Guyana News

Royston Peniston, the popular businessman man, who was recently nabbed by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) with a quantity of narcotics, yesterday made his appearance in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was remanded to prison.

A US-based Guyanese who pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle over 13 pounds of cocaine in milk packets into the United States was yesterday sentenced to four years in prison, while his alleged accomplice was remanded following a not guilty plea.

Information technology equipment valued over US$150,000 was yesterday handed over by Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, to the Guyana Prisons Service (GPS) to aid in the rehabilitation of inmates upon their release and subsequent reintegration into society.

In a bid to address the concerns regarding the shortage of foreign currency available for business transactions, the Private Sector Commission (PSC), along with the Guyana Association of Bankers Incorporated (GABI) yesterday met with Governor of the Bank of Guyana (BoG), Dr Gobind Ganga.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standard (GNBS) has been awarded the International Organisation for Legal Metrology (OIML), CEEMS Award for its outstanding contributions and achievements in Legal Metrology.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday said that they would be seeking advice as it relates to the dispute over the “unlawful occupancy of a government building in Lethem.”

The Regional Chairman of Region 10, Deron Adams yesterday said that the Regional Executive Officer refused to finance the region’s Mash event claiming that the budgeted funds were expended on the Georgetown Mash celebrations despite the council deciding against the region’s participation in the city event.

Despite their pleas to the Magistrate for leniency and to be granted bail, two Georgetown youths were yesterday remanded to prison after being slapped with two counts of robbery under arms charges when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates Court.

CARICOM Heads of Government say that their resolve is to continue efforts to encourage dialogue among Haitian stakeholders and to support efforts at finding solutions to the multi-dimensional crisis facing that member-state.

In his Phagwah Day message to the nation, President Irfaan Ali has said that Guyanese must “commit to holding each other’s hands and moving forward together united and free,” while adding that the festival is symbolic of an “inclusive character…in which distinctions based on race, religion and class are blurred.”

Businessman Troy Jacobs who in 2021 was nabbed with narcotics by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) was yesterday found guilty of the offence of drug trafficking following the conclusion of a trial and was sentenced to a three-year term of imprisonment.

The family of Calvin George, who was found dead with stab wounds to the body in Frenchman Backdam, Upper Demerara River, Region Ten last month, is calling on the government to ensure that justice is rendered .

The body of a 12-year-old boy was retrieved from a trench in Anna Regina on Sunday night hours after he had visited the area to fish.

Police are investigating a gruesome accident that occurred at around 9:30 hrs today on the Greenwich Park Public Road, East Bank Essequibo, which claimed the lives of four persons  – a minibus driver and three passengers.

Guyana today signed major deals with the Inter-American Development Bank for the health and roads sectors.

Hundreds of families who have been assigned residential house lots in Phase 4, Amelia’s Ward, Linden, are being prevented from occupying their lands, as a handful of squatters remain defiant against all warnings from the Ministry of Housing and Water – Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) and the structures may have to be demolished.

In preparation for the 300-megawatt (MW) Wales gas-to-shore power plant’s late 2024 completion, government has commenced plans to upgrade the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) distribution grid and is awaiting evaluation of tenders for the installation of new electricity lines and substations, the Office of the Prime Minister announced.

Considering the stone shortage that periodically affects infrastructural projects and construction, local oil and gas service provision company Excel Guyana Inc hopes that its Duraflex cement compound will fill that void as it offers a product of better durability and lower cost.

Two people are now dead after they were involved in an accident at Number 19 Village Corentyne, Berbice, on Sunday morning.

One man is missing while two were rescued following a boat mishap on Saturday in the Bonasika Creek, Essequibo River.