Guyana News

Thirty-five-year-old farmer Eric Scotland was yesterday afternoon acquitted on charges which alleged that he had raped a 13-year-old girl back in  2016.

Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd yesterday, engaged in a teleconference with Ambassador Victoria Nuland, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Department of State of the United States.

In the aftermath of the fire at the school on Saturday, the Ministry of Education yesterday met with students of the North Ruimveldt Multilateral who are scheduled to write their CSEC examinations shortly and their parents and agreed on a way forward.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The police are searching for two men who mutilated a pork-knocker during a cutlass attack at Balamani Backdam, Cuyuni River.

Hope Energy Development (HED) Inc. is inviting interested persons to attend public disclosures on the results of the Hope Wind Farm Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).

A La Grange man is now in a critical condition after he was attacked by his girlfriend’s ex-partner, who cracked his skull open and partially severed one of his arms.

A new model contract for the maintenance of vital infrastructure is to be drawn up, according to a release from the Attorney General’s Chambers.

Tenders were last Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the supply and delivery of medical equipment to the Ministry of Health.

A woman who is accused of trafficking cannabis was yesterday charged and granted bail.

Police Finance Officer Senior Superintendent (ag) Marcelene Washington was on Friday faced with three charges of conspiracy to commit a felony.

A Berbice man is now in police custody after he allegedly kidnapped a 17-year-old earlier in the week from West Canefield, East Canje, Berbice.

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has invited bids for the leasing of the City Constabulary Training Complex building.

A twenty-five-year-old bus driver was held at gunpoint and robbed of his bus and a quantity of cash on Sunday night by two men in the vicinity of Swan Village, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

A 19-year-old is now hospitalised with head injuries after he was caught stealing a car at Cherry Field, La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara.

Regal Stationery and Computer Centre has donated over $3.5 million in cleaning supplies and other items to help citizens recover from the devastating effects of the recent flooding across the country.

A Cummings Lodge family has been displaced by a recent fire which was an act of arson.

The Ministry of Health today said that two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Marcus Bisram has officially filed an appeal with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) challenging the recent ruling of the Guyana Court of Appeal that he be committed to stand trial for murder.

A $100m loan from the APNU+AFC government to the state-owned Guyana National Printers Limited (GNPL)  in 2017  revealed that not only  were no interest or principal payments made  but that most of the machinery bought is either currently not working or still stored in shipping plastic, a special audit of the transaction has revealed.