Guyana News

Even as he called the blaming of magistrates for the overcrowding in the prison system unfair, acting Chancellor of the Judiciary Justice Carl Singh yesterday urged judicial officers to take into consideration all circumstances before making a decision on bail.

Local sculptor Winslow Craig and social activist Dr Christopher Arif Bulkan are among four people in the region who will receive the Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence (ANSCAFE) in 2017 for their stellar contributions in the arts and civil society.

As it increases its visibility, the Epilepsy Foundation of Guyana (EFG) has started a support group and it has also been able to procure a donation of epilepsy drugs for the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

The Guyana Creative Business Society, an umbrella organisation established as a representative body of all art forms in Guyana, was launched last evening at the Umana Yana.

Government plans to inject $31.2 billion into the health sector next year in hopes of furthering its plans to achieve universal coverage.

The two major mining groups, the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) and the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO), are calling on the government to reexamine proposed budgetary measures that they say will lead to further decline of local mining.

A guard was shot yesterday during an attempt by a bandit to steal the payroll for E.C.

A man is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was shot to his back late Thursday night after being robbed by three men.

A Brazilian national has been arrested after his workmate was found dead in a pit on Wednesday morning.

Mark Thompson, who is charged with murdering Brazilian miner, Jose Rodriguez De Oliveira, has been called upon to a lead a defence.

An arrest warrant was on Thursday issued for Somal Sharma, the network administrator for Kaieteur News, who was a no-show for the third time for the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charges against Alfie Garraway, Janiel Howard and Leroy Williams, the three men accused of throwing a grenade outside the newspaper.

Minster of Education,  Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine along with other government officials and guests, this evening, attended a function hosted by the British High Commissioner at his residence.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today said that all taxpayers will have more take home pay under the income tax changes announced in the 2017 budget.

Quick action by a 52-year-old driver/security guard of  E.C. Veira Investment located at Houston, EBD, this afternoon resulted in an armed bandit being forced to abandon his mission of stealing the company’s wages from his vehicle and dropping his loaded pistol in the process at Peter’s Hall, EBD, about 1350h.

The 2017 budget has no good news for miners, the two key groups in the sector said today.

Two of the three suspects in an early morning robbery today at Meadow Bank, EBD, were apprehended minutes after the commission of the crime, with an unlicensed firearm and eight live rounds.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday called on government to reconsider proposed changes to the Value-Added Tax (VAT) regime, while warning that they would hurt the business community by driving up costs and forcing higher prices on consumers.

Two men were yesterday charged with the 2012 murder of Sideek Juman, who was found dead at the Double Day Hotel at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo.

A police sergeant was yesterday charged with taking a $2M bribe to waive a charge against one of the accused in the death of Mohamed Abdool Shameer, who was killed in a boat collision and then buried in a shallow grave more than 60 miles away.

Current Deputy Mayor of Georgetown Sherod Duncan has officially expressed his intention to contest for the seat at the head of the horseshoe table.