Guyana News

The inquiry into claims by self-confessed drug trafficker Barry Dataram, who accused officials of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) of corruption and facilitating the drug trade, has been completed and a report was yesterday handed over to government.

Topping Region Six at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) this year is Omesh Dyal, of Port Mourant Primary, who aspires to be a doctor one day.

In a story on page 16 of yesterday’s newspaper captioned ‘Wismar duo charged with murder of newspaper vendor,’ the name Leonard Chapman was published as one of the persons charged along with his photograph.

Students of the Bishops’ High School and St Gabriel’s Primary School were this week presented with prizes as the winners of the Amazonia Poetry Competition were finally revealed.

In observance of World Music Day, the National School of Music has organised a concert tomorrow at the Seawall Bandstand to promote the music of Guyana’s young artistes.

Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) is a “watershed” event, which will have long-lasting repercussions, according to the Caricom Heads of Government.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) today advised customers against being hoodwinked into making any payments on site by corrupt persons.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, this morning, received the report of the inquiry into the allegations made against officials of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) by self-confessed drug lord, Barry Dataram.

Two children between the ages of four and six died this morning after a fire swept through the Drop-in Centre on Hadfield Street.

One man is dead and four others are in police custody following an exchange of gunfire with the Police yesterday at Ogle, East Coast Demerara.

CARICOM Heads have signalled their support for a judicial decision to bring the Guyana-Venezuela controversy to an end.

Two men were yesterday charged with the 2012 murder of Mahaica trucker driver Jadesh Dass, who had been found dead on a roadway with gunshot wounds to his head.

Two Wismar men were yesterday charged with the murder of popular Linden newspaper vendor Albert Ashby called ‘Finney’ and have been remanded to prison.

Eustace Griffith, who turned himself over to police after fatally stabbing Stabroek Market handyman Steven Arthur on Monday, was yesterday charged and remanded to prison.

A  $1.5 million payroll belonging to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) was last evening stolen while on its way to be distributed.

Pressing for the suspension of the imposition of long unenforced import taxes on a range of raw materials, the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) yesterday warned that consumers could soon be paying more for goods and services.

City Councillors on Tuesday voted for the setting up of a National Capital Planning Com-mission to guide the development of the city, while Mayor Patricia Chase-Green dismissed concerns by Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan about the rush in moving ahead.

A date has been set for the commencement of the trial of Kwame McCoy, Jason Abdulla and Shawn Hinds, who are charged with assaulting newspaper columnist and activist Freddie Kissoon.

All persons travelling to Guyana are now required to produce proof that they have been vaccinated for yellow fever in order for entry as efforts have been intensified to prevent the spread of the disease in wake of the outbreak in the southern African nation of Angola.

Cabinet last week gave its no-objection to two contracts for water distribution networks on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway.