Guyana News

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai has pledged Guyana’s solidarity with indigenous peoples in other countries in continuing the struggle for recognition, rights to land and resources and right to redress.

The assets of government holding company National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) is nowhere close to $50B, Cabinet Secretary Dr.

Cabinet has granted its no objection to the award of a $227.1M contract for the completion and modification of the Clico building in Georgetown, so that it could be occupied by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Dr Roger Luncheon said on Wednesday.

Chandradat Ramdat, of East Canje, was placed on a bond for one year after he admitted to assaulting his wife, who had enquired about a text message.

Mark Anthony Jones of Patrick Dam, Mount Sinai, Berbice, was sentenced to three years imprisonment after he was found guilty of trafficking 99 grammes of cannabis sativa.

Members of Parliament (MPs) will participate in a two-day seminar later this month to broaden their knowledge on the inner workings of the National Assembly.

A 25-year-old electrician who is facing a charge of causing grievous bodily harm was placed on $35,000 bail by Magistrate Hazel Octave–Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

The police said that on Wednesday they conducted searches on two buildings at Charlotte Street and Norton Street, Georgetown during which they found phones and other items.

A Crown Mining Supplies employee who was charged with  break and enter and larceny at the company’s bond was initially placed on $120,000 bail by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A man who tried to obtain a BlackBerry Curve cellular phone from a policewoman by false pretence was placed on $65,000 bail by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

About 150 persons from Amerindian communities and several government organizations protested outside Parliament yesterday, voicing their dissatisfaction over the opposition’s budget cuts.

Three men who allegedly stole a motorcar which was parked along Republic Road in New Amsterdam were charged with simple larceny after parts of the Toyota Carina were  reportedly recovered  at one of the defendants’ home  at Chesney Village, Corentyne,  over 13 miles away.

A forum on the applications of renewable energy technologies in tropical islands  opened in Barbados on Wednesday where stakeholders will be  exploring  and exchanging ideas on how solar energy and solar thermal systems could be utilised more efficiently in the Region.

Two men who allegedly robbed a  policeman of a pistol and matching rounds, property of the Guyana Police Force, as he was moonlighting as a taxi driver,  were remanded to prison  following their appearance at the New Amsterdam Court on Wednesday.

Williamsburg Village resident Ganesh Baldeo  who allegedly conspired with persons to forge the date on a Guyana Police Force Immigration entry stamp in his Republic of  Guyana passport, was  committed to stand trial  at the Berbice Assizes at the next sitting.

The Guyana Revenue Authority yesterday said that two of its officers are being probed for forging the signatures of senior officers.

ALPINE COMMUNITY, Miss.,  (Reuters) – The most-wanted fugitive in America shot himself dead and the two girls he was suspected of kidnapping were alive yesterday, ending a drama that began with the killing of the girls’ mother and older sister.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australia cricket suffered a major blow today when Craig McDermott decided to step down as bowling coach after just a year in the job because of the demands of touring with the side.

(Trinidad Express) Transport Minister Devant Maharaj has requested a report from Caribbean Airlines about how US$149 million, which was previously saved in the airline’s bank accounts, was used up.

(Jamaica Gleaner) By the end of the Parliamentary year, Jamaicans could bid farewell to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.