Guyana News

An East Coast Demerara (ECD) man was on Tues-day granted $150,000 bail after he appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, and was charged with intent to forge a deed of gift.

Dulichendra Verma (centre), Proprietor of Cheap Mart Variety Store at Courbane Park, Annandale, East Coast Demerara, has donated ten bolts of cloth (turquoise yellow, blue, green and black) to the Scouts in Regional Division 4 ‘C’.

An Upper Corentyne woman is now hospitalized in a serious condition after her husband allegedly threw a kerosene stove on her during an argument over a cellphone on Wednesday evening.

Republic Bank (Guyana) is gearing up in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport to host another steel band competition.

Amid reports of public school tours to unusual places, the Ministry of Education (MoE) today issued guidance on what should be done.

A fire of unknown origin has completely gutted the dwelling of 31-year-old Ericka Gonsalves of Kwakwani Water Front, Upper Berbice River, in Region 10, the police said today.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC has asked the Regional Security System’s (RSS) Asset Recovery Unit (ARU) to assist in high-profile money laundering cases.

Anand Narine, ex-husband of Babita Sarjou, wept and begged for mercy when he was yesterday sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for her murder.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall yesterday informed GECOM  that June 12, 2023, has been selected as the date for the long overdue Local Government Elections (LGE).

Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton, yesterday requested copies of the National Communication Network’s (NCN) programme logs on its coverage of the 2023 budget debate in the National Assembly so as to determine if it has provided “fair” and “objective” coverage to the Opposition.

The South Rupununi Dis-trict Council (SRDC) has welcomed the return of Yanomami lands in Brazil to their rightful owners, but notes with great alarm that many of the illegal gold miners, called Garim-peiros, are expected to flee across the border into neighbouring countries, including Guyana.

The British Chamber of Com-merce Guyana (BritCham Guy-ana) has been created to promote and facilitate commercial business opportunities and mutually beneficial relationships between the UK and its largest trading partner in the Caribbean.

During a visit on Friday by Minister of Education Priya Manickchand to the Abrams Zuil Secondary on the Essequibo Coast, concerns were raised about the pace of work as the new school is now months behind the scheduled completion date.

A Guyanese company and three West African firms have formed a partnership with the aim of certifying persons with technical skillsets but who have no certification, along with training school dropouts to participate in the oil and gas sector The company -West Africa South America (WASA) Alliance Incorporated, yesterday announced the partnership on the sidelines of the Guyana Energy Conference at the Marriott Hotel in Georgetown, with the principals underscoring human resource building that can be tangibly felt by locals.

Guyana’s education system took another step forward with the Ministry of Education’s signing of a Statement of Endorsement of the Guyana Partnership Compact.

A Palmyra cattle farmer was yesterday afternoon discovered dead in his house after a stench began emanating from the premises. 

The Eugene F. Correia Inter-national Airport (EFCIA) at Ogle yesterday announced that the Airport’s passenger suitcase baggage scanning equipment is now fully operational and in use by passengers.

The Commonwealth Lawyers Association and LexisNexis have announced that Guyanese attorney Melinda Janki is the recipient of the 6th Commonwealth Law Conference Rule of Law Award 2023.

The investigation into the two reported piranha attacks at the Splashmins Resort is expected to be completed by the end of this week according to the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce (MTIC), Cordell Mc Clure.

Police on patrol duty at about 10.30 pm on Tuesday  in the vicinity of Rotterdam, East Bank Berbice conducted a search on a wagon motor car bearing registration number HC 4483 and found four white bulky salt bags and two brown bulky salt bags containing 31 wrapped transparent plastics parcels suspected of containing cannabis.