Guyana News

A North Ruimveldt man was taken before a city court yesterday on a charge of discharging a loaded firearm.

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the Restoration and Upgrade of Castellani House, the national art gallery.

Photos by Keno George   Nature, love and identity were the major themes that were examined by the nine young women who made up this year’s graduating class of the E.R

A Beterverwagting man was yesterday granted his release on $100,000 bail after he denied ownership of a quantity of cannabis that was found aboard a truck that was intercepted by the police at Itaballi.

A European Investment Bank (EIB) delegation will visit Guyana from September 15-17 to explore opportunities for financing new projects in the country.

A Kingston resident was yesterday afternoon robbed of a quantity of cash by two bandits moments after carrying out a business transaction.

The statements of 31 individuals have been tendered in the preliminary inquiry into the murder charges against Ganga Krishna and Avishkar Bissoon, who are accused of starting the fire at a Robb and King streets building that claimed the lives of a father and his two daughters.

On September 2, 2016, the Commission of Inquiry into the education system journeyed to Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) and heard a number of complaints including that the pupil-teacher ratio was too high.

Pupils of the Fort Ordnance Primary School, East Canje, Berbice returned to school yesterday, to a much improved environment.

Twenty-eight boat operators from Region Nine have been awarded a Certificate of Competency to operate as boat Captains under the Licensing of Ships Regulation 2001, and are now appropriately equipped to operate safely on the rivers within the region, a release from the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) said on Friday.

Former Member of Parliament and Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Six,  Dr.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC- Phil Simmons’ rocky tenure as head coach of  the West Indies cricket team came to a premature end this afternoon after West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced that they it had terminated his contract.

Following seizures of property during Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) raids on its operations at Providence and Coomacka, the Chief Executive Officer of Baishalin yesterday appealed to government and the people to show patience and give the Chinese logging company at least three years to deliver on its commitments to value-added output and job creation.

One of the survivors of Sunday’s fatal accident along the Number 49 Village public road, Corentyne, where a car collided with a stray horse, has admitted that the driver was intoxicated and had been speeding when the accident occurred.

Guyanese in the coming months should be able to access free WiFi in all public buildings, according to an announcement by President David Granger during the opening ceremony of Heritage celebrations at Mainstay/Whyaka, Region Two on Saturday.

A thunderstorm, considered the worst in recent memory, caused extensive damage and millions in losses for Bartica residents on Sunday night.

The passenger in the pick-up that collided with a car at the junction of Sheriff and Garnett streets on Saturday evening, resulting in the death of four-year old Abeka Trotman, is claiming that the vehicle transporting the child caused the accident by trying to run a traffic light.

A joiner died on Saturday from a seizure just over two weeks after he and his wife were injured in a head-on collision on the Success Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Three Lusignan men are  now in police custody after they were found in possession of an unlicensed 9mm pistol with 12 matching rounds and 180 grams of what is suspected to be cocaine.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) can appeal the sentence handed down to Trafficking in Persons (TIP) convict Joyce Lawrence but has to do so within 14 days.