Guyana News

The Mayor and City Council met with members of the Guyana Scrap Metals Dealers Association (GSMDA) on Tuesday, and held discussions on the way forward, as the city moves to regularise scrap metal collectors.

Accused of stealing over $200,000  in items from the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT), two men were yesterday granted bail after being read the charge by a city Magistrate.

Three families from the Corentyne on Tuesday had their dreams come true, as they each received a brand new, well-painted wooden house, with basic necessities, from Food for the Poor (Guyana) Inc.,

The Rotaract Club of George-town will be hosting its inaugural “Recycle Fair,” on March 25th, aimed at not only helping the environment, but also the less fortunate.

The work of the Cuban Medical Brigade in Guyana has paved the way for other initiatives that will heighten efforts to further modernise the healthcare system in Guyana.

Two tickets to Chile are up for grabs in a promotion between that country’s embassy here and Copa Airlines.

A silver Toyota Premio car was stolen from the Corentyne, sometime during the course of last evening, and the owner of the car is now pleading for the public’s help in locating the stolen vehicle.

Yesterday, ranks from the Criminal Investigation Department, Headquarters conducted an operation, a statement from the police said today.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon this morning said that in line with Government’s policy to ensure that officers do not accumulate annual leave and in turn request pay in lieu of such, James Singh, Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), has been asked to proceed on leave effective today, a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) has called on small miners who have recently formed syndicates to make sure they are not pawns in what it says are government efforts to divide and rule the industry, while detracting attention from the long term threat posed by new tax policies.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo will once again submit six nominees for the post of Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) to President David Granger, the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) announced yesterday, while saying the decision was taken to move the process forward.

Four Guyanese men who were recently intercepted in a boat in international waters with over 4 tonnes of cocaine, estimated at a street value of over US$71.7M, have since been slapped with two charges, including conspiracy to possess a controlled substance on board a vessel.

The businesswoman of Tain, Corentyne, who is said to be the mastermind behind the murder of a mother of four, was yesterday remanded to prison when she appeared at the Whim Magistrate’s Court.

Two separately organized protests in front of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday saw protestors questioning the concept of the “good life” that has continuously been promised by the Government of Guyana in light of recent Value-Added Tax (VAT) measures.

A couple was yesterday charged with trafficking a 15-year-old girl for sex.

Residents of Cummings Lodge and other parts of the city say they are fed up after a recent spate of blackouts in the area, which the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) says was caused by burnt line hardware that it expected to be fixed by the end of yesterday.

A court clerk was yesterday charged with causing the death of Bourda Market butcher Bhagwandat Roopchand while driving under the influence of alcohol.

A special constabulary rank, stationed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, was yesterday morning arrested for stealing a phone belonging to an outbound passenger.

The body of the 52-year-old farmer, who went missing on Sunday evening after the boat he was in collided with another in the Lower Pomeroon River was recovered on Monday afternoon.

The Ogle Airport Inc. (OAI) carried out a full-scale Mass Casualty Inci-dent Management (MCIM) simulation yesterday afternoon at the Eugene F.