Guyana News

Air Conditioning technician Pascal Smith was remanded to prison yesterday on a robbery charge after a court heard that he used a knife to rob a friend in what they both described as a joke.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today appointed a Norwegian diplomat who dealt with the Colombian peace process to try to settle the longstanding border controversy between Venezuela and Guyana by the end of the year, the Associated Press said.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is seeking what he called a “historic” 9 percent increase in military spending, even as the United States has wound down major wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and remains the world’s strongest military power.

Former attorney general Anil Nandlall today said the latest discussion with Attorney General Basil Williams SC on the deadlock over a Chairman for the Guyana Elections Commission has been futile.

Ogle Airport Inc (OAI) will conduct a full scale Mass Casualty Incident Management (MCIM) exercise at the Eugene F.

Fire of unknown origin completely destroyed the Benjamin’s Homemade Bakery at Buxton early this morning.

Former President Donald Ramotar says the PPP’s support of term limits has not changed and head of the 1999-2000 constitutional commission, Ralph Ramkarran  says that if necessary a referendum on the matter should pass easily as both major parties support   limits on presidential terms.

Starting today, persons who operate drones and other Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) weighing more than 7 kg will have to apply to the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) for permission to fly them.

Four and a half years after an agreement was signed for the people of Linden to have their own television station – part of the pact with the then PPP/C government following bitter protests and the deaths of three men in 2012 – the residents of the mining community are still waiting for it to become operational.

A Bourda Market butcher died after he was struck down by a drunken driver on Saturday as he was walking home on the Pouderoyen Public Road.

The police say that a robbery suspect was shot yesterday morning at Bagotville after he resisted arrest but this version has been hotly disputed by residents of the area.

Former long-serving GuySuCo executive Dr Ian McDonald has urged that everything possible be done to save the sugar industry and called for focus on the market in CARICOM and other options.

In light of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) pointing to a conflict in the Procurement Act pertaining to Cabinet’s role in the no-objection to contracts over $15m, the People’s Progressive Party says that while the section could be ambiguous it is clear that Cabinet should have no role.

Unused bases of parking meters on pavements within the central business district of the city are posing  a hazard to pedestrians.

Residents of Section `M’ Campbellville says that they feel as though the city and authorities responsible for drainage, irrigation and other facilities have neglected them over the years and are calling for these problems to be fixed.

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force acting on information received went to a house at Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice about 09:30 hrs yesterday morning and carried out a search, during which they found in excess of six kilograms of cannabis.

The Police are in pursuit of a male suspect known as `Sareckee’ who they say indiscriminately discharged a loaded firearm recently at Blackwater Landing, Konawaruk River, Mahdia, during an altercation with a miner.

Social Cohesion Minister, Dr. George Norton on Wednesday met with residents of Charity, Pomeroon-Supenaam (Region Two) including teachers, business owners and members of the Regional and Neighbourhood Democratic councils to discuss issues affecting them.

Guyanese women will join countless others around the Caribbean who will be marching in recognition of the historic achievements women have made worldwide, and to continue the struggle for equality.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – African-American coming-of-age tale “Moonlight” won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday on a big night for Hollywood diversity that was overshadowed by an embarrassing onstage gaffe over the top award.