Guyana News

With small- and medium-scale gold miners delivering 67% of the total gold production, Guyana has seen a record declaration of 641, 668 ounces for 2016, which is 16.6% above the target.

Villagers of the Upper Corentyne area turned out in their numbers at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court yesterday in a show of support for the relatives of murdered Number 70 Village carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt.

Five policemen, who were accused of robbing miners of a quantity of raw gold, have been freed of the charges due to insufficient evidence.

In a stand against corruption, the Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) staged a march from the Umana Yana to the Public Buildings yesterday.

Following his re-election, Linden Mayor Carwyn Holland is promising to continue championing the town’s development.

The General Register Office (GRO) will soon begin creating a digitised database of records of birth dating back to 1896.

A youth was yesterday sentenced to 36 months in jail after he admitted to stealing a schoolboy’s cellphone.

An Alberttown man was on Thursday sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing 20 five-gallon bottles of water and a tarpaulin.

The Guyana Police Force is seeking the assistance of the public to locate Ravi Maniram, who is wanted for questioning in relation to fraud committed on the force earlier this year.

Ravi Maniram, 42, is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to fraud committed on the Guyana Police Force which occurred between January 11 and February 01, 2016, the police say.

In a novel move, the Private Sector Commission and the two trade union bodies, the TUC and FITUG have written the Speaker of the National Assembly and the government and opposition sides of the House seeking dialogue on key provisions of the 2017 budget.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) today defended its leader, Education Minister Dr Rupert Roopnaraine against suggestions of impropriety related to his directorship of the company which was established to undertake improvement works on D’Urban Park.

New York police are hoping new surveillance video will help them identify two men in connection with the murder of a  Guyanese city correction officer in Brooklyn.

Michael Caesar, 34, called ‘Capone,’ was yesterday sentenced to spend the next 60 years in jail after pleading guilty to unlawfully killing a total of 20 persons in the Lusignan and Bartica massacres.

In a move to stabilise the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Guyana yesterday announced that it was temporarily halting the purchase of Trinidad and Barbados dollars from local cambios.

The APNU+AFC Govern-ment yesterday faced more embarrassing questions about a controversial bond deal when a parliamentary showdown resulted in an impromptu visit to the Sussex Street site and not a single tablet was seen by the MPs on the mission.

An 11-year-old first form student of the Tagore Memorial Secondary School died after a driver lost control of his car and struck him yesterday  around 5 pm.

A man was yesterday charged with the murders of Paul Rodney and Gregory Garraway, who were fatally shot in separate attacks in the city between October and November.

Kester Harvey, a former Citizens Bank manager, appeared before a city court yesterday on a charge of fraudulently converting $3 million to his own use.

Just over six years since her disappearance, the remains of Babita Sarjou were finally laid to rest yesterday at the Kuru Kururu Cemetery.