Guyana News

The Demerara Criminal Assizes opened yesterday morning at the High Court in Georgetown.

Customs Officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), today seized a quantity of gold jewellery from three passengers, two of whom are US citizens, who were attempting to leave on an outbound American Airlines flight bound for New York, USA.

The Ministry of Education said today that it has received certificates for teachers who recently graduated from universities through GOAL.

Police ranks stationed at Timehri have arrested a man who attempted to smuggle a cell phone concealed in a seal powder bottle into the Timehri Prison, according to a release yesterday from the Guyana Prison Service.

-calls for reparations The regional human rights body, IACHR has found that the State of Guyana is responsible for the violations of the rights of the Akawaios of Isseneru pertaining to collective territorial property, right to equality under the law and rights to health, food and water among other areas and has called for reparations.

By Khadidja Ba Around 700 persons varying from farmers to potential re-migrants, with myriad issues attended an Open Day with Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre yesterday.

-says matter not over Sarah Hakh, who had lodged a rape complaint against former Local Government Minister, Nigel Dharamlall  has labeled the police as “grossly incompetent and negligent” in their dealings with her report.

The dengue numbers are continuing to climb in Region Six as the mosquito infestation remains a serious problem.

The driver of a motor pickup fled the scene on Sunday night after he fatally struck a pedestrian along the Port Mourant, Coren-tyne Public Road.

-but Adventure pump station still not in operation 30 months on Several major sluices along the Corentyne coast are being cleared to expel floodwaters out of Black Bush Polder but a pump station that could have provided relief is still not in operation 30 months after construction began. 

Self-confessed drug trafficker Barry Dataram was late last month sentenced to time served on one count of a drug indictment he faced in a US court by Judge Edward R.

By Shuntel Glasgow As the teachers’ strike entered its 53rd day yesterday, parents are continuing to express concern over their children being at home for prolonged periods.

A combination of high tides and rainfall is continuing to cause the water levels to rise in Rockstone Landing, Region 10, resulting in flooding in certain areas.

Eighty students graduated on May 18 from classes run by the  Humanitarian Mission Guyana Inc at Port Mourant, Corentyne.

Quinn  Neblett of Lot 3 Sussex Street, Albouystown, appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with possession of  narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) is calling for justice for Jared Jagnandan, the 18-year-old tragically killed on March 21, 2024.

Dexter Aulder called ‘Tex’, a 46-year-old businessman of Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara, appeared today at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Teriq Mohamed to answer to a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC has denied objecting to calls for the end of the use word by “negro” by the police in the description of suspects.

Government’s plan to transport cane from Skeldon to Albion for processing should be reassessed as the 41 miles average trek poses not only potential cane juice depletion to an already crippling industry but adds expenses way above production costs, the APNU+AFC has said.