer wished to proceed with the charge.

Two women from the Dominican Republic pleaded guilty on Friday to overstaying their time in Guyana and were fined $30,000 each.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says it will be holding a Public Forum on the appointment of the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), on Friday, January 20, 2017, commencing at 17:00 hours at the Umana Yana, Kingston.

The Ministry of Education today said that the Mashramani float parade this year will travel along Brickdam to D’Urban Park as was the case last year.

Effective February 1, 2017, agents and brokers will be required to pay new administrative and miscellaneous fees when conducting business with the Customs and Trade Operations (CE&TO), according to a statement from the GRA on Monday.

A decision by bus operators to discontinue operating until the deplorable condition of the Coomacka Access Road is addressed has left an estimated 250 students living at Coomacka Mines, in Region 10, unable to travel to their school, which is located outside of the community.

Two men, including the stepson of Kawall Shivnauth, who was stabbed to death during an altercation one week ago at Leonora, West Coast Demerara were yesterday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

The army’s move to enforce a strict policy against members having clearly visible tattoos has left one potential recruit with dashed hopes as he says he is unable to pay the huge cost to have his ink removed.

In the near future, maintenance of irrigation canals and outfalls within the capital will be the responsibility of the Georgetown Drainage Authority, a new entity comprising representatives of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Georgetown City Council, National Drainage and Irrigation Authority and the Ministry of Communities.

A Guyanese man who gained residency in Canada in 2009, lost it after immigration officials found that he was no longer eligible as he spent most of his time in Guyana and his appeal of that decision was subsequently thrown out.

Workers from the City Engineer’s Department yesterday dismantled the frame of a wooden structure on Arapaima Street in Ruimveldt, which would have constituted an expansion for a car wash on the government reserve.

The police in Berbice are investigating a series of home invasions in the Corentyne area on Saturday evening, Commander of ‘B’ Division Ian Amsterdam has said, though no arrest has yet been made.

After persons lit a fire at the Bartica dumpsite, which spread to almost the entire landfill, Mayor Gifford Marshall says the municipality will embark on a sensitizing programme to ensure that residents are adequately informed on the proper waste disposal methods.

The hearing by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company’s (GTT) proposal to raise the rates for landline services was delayed again yesterday and adjourned indefinitely.

Abdul Budhoo, charged with killing his two cousins, was yesterday found guilty of the crimes and is now awaiting a probation report for his sentencing.

An Uitvlugt man and a 16-year-old boy were yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with three counts of armed robbery, including the attack on a North Road grocer that led to their capture last Tuesday.

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan has set a date for a ruling on whether a case has been made out against murder accused Ganga Krishna and Avishkar Bissoon, who are alleged to have started the fire at the Robb and King streets building that claimed the lives of a father and his two daughters.

In seeking to improve the housing delivery system in 2017, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) plans to regularise 21 areas, which will make 1,852 lots available for housing.

A Paramakatoi farmer was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail for being in possession of almost one pound of cannabis, which he claimed he was using to make tea for a sick niece.

The trial of former PPP/C minister Dr Jennifer Westford and her former aide Margaret Cummings for the alleged theft of over $600 million from the government continued yesterday with the testimony of a detective, who recounted that they both opted to remain silent when confronted about stealing state funds.