Guyana News

A city magistrate yesterday sentenced a man to 18 months in jail, after finding him guilty of attempting to break into a home.

An Alberttown resident was yesterday sentenced to two years in jail after he was found guilty of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Prosecution main witness Karan Chattergoon, said he saw when Deosarran Bisnauth hit Robert Mangal three times with a piece of wood almost four feet long, causing him to fall face down on the ground.

Bids were opened on Tuesday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for vehicular contracts and the rehabilitation of Office Space for the Guyana Revenue Authority at the Guyana Post Office Building.

The Region Four Regional Democratic Council (RDC) yesterday held a workshop for the Neighbourhood Democratic Chairpersons and administrative staff to re-establish effective management of the NDCs, GINA said.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – West Indies’ hopes of automatic qualification for the 2019 World Cup in England took a further blow when they dropped a point in the latest International Cricket Council rankings released today.

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall is seeking to have an adjournment of tomorrow’s sitting of the National Assembly for the consideration of a motion calling on President David Granger to revoke the establishment of a commission to study Amerindian land titling, ownership of lands acquired by freed African slaves and other land titling matters.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Guyana Jaguars are now the heavy favourites to win a hat-trick of titles in the Regional four-day championship, after maintaining their lead at the top of the standings despite sitting out the ninth round of matches.

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) today said that it seized illegal fuel on Monday at Helena Number One, Mahaica.

Cabinet yesterday decided that the Value-Added Tax (VAT) would remain applicable to private school tuition fees for the current school year but that the measure will be reviewed in the preparation for next year’s national budget, Minister of Education Dr Rupert Roopnaraine said yesterday.

Guyana’s Hindu community has called for the country’s schools to be declared off-limits to all missionaries and their preaching and it said the constitution was violated by the recent proselytizing of a controversial American group.

APNU+AFC Councillor on the Enmore/ Hope Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) Deochan Singh is maintaining that a decision was indeed taken to sell the computers that were seized by the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) and the eGovernment Unit last Thursday.

A 16-year-old boy was killed yesterday afternoon after he was struck by a car that was allegedly driven by a prison officer along the Cotton Tree Public Road, West Coast Berbice.

The son of 82-year-old Rudolph Ross, also known as ‘Uncle Bruce,’ who perished in a fire at his Kildonan Village, Corentyne home in the wee hours of Monday, is being treated as a suspect in his father’s death.

A Guyanese man, who authorities say admitted to smuggling cocaine into the United States by swallowing 39 pellets filled with the drug, has been remanded to prison in New York.

A husband and wife were remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with trafficking marijuana.

Around 100 members of the Berbice Hire Car Association demonstrated yesterday at the Tain Koker, Corentyne against the government’s ban on used tyres.

Quick action by the police has led to the arrest of the suspect in the murder of Courtney Porter, the miner who was fatally beaten at Mahaica, East Coast Demerara.

The partially-decomposed body of a 20-year-old man, who was missing since Sunday, was found yesterday morning at Oranges-tein, Parika, East Bank Essequibo, and while it is believed that he drowned, his family suspects foul play.

The Education Ministry’s Department of Culture has stepped in to ensure the preservation of the murals at Cheddi Jagan Inter-national Airport by Guyanese artist Aubrey Williams and has solicited the help of Castellani House.