Guyana News

Haslyn Hodge, who was yesterday charged with murdering Venezuelan woman, Evelyn Alfonzo Alves had been acquitted in 2012 of murdering his wife, Tamasha Riddle.

-Police accused of slow response By Mia Anthony A young woman is in fear for her life as she endures consistent threats from her ex-partner.

Electoral history was made on Monday when the Region Nine village of Masakenari in the Deep South Rupununi, held its first ever village council elections, marking a significant shift from the traditional method of selecting leaders to a more formal electoral process, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release said yesterday.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips has assured both local and regional bodies of Region 10 that government stands ready to collaborate and provide support to tackle the ongoing flooding issues in the region while emphasising the need to set aside political differences in order to collectively address the current challenges, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated on Saturday.

Thirty-year-old Yin Xin Zu, a travel agent employed at the Muneshwers Limited Travel Service, appeared yesterday before Magistrate Dylon Bess at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court where she was charged with possession of a firearm without a licence and possession of ammunition without a licence and remanded.

Several officers of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Monday  graduated from the first-ever Senior Middle Managers Course facilitated by the Guyana Police Force Academy, a GPF release announced yesterday.

At around 2.30 pm on Monday, an intelligence-led operation was carried out by ranks from Special Branch and Regional Police Division 4B During the operation, the police said that a red Toyota Sienta vehicle with licence plate HD 4281, travelling west on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, was stopped near Hill Foot.

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Residents of Arakaka, Wallaba, and Santa Cruz in Moruca, Region One (Barima-Waini), can now benefit from telemedicine services, a release from the Ministry of Health said yesterday.

Haslyn Hodge, 47, of Lot 43 Prospect, East Bank Demerara was today charged with the murder of Venezuelan woman, Evelyn Alves.

Yesterday at approximately 16:50 hrs, an intelligence-led operation was carried out by ranks from Special Branch and Regional Police Division 4B, during which a 29-year-old Police Constable was arrested with 9.60 kilograms of Narcotics.

-Ambassador says at National Day celebration By Khadidja Ba France’s non-resident Ambassador to Guyana, Nicolas de Bouillane de Lacoste yesterday said that plans are progressing for the landmark opening of Paris’ embassy here next year.

Residents of Mabaruma, Region One were yesterday promised by Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs,  Anil Nandlall, SC, that they will no longer have to travel to Georgetown or the Essequibo Coast to access services from the Deeds and Commercial Registry office.

-CARICOM ferry project still to set sail Guyana requires a holistic plan on the waterway transportation needs for this country and President Irfaan Ali has tasked five of his ministers along with technical teams to conduct an analysis so that his government can aptly plan for the future, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill says.

Even as some 1,401 persons from households in Cove and John to Nooten Zuil, along the East Coast of Demerara have so far taken filaria pills, the Ministry of Health, in a Department of Public Information (DPI) press release, has said that the campaign has been plagued by high number of refusals from households.

As the construction of the new Demerara Harbour Bridge proceeds apace, government has advertised for contractors to build the four-lane approach road on the East Bank of Demerara to the bridge.

Residents and farmers from Victoria, East Coast Demerara will soon benefit from several agricultural interventions such as the clearing of farmlands and drainage and irrigation (D&I) works, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Commander for Region 4 ‘A, Assistant Commissioner Simon McBean, says one person was charged and is expected to appear in court shortly for the multi-million-dollar robbery of the manager of Toucan Distributors Limited, in the compound of GBTI, Head of the GPF’s Corporate Communications Unit, Mark Ramotar, stated that investigators also recovered a portion of the stolen money.

Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum yesterday said a main suspect has been identified in the  murder of Venezuelan, Evelyn Alfonzo Alves and a completed file on the investigation is expected to be sent to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.

The police yesterday said that a dedicated team of ranks led by Inspector Crawford, in collaboration with an official of the Maritime Administration Department,  departed the Bartica Police Station and are conducting thorough checks in the ongoing search for the two men who went missing following a boat mishap in the Mazaruni River on July 5th.