Guyana News

The police today said that a thirty one year old, unemployed South Ruimveldt Gardens resident was this morning remanded to prison until December 14, 2016, after being nabbed with six hundred and sixty eight (668) grams of cocaine yesterday at the No.

A member of the Guyana Police Force’s SWAT team, who was charged with having a range of ammunition in his possession, walked out of court a free man yesterday after the charges were dismissed by a city magistrate.

A jury yesterday found Lloyd Britton not guilty of the 2013 murder of Elvis Fernandes, who was shot dead on Mandela Avenue during an argument between two motorists.

An absent Godfrey Lynch, the miner accused of robbing an elderly caretaker of over $13M in goods during an attack at a Republic Park, East Bank Demerara home, was yesterday sentenced to 58 months in jail by a city magistrate.

Murder accused Clifton Graham identified two men to police as the persons who killed taxi driver Rawlston Bernard Henry, according to a caution statement admitted into evidence at his trial.

Following a tense stand-off in which a member of the city police drew his gun, City Hall yesterday removed four large swimming pools that it says were encumbering reserves along Sheriff Street.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions  has advised that the driver of the van that collided with a car on Sheriff Street that resulted in the death of a  four-year-old girl be charged.

A police witness was yesterday accused of withholding important evidence during his testimony about injuries that assault accused Jason Abdulla claimed he sustained at the hands of lawmen.

A man is now hospitalised after he was struck down on the Eccles Public Road by a bus last night.

The Region Two Regional Democratic Council (RDC) has defused a conflict between a Charity businessman and several vendors he blocked from plying their trade on the Charity Market waterfront.

Addressing teenage mothers at the opening ceremony yesterday of the Teenage Pregnancy Support Group, First Lady, Sandra Granger charged them to become the leaders of tomorrow.

A press release from the GRA follows: In wake of discoveries about malpractice committed recently by officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), the Commissioner-General, Godfrey Statia summoned a general meeting with staff at the Authority’s Camp Street Headquarters on Wednesday, October 26.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Legendary West Indies captain Sir Viv Richards believes the poor run of results in the current series against Pakistan could be a sign that tensions between players and the West Indies Cricket Board may be reaching breaking point.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved an US$8 million loan ($1.6b) for a programme to help reduce maternal, perinatal and neonatal deaths in Guyana, a release from the Bank said today.

With Minister of Public Health, Dr George Norton scheduled to submit his report today on allegations of procurement malpractices by some of his staff, President David Granger will soon appoint an independent investigative team which will report with recommendations on the issue.

The Ministry of Social Protection’s Department of Labour has excluded the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU), which has been representing workers at Barama Company Ltd (BCL) since February, stating that it recognizes the Guyana Labour Union (GLU) as the bargaining body.

Over the next four years, it is expected that 4,400 school dropouts, between the ages of 16 and 25, will be trained and eased into the working world under Citizen Security Strengthening Programme (CCSP).

The European Union (EU) on Tuesday handed over 24 million Euros ($5.2b) to Guyana under a sugar programme which had been put on hold after Parliament was prorogued by former President Donald Ramotar in 2014.

Frank Henry, his wife Josephine Henry, along with Trevor Abrams, who were charged in 2010 with the wedding house murder of Victor Williams, were on Tuesday committed to stand trial for the crime.

Charged in July 2015 with committing a $17 million burglary, after a gun allegedly found in his possession was linked to the stolen booty, Nabadamingi Gobin was yesterday sentenced to two years for the offence.