Guyana News

A man was yesterday sentenced to three months in prison by a city magistrate after he was found guilty of snatching a phone from a minibus passenger.

Town Clerk Royston King has stated that the city is willing to meet with the newly-formed Guyana Market Vendors Union, once it provides necessary documentation to verify its legitimacy.

The MV Lady Northcote is scheduled to set sail again to Port Kaituma on Thursday after repairs to its loading mechanism.

NEW DELHI, India,  CMC- Two of the world’s leading cricketers, Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo, have become the new faces of an Indian condom brand named Skore.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is to replace approximately 54,000 meters to reduce stealing of electricity and losses.

The Ministry of Natural Resources today said that the loss of jobs at forestry company Barama Company Limited (BCL) is not connected to ongoing discussions about the possible renewal of its contract.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will replace all Galaxy Note 7 smartphones equipped with fire-prone batteries and halt sales of the flagship product in 10 markets, a devastating blow for what had been a revival in the firm’s mobile business.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says government needs to urgently address the issue of who recommended Larry Singh of Linden Holding Inc for rental of the controversial pharmaceutical bond in Sussex Street in the interest of transparency and accountability.

Shemroy Hackett, the man who was arrested after a shootout between bandits and police in the aftermath of a robbery at Enmore on Monday, was yesterday remanded to prison after being read 10 charges, including six counts of armed robbery and two counts of shooting at cops.

Dwayne King, who was accused by his United Kingdom-based Guyanese girlfriend of setting her up with cocaine found in rum bottles she was trying to take out of the country, was yesterday found guilty of drug trafficking and sentenced to 60 months in jail.

After the fire at the Drop-in Centre claimed the lives of two young brothers, the Ministry of Social Protection has decided to offer their parents a plot of land and a fully furnished two-bedroom house.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has objected to a decision by the city administration to allow the construction of a seventh floor at a building on the south eastern part of Camp and Robb streets.

Minister of Education, Dr Rupert Roopnaraine says Assistant Chief Education Officer (Primary), Marcel Raymond Hutson is most likely to become the new Chief Education Officer (CEO)  following the decision not to renew the contract of former CEO, Olato Sam.

The Ogle Airport Bar, along with several patrons, was robbed early yesterday morning after three gunmen stormed the bar.

A Venezuelan national was brought before a city court yesterday to answer to a charge that he stole $1,000,000 worth of raw gold in an armed robbery.

Three men pulled off a daring daylight robbery early yesterday when they held-up a supermarket and its customers at New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara.

Armed bandits on Wednesday night stole almost a million dollars in cash and valuables in an attack on an East Bank Demerara supermarket.

President David Granger says that whether or not the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) agrees with the offer, his government will be paying public servants a differentiated wage hike ranging from 10% at the lowest scale to 1% at the highest Asked on this week’s Public Interest television programme if his government is prepared to make an arbitrary award if the GPSU General Council which meets today rejects the offer, the president said “the award we proposed is as much as we can do as of the first of September and we intend to proceed with that.” 

An Essequibo Coast father of four drowned while he was on a fishing trip.

President David Granger yesterday convened a meeting at the Ministry of the Presidency with representatives from Central Government, the Georgetown Mayor and City Council and the Private Sector during which it was agreed that a joint committee would be created.