Guyana News

The joint parliamentary opposition parties believe that the production of new national identification cards was part of the agreement they signed in June and are in agreement with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) that new ones must be produced during the upcoming house-to-house registration exercise.

One day after killing two gunmen and capturing another wanted for a number of murders, members of the security forces yesterday returned to the East Coast communities of Buxton and Friendship, arresting at least two other men while conducting searches.

Justice of Appeal Claudette Singh resigned from her judicial post at the Court of Appeal and as a High Court judge effective from yesterday after months of speculation surrounding her departure.

Police have been contacted by a man in Tobago who feels that the two bound and decomposed bodies which were found on Thursday and Saturday in Corentyne, Berbice, are those of his brothers who went missing since last July following a trip to Grenada to purchase a boat.

Tension between the University of Guyana’s Academic Board and the Council over recent occurrences at the campus resulted in the annual graduation exercise being postponed indefinitely yesterday.

Producer Ron Robinson picketed the National Cultural Centre on Tuesday over the decision to reschedule Link Show 25, which he said still hangs in limbo.

The lumber industry could be totally shut down come January 1 when new regulations are implemented since many wood operators are simply not ready for the major changes.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) says it has submitted a paper on eradicating sexual violence to the human services ministry and it is pleased to be included in the consultations on this critical issue.

Barama Company Limited recently donated foodstuff and clothing for the four infants affected in the Laing Avenue fire to the Guyana Relief Council.

On the eve of the first anniversary of Digicel’s entry into the Guyana cellular service market, Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s local operations, Mark Linehan has disclosed that more than US$60M has been spent so far in the establishment of its cellular network across the country.

Children enrolled at the Ruimveldt Children’s Aid Centre can now look forward to meals thanks to a donation from Sol Guyana.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee says he is satisfied with the traffic department’s efforts in clamping down on traffic offenders as they have found 1,200 defaulters in five days.

One of the defendants in the Valentine’s Day $70M liquor bust held a gun and a Carib beer in his hands while instructing the others what to do, the driver of a Canter truck hired to transport some of the items told the Providence Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

A 35-year-old minibus driver who allegedly caused the death of another man by driving in a dangerous manner was granted bail when he appeared at the Providence Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Magistrate Nyasha Williams-Hatmin last week ruled that separate preliminary inquiries (PIs) will be held in each of the four conspiracy-to-defraud charges against the three former top New Building Society (NBS) managers.

Terror returned to Buxton yesterday as two men were fatally shot and a toddler wounded by a bullet as police and Guyana Defence Force Special Forces ranks raided the village in search of wanted men.

Gunmen on Sunday shot and injured two miners and destroyed a shop during a daylight robbery at Eteringbang, close to the Guyana/Venezuela border.

The driver of a Toyota Tacoma and four men narrowly escaped injury yesterday morning after the driver lost control of the vehicle and slammed into the concrete fence outside the Oceanville apartment complex.

Residents of Upper Corentyne have had to endure more than one week of constant blackouts and are peeved that the Guyana Power & Light Inc.

The driver of the minibus which crashed into a parked lumber truck killing ten people three weeks ago in Linden was yesterday charged with ten counts of causing death by dangerous driving, police said in a release last evening.