The National Assembly Monday evening approved a sum total of $1.461B for administrative Region Nine; Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo to realise various development schemes in the region under the programme heads; regional administration and finance, agriculture, public works, education delivery and health services. The allocation provides for undertaking the programmes and policies in regional administration through the sum of $117.830M. For ...

Amerindian residents and leaders of various communities stretching from Regions Two to Eight, today staged a massive protest outside of the Parliament building, expressing their anger and disappointment over the combined opposition’s move to cut the $1.1B Amerindian Development Fund (ADF). Derrick John, Chairman of the National Toshaos Council said, “We are angry, desperate and disappointed because of the brutal ...

A Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) officer was Monday handed over to the police after admitting to collecting US$1000 to pack cocaine in mail bound for New York while being grilled by internal investigators, the tax collection agency said in a statement. GRA said its “effective” surveillance camera system caught the alleged actions of the Customs Officer, who was stationed at ...

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS).- THREE police officers last attached to the Chaguanas Robbery Squad appeared in court yesterday charged with agreeing to accept a bribe to forego the detection of a crime and prosecution of a Guyanese national. Constables Kevin Jacob, Selvon Joseph and Samuel Gardnier appeared before Chaguanas Senior Magistrate Gillian Scotland. They were jointly charged with the offence, while Jacob was ...

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) could in the coming days advise whether policemen accused of sexually assaulting a detainee with a baton almost four months ago would be charged. Police said the file was last week Friday sent back to the DPP’s Chambers after further investigations were conducted into the allegation by Colwyn Harding. “The file had been sent ...

A charge of receiving stolen property against the Head of Strategic Action Security Limited, Richard Kanhai has been dropped, Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman announced in the House on Monday. Trotman’s announcement was made several hours after he had allowed a question by A Partership for National Unity (APNU) about why Security Action was being awarded contracts to ...

A Guyana-bound Caribbean Airlines flight was early Friday morning forced to make an emergency landing on the northern Caribbean island of Bermuda. The passengers only arrived home early Saturday morning. It was not immediately clear whether the same plane was repaired and given the green-light to proceed to Trinidad and then Guyana. The decision to land at the airport on ...

A former agent of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) was Friday arraigned on charges of being in illegal possession of arms and ammunition. Now a businessman, Roberto Osborne pleaded not guilty to the charges that he was in possession of one semi-automatic Smith and Wesson pistol and 11 matching rounds on April 9. Osborne of 117 Third Street, Alberttown ...

The Defence Lawyer for a man accused of fraud said his client was given more than GUY$1 million to bribe someone at the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Attorney-at-Law, Paul Fung-a-Fat made the claim during the court appearance of 32-year old Shimell Thomas on a charge of fraudulent conversition of GUY$1,007,000 the property of Jennifer Van Sertima. The ...

A 26-year-old Mabaruma woman was charged with attempting to murder her niece after accusing her of having an affair with her husband. The charged was read to Uenita Marcellino of Hubo Hill, Mabaruma, North West District by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry today and bail was refused. The matter was transferred to the Mabaruma Court for May 19. Details of the ...