By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2019
Crime, News
A 55-year-old woman from West Ruimveldt was busted at the Eugene F. Correia Airport today with some extra weight strapped to her thighs. According to a statement from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit, Sandra Profitt was preparing to board a Barbados bound flight, when CANU agents found more than 7 pounds of cocaine strapped to her […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2019
Crime, News
(BVINEWS.COM) A Guyanese woman has been granted $60,000 bail with strict conditions including a curfew after she allegedly solicited a man to obtain an HIV test in her name. Charged with conspiracy to personate is 28-year-old make-up artist, Lolita Callender-Skelton. She was not required to plead when she appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards on […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2019
Crime, News
Nightclub owner, Freeman Fordyce, was remanded to jail today after being charged for trafficking in persons. It is not the first time that the businessman is being accused of involvement in trafficking in persons. In Court today, he denied the allegations that he was involved in the trafficking of two Venezuelan women. The Prosecutor’s case […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2019
News, Politics
The Government’s Chief Whip in Parliament, Minister Amna Ally, today made it clear that the sympathy motion that was passed in the National Assembly for its late member Abdul Kadir, who was convicted of a terrorist act in the US, in no way supports terrorism. Minister Ally said it is the norm and a tradition […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2019
News
Two men were today remanded to jail after being charged with the possession of more than 237 pounds of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. 43-year-old Andrew Yong of Diamond Housing Scheme and 30-year-old Rameao Chandrahan of Queenstown, appeared before the Chief Magistrate this afternoon and both pleaded not guilty when the charge of cocaine […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2019
News, Politics
The Central Housing and Planning Authority is warning the public aboyt a fraud being carried out by someone using the mobile money app to get persons to pay for land that they have not been issued. In a statement today, the Central Housing and Planning Authority, said the organisation has no arrangement in place with […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2019
News
The U.S. Embassy in Georgetown today condemned the recently passed resolution by Guyana’s National Assembly, which offered sympathy to the family of late Guyana Member of Parliament, Abdul Kadir, who died in a US Prison last year, while serving time as a convicted terrorist. Kadir had been sentenced to life in prison in the United […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2019
Crime, News
Four men, who were recently arrested following the discovery of more than 5 pounds of cocaine in a fire extinguisher appeared in Court today, but only one of them is behind bars this evening. In the Magsitrates’ Court today, 28-year-old Dinesh Dias, pleaded guilty to being in possession of the cocaine for the purpose of […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2019
News
Four new Members of Parliament were sworn in today, replacing the four former Government Ministers who were forced to resign from Parliament because of their dual citizenship. Taking the oath of office today before the Speaker and Clerk were Mervyn Williams, Tabita Sarabo-Halley, Donna Mootoo and Raynard Ward. They have replaced Joe Harmon, Carl Greenidge, […]
By News Source Guyana on April 25, 2019
News, Politics
President David Granger has announced new Ministerial appointments and the reassignment of some of his junior Ministers. In an Address to the Nation, the President announced that Hemraj Ramkumar of the AFC will be the new Minister of Business. He takes up the position that was held by Dominic Gaskin. In addition, Public Affairs Minister, […]