Guyana News

Two men were on Wednesday arrested by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) when an operation was carried out and they were allegedly discovered wrapping pellets of cocaine.

Eight hundred and fifty women who participated in the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s (MoHSSS), Women’s Innovation and Investment Network (WIIN) Programme were the special guests at a graduation ceremony on Saturday to celebrate their achievement.

The Minister of Health, Frank Anthony, has confirmed the presence of the Omicron variant in Guyana.

`An Albouystown man who pleaded guilty to breaking into an apartment and stealing several gadgets amounting to over $300,000, was on Monday sentenced to eight months in jail.

A pork knocker was on Tuesday freed of a charge which alleged that he engaged in sexual activity with an eight-year-old girl.

Corporal Lawrence Carmichael was today charged in relation to the the accident which claimed the lives of Christopher Bhagwandat and his girlfriend, Sheereda Persaud on the Mahaica Bridge last month and asked to post $1.5 million bail for his release.

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One day after Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali presented his plan on the regional agriculture sector to the 33rd Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads in San Pedro, Belize, a decision was taken for this country to host regional leaders and private sector bodies to discuss investment financing.

PPP/C MPs  on the Parliamentary Committee on Appointments used their majority yesterday to select former PNC MP Dunstan Barrow as their nominee for the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Board triggering a walkout by opposition MPs who had favoured chartered accountant Christopher Ram.

Member countries of the Regional Security System (RSS) have agreed to sign a protocol that would see Guyana’s accession, according to the Office of the President.

Several civil society groups yesterday expressed discomfort with what they see as the government’s increasing lack of accountability especially as it pertains to the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) and the extractive sectors.

Regent Multiplex Mall owner Ganesh Ramlall was shot eight times, the High Court trial over his murder heard yesterday.

The Ministry of Health has reported two new COVID-19 deaths as of yesterday, taking fatalities from the pandemic to 1222.

The 33rd Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads which ended in Belize yesterday saw regional leaders agreeing on a review of the issue of local content in keeping with the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) agreements.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was yesterday signed between the Ministries of Housing and Water and Amerindian Affairs, for the training of Community Service Officers (CSOs) in the Operation and Maintenance of Water Supply Systems in the hinterland.

An assault charge against Divesh Ramjattan was yesterday dismissed after the woman who complained opted instead for a restraining order.

Police have released the three Venezuelan nationals who were arrested in relation to the murder of Brazilian national, Edmilson Dos Santos who was found dead at his business premises at Eteringbang, Region Seven one week ago.

The names of the five nominees to sit on the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) have been formally accepted by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, Chairman Jermaine Figueira has confirmed.

Finnish company, Wärtsilä is continuing its analysis of data and information gathered to determine the cause of the malfunctioning of the five recently-installed electricity generators at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara facility.

Former Barama Company Limited supervisor Paul Abrams, who is currently serving a 25-year sentence, is of the view that his convictions for sodomizing and indecently assaulting a 17-year-old girl were “perverse,” given her chronology of events.