Guyana News

Registrar of Deeds, Azeena Baksh was yesterday afternoon robbed of a quantity of electronics and jewellery when two armed bandits invaded her Young Professionals Housing Scheme, Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison by a city magistrate after he was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl.

A Non-Pariel, East Coast Demerara couple was yesterday robbed of $2M just after withdrawing the money from a city bank.

A businesswoman was yesterday granted half a million dollars in bail after she was charged with human trafficking.

As 38 new prison officers graduated yesterday, Minister of Public Secu-rity, Khemraj Ramjattan charged them “to keep a proper balance between security and control and humanity and justice.”

The Guyana Police Force’s Traffic Department will today be launching Operation Safeway to stem the 33% rise in fatal accidents.

The Board of Directors of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is soon to decide whether it will launch an investigation into the actions of the corporation’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr.

The Board of Directors of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is soon to decide whether it will launch an investigation into the actions of the corporation’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr.

A handyman and a spare parts dealer accused of stealing cars and transmission parts were arraigned before a city court yesterday and remanded to prison pending the start of their trial.

Guyana’s partnership with Norway on forests, climate change and the Amaila hydropower project is shrouded in secrecy, the Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP/C) says.

A post-mortem examination on  74-year-old Hedley Williams, whose body was discovered two days after he went missing on Sunday at the Timehri airport, revealed that he died of natural causes.

A 25-year-old man from Sisters Village, East Bank Berbice drowned after plunging into the Berbice River yesterday.

A Financial Action Task Force (FATF) team is here on a two-day visit to assess Guyana’s implementation of recommendations, a crucial step in a years-long battle by the country to avoid international sanctions over its anti-money laundering framework.

Two Chinese nationals who presented fake Canadian visas to a Caribbean Airlines customer service representative were fined $100,000 yesterday by a city court.

A pharmacovigilance centre for monitoring and inspecting drugs is to be set up by December 2016.

An Albouystown teenager alleged to have inflicted harm on his friend using a cutlass, was granted bail by a city court yesterday.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure will be initiating a road safety public media campaign in an effort to reduce road accidents.

A man brought before a city court yesterday on a charge of assaulting his daughter, opted to proceed with cross charges against the teenager, claiming that his life was under threat.

Opposition Member of Parliament Anil Nandlall says that the AFC’s performance in government has been far from “fantastic,” contrary to the recent assessment of the party’s leader.

The Queen’s College of Guyana Alumni Association NY Inc (QCAANY) has elected Karen Wharton as its President, making her the first female to lead a Queen’s College alumni association.