Last Updated on Monday, 12 June 2017, 15:39 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs prepared a voucher for a Bourda Market Vendor $250,000 for a quantity of fruits, greens and vegetables but when it cut the cheque, that was made out for $2.5M—monies the Ministry is still to fully recover. The sordid state of affairs with what ...

Last Updated on Monday, 12 June 2017, 15:39 by Denis Chabrol Travis McDougall, a labourer from East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, Georgetown was Monday sentenced to 25 years in jail for killing businessman, Ashok Raghoo. The sentence was handed down by Justice Navindra Singh after a 12-member mixed jury found him guilty on May 19, 2017. Sentencing was deferred until Monday ...

Last Updated on Monday, 12 June 2017, 14:54 by Denis Chabrol A 16- year old boy was Monday arraigned for allegedly stealing money belonging to a minibus driver. He was remanded to custody at the Juvenile Detention Centre pending the compilation of a probation report. The youth made an appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Judy latchman charged ...

Last Updated on Monday, 12 June 2017, 14:39 by Denis Chabrol Five persons, including a woman, were Monday morning arrested in connection with a 12.3 kilogrammes marijuana bust, police said. The Guyana Police Force says its ranks of  acting on information stopped and searched a hire car about 08:00hrs this morning on the Aurora Public Road, Essequibo Coast. There, police ...

Last Updated on Monday, 12 June 2017, 12:42 by Denis Chabrol Assistant Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), Dr. Douglas Slater on Monday called on customs and immigration officials not to take bribes as efforts continue to reduce security risks at the border. Addressing the opening of a joint national border security workshop for Guyanese customs and immigration officers, ...

Last Updated on Monday, 12 June 2017, 11:16 by Denis Chabrol Several Haitians, who came here several weeks ago, have been ordered to leave Guyana because investigators suspect that they were being smuggled to another destination, officials said Monday. Minister of Immigration and Citizenship, Winston Felix said eight adults and six children were sent back to Haiti last week Thursday ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 June 2017, 19:25 by Denis Chabrol Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Jaipaul Sharma, Friday (June 9, 2017) announced that he will be recommending a full-fledged investigation to massive mismanagement and corruption to the highest involving the US$200M Skeldon Sugar Modernisation Project. Sharma was at the time briefing members of the media following a site ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 June 2017, 13:48 by Denis Chabrol As residents and businesses in Mahdia valley grapple with severe flooding, central government said the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is on standby to provide initial relief from a warehouse in Region 8. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon confirmed that the CDC has already informed him about the flood caused ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 June 2017, 13:30 by Denis Chabrol Former President Donald Ramotar’s assertion that the governing coalition has hatched a plan to delay  the next general elections was rubbished Friday by Minister of State, Joseph Harmon. “The administration of President (David) Granger has made it clear that we have no intention of either lengthening or shortening the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 June 2017, 13:52 by Denis Chabrol Several houses in the valley of Mahdia are Friday morning flooded and road access to the airstrip has been cut off, residents and officials said. Region 8 (Potaro-Siparuni) Chairman, Bonaventure Fredericks told Demerara Waves Online News that the unprecedented flood was the result of extremely heavy overnight rainfall. He ...