Guyana News

The parliamentary committee undertaking the review of the government bill to eliminate custodial sentences for possession of less than 30 grammes of cannabis has invited public submissions on the proposed legislation.

A group of Guyanese yesterday held a peaceful protest in front of the Russian Embassy in Georgetown to protest its invasion of Ukraine and the death and destruction it has inflicted on its people.

The Ministry of Health, through its Chronic Disease Programme, is aiming to expand screening for kidney disease, according to Nephrologist Dr Hemchand Barran.

Police investigators have arrested a shop owner over the suspected murder of a man, whose body was discovered at a shop on Thursday at Barama Line, Baramita, North West District, Region One.

With the aim of ensuring that all staff are equipped with the necessary skills to effectively respond to an off- shore oil spill, ExxonMobil Guyana recently conducted an exercise to field test its spill-response equipment, processes, and team readiness.

The attorneys for former Minister of Finance Winston Jordan are seeking to have the misconduct in public office charge pending against him tried in the High Court.

Collin Denny, who was on trial for allegedly trafficking five pounds of cannabis in 2018, was freed of the charge on Thursday.

A woman was yesterday released on $200,000 bail after she denied six charges that she embezzled over $3.1 million from her place of employment.

Two men, who the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) said were arrested wrapping pellets of cocaine amounting to $1.2 million in value, have been charged and remanded.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Wednesday intercepted a vehicle ferrying over 100 pounds of cannabis.

A man was taken into custody on Thursday after a Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) operation resulted in the seizure of two parcels of cocaine.

A youth was on Wednesday charged with causing a child under the age of 16 to watch a sexual act.

The Ministry of Health on Friday reported 22 new COVID-19 cases.

Indrawattie Natram and Pandit Deodat Persaud, two young professional alumnus of the Know India Programme (KIP), were selected by India’s High Commission to represent Guyana virtually on the KIP dialogue forum scheduled for today.

An unemployed youth on Monday told a City Magistrate that he was being wrongfully accused of attempting to break into a man’s home.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday said that the body of an unidentified man was on Wednesday found along the Met-en-Meerzorg Public Road, West Coast Demerara.

President Irfaan Ali and several of his ministers yesterday launched what will be seen as an attack on a number of civil society organisations which recently called for greater accountability in the extractive sector and other parts of national life.

Legendary cricketer Shane Warne dies at 52 BANGKOK,  (Reuters) – Australian cricketer Shane Warne, one of the finest spin bowlers of all time whose talent and personality transcended the sport, died aged 52 today.

Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali, who is tasked with leading the initiative to boost the Caribbean Community’s food security, told the CARICOM-SICA (Central American Integration System) Summit that the solution lies within enhanced regional cooperation.

Forty-nine-year-old father of two Neil Archer, who killed his wife back in 2003 for which he completed a 17-year sentence in 2016, was yesterday sentenced to 14 years for the brutal chopping of another woman, whose fingers he severed in an attack as she slept, following his release from prison.