Guyana News

Calling for reforms to avoid a repeat of the May 2023 fire, the report presented to President Irfaan Ali on Friday found there was a delay in seeking help and contacting the fire station.

In Guyana, decisions or judgments made by High Court Judges can be appealed in the Full Court of Guyana which is a division of the High Court.

Latchman Sankar was one of two people arrested by officials of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) during an operation earlier this week.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, speaking at a news conference on Thursday, said that instead, the Irfaan Ali administration would be seeking to step up enforcement efforts.

The Caribbean Media Corporation’s Caribbean News Agency on Wednesday quoted unnamed sources as saying that senior CDB officials were on administrative leave.

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh, delivering his fifth fiscal package, which is a 46 percent increase over the last budget, told legislators that the fiscal package is being presented under the theme “Staying the course: Building prosperity for all”.

At present, the force has about 140 pieces of the equipment, which are spread across the 12 policing divisions.

Police said that the body of Latchminen Permaul, alias “Blackboy” was found at a street corner, a short distance from a liquor shop where the man had been drinking.

The Guyana Police Force reported the children, whose ages ranged from 6 to 11 years old, were returning to their home in San Martin, Venezuela after completing classes at the Eteringbang Primary School when the canoe took on water and sank in the vicinity of Eteringbang Landing at about 4:45pm.

GPHC said the surgeries—six cleft lip repairs and three cleft palate repairs—were the second round of independent cleft surgeries in Guyana and the feat was achieved through a collaboration with Smile Train.