Guyana News

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday said that Kamalodeen Jallalodeen also called “Dude” is wanted for questioning in relation to a quantity of cocaine that was discovered in a motor vehicle at the Young Professional Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara yesterday.

A convicted Nigerian national has been remanded to prison while his accomplice was released on $300,000 bail after they were both charged with attempting to defraud a woman through the delivery of an overseas package.

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) on July 5, 2023, hosted an Open Day from 9am to 2pm at the Regional Democratic Council Compound, Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast, Region 2.  

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday issued a wanted bulletin  for William Mittelholzer also called “Stamma” of 179 Republic Gardens, Georgetown.

The Charity Market on the Essequibo Coast has gone up in flames, reports from the region say.

US Secr                                        etary of State Antony Blinken arrived this afternoon on a flying visit.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday  met the US Democratic Party’s top leader in the US House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries.

Third term councillor, Alfred Mentore was this morning elected Mayor of  the City of Georgetown.

CARICOM Heads of Government  have resolved to remove impediments to free movement across the region by March next year, according to CARICOM Chairman, Roosevelt Skerrit.

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken yesterday announced US$5.5 million towards the Caribbean food security plan.

Region One is expected to have a brand new secondary school within the next seven to eight months.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) yesterday castigated President Irfaan Ali over his handling of a rape allegation scandal that engulfed Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall.

The police are investigating the killing yesterday morning of a 29-year-old labourer of Lot 21 ‘A’ Kilcoy, Chesney, Corentyne, Berbice.

The school girl accused of setting fire to the Mahdia School Dormitory re-appeared on Tuesday  at the Mahdia Magistrate’s Court (sitting at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court) before Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce, where the charge was re-read to her after the particulars of the charge were amended with the name of Sherana Daniels to make it twenty victims.

In the aftermath of the decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) not to recommend a charge against former Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall over an allegation of rape, the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) has called for an independent probe of all the agencies who played a part in this decision, In a release yesterday, the APA said that Indigenous peoples in Guyana have witnessed their rights being trampled upon by the very people who are tasked with protecting those rights.

The city’s Deputy Mayor Alfred Mentore is tipped to be elected Mayor of Georgetown today, multiple sources close to APNU have told this newspaper.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corpo-ration (GPHC) says it is now one step closer to providing open-heart surgery, with the return of surgeon, Dr.

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has hailed Tuesday’s lifting of this country’s temporary suspension from the global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)  as a significant milestone for Guyana.

Sherwyn Quincy Davis, a 31-year-old security guard of East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, Georgetown, was arrested on June 27 and charged with the following offences: possession of a firearm without licence and possession of ammunition without a licence which occurred at the Fantasy Casino.

Another local company has earned its Made in Guyana certification from the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) while a laboratory has been granted its National Standard certification.