Guyana News

A man was arrested on Thursday and then placed on substantial bail after 72 hours by B Division’s lawmen as they are currently investigating an accusation that he posed as the Commander of B Division, Kevin Adonis and  conned a re-migrant of Palmyra Village of $800,000.

A man was yesterday sentenced to nine months in jail after he admitted to larceny.

Extended power outages in Essequibo are due to maintenance works on generators, according to Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) spokesperson Wadecia Donald.

The Guyana Police Force on Monday launched its Mounted Branch in Mibicuri, Black Bush Polder, Corentyne.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is investigating claims that a mysterious aircraft was spotted over Port Kaituma, North West District last Thursday.

The Department of Labour is wrapping up its investigation of the death of construction worker Mark Anthony Hodge, who fell while working on a four-storey building at Providence, East Bank Demerara last week.

Members of the Board of Directors of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), yesterday afternoon, engaged President David Granger and Cabinet members on the current status of operations at the organisation, as well as future plans.

A man was yesterday read a charge of inflicting bodily harm on a family member who accused him of stealing his marijuana.

Two nationals of Cuba and another of the Dominican Republic were separately fined for overstaying in the country last Friday.

(Reuters) – Low gas prices and President Barack Obama’s high approval ratings are key factors that favor Democrat Hillary Clinton winning the White House in next week’s election, according to a model from Moody’s Analytics that has accurately predicted the last nine U.S.

Under the Government’s new model for housing, the construction of 5,000 apartments/duplexes with infrastructural work for low income households will cost $50b, according to the CH&PA.

Michael Caesar, one of the five men committed to stand trial for the murders of 12 persons at Bartica in 2008, is now awaiting sentence after pleading guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter yesterday.

Police in Port Kaituma, North West District are currently probing an incident where an unidentified aircraft was observed “circling” in Port Kaituma airspace last Thursday.

Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan has said that in his preliminary opinion the motion in the name of PPP/C MP Irfaan Ali calling for an immediate forensic audit into the Georgetown City Council including the controversial parking meter project, “lacks jurisdiction.”

The Guyana Police Force has taken some responsibility for last Friday’s fatal crash involving a lorry and a minibus along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway in which two persons died, admitting that there was a lapse in Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).

Acting Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine yesterday disclosed that in an effort to better serve the Berbice area, almost $4 million will be spend to operationalize mounted patrols at Black Bush Polder and its environs out of the Mibicuri Police station.

Charges will be laid out today against the bus driver who allegedly assaulted a handicapped man in the vicinity of the Demerara Harbour Bridge, according to acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine.

Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran and columnist, Anand Goolsarran have chided Finance Minister, Winston Jordan for his attack on Auditor General (AG) Deodat Sharma and his report on the public accounts for 2015.

Three years after it was closed under the former administration the toll booth at the Kara Kara Bridge reopened yesterday, in a bid to increase the revenue in Linden.

Clifton Graham was yesterday cleared of the charge of murdering taxi driver Rawlston Bernard Henry, after Justice Roxane George directed a jury to return a formal verdict of not guilty.