Guyana News

Nicholas Amardeo, a 26-year-old from Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, was arrested by a rank from the Providence Police Station with 252 grams of marijuana and charged on Friday with the offence of  possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Mark Ferrell, a 52-year-old ramp attendant of Trans Guyana Airways at Ogle Airport and a resident of Pigeon Place, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was arrested on 10th July 2024 with 59.50 lbs of cannabis and charged yesterday with the offence of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Williams Andres Ugas Amudarain, a 23-year-old miner of Quartz Stone Backdam, Cuyuni River, was charged on Thursday with the murder of Adrian Williams, a 21-year-old miner and Venezuelan national of San Martin, Cuyuni River, and Quartz Stone Landing.

-two injured Former national footballer Carlyle Hunte and his grandson, Malique Roberts died in an accident along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway yesterday afternoon.

Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn yesterday said that the allegations of financial impropriety made against Deputy Commissioner (ag) of Police, Calvin Brutus is being investigated by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU).

-says Administrator during visit Deputy Administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Isobel Coleman, on Thursday wrapped up a two-day visit to Georgetown where she met with senior government officials as well as civil society and business leaders, to discuss ways USAID could continue to support inclusive economic growth, shared prosperity, and good governance.

-Ali says at Amazonas Summit President Irfaan Ali has committed to doubling Guyana’s legally protected areas within the next 18 months to achieve the nation’s goal of protecting 30 per cent of the land by 2030, as outlined in the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS).

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has tabled a multi-year proposal to the government for discussion and it envisages a 39.5% salary increase for teachers for 2024.

-cameras will capture images of defaulters The Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Amendment Bill 2024 which seeks to address deep  concerns over road traffic accidents and deaths in the country was passed in Parliament late Monday night.

Police are investigating an accident which occurred at about 2.23 pm yesterday on the Mon Repos Railway Embankment road, ECD, which resulted in the death of Limwattie Laljie, 52 .

A Corriverton taxi driver who was this week busted along the Corentyne highway with his motorcar filled with packages of cannabis which amounted to close to $35m worth was yesterday jailed for three years and eight months and fined after he pled guilty to possession of narcotics.

Several persons have been held for questioning in relation to the shooting death of Shaun Anthony Simon, a 28-year-old trans woman on Thursday morning at King Street and South Road, Georgetown, Regional 4 ‘A’ Commander, Assistant Commissioner Simon McBean told Stabroek News yesterday.

Two neonatal deaths were recorded at the Suddie Public Hospital in June and not five as claimed by the parliamentary opposition.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday told the 50 ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), who will be deployed to help the rebuilding efforts in Grenada in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, that they are a true representation of the force through “service to the nation, service to people and making a positive difference”.

Thirty-two-year-old taxi driver, Edmon Moses, who was hospitalised in a critical condition after allegedly being set ablaze by his partner, succumbed to his injuries on Thursday morning.

Six-year-old Jeremiah Gustave who was wounded in the head as a result of a shooting at Charles Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, on Tuesday night, remains hospitalised in a critical condition.

At about 12:00 hrs on Thursday, Richard Arthur, also known as Richo, and Andrew Lynton, also known as Biggs, for whom Wanted Bulletins were issued, went to the Blairmont Police Station in the company of their attorney and turned themselves over to the police.

Police in Regional Division #3 acted on information received yesterday at about 16:00 hrs and proceeded to the Vreed-en-Hoop junction, West Coast Demerara (WCD), where they met two male teenagers, both of them 17 years old.

The Office of the Leader of the Opposition today called for a reputable law enforcement agency such as the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to probe alleged corruption in the police force In a statement, it said that the Opposition had warned when the PPP/C government refused to investigate Second Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo after it was alleged that he was involved in bribery and corruption in the Vice News documentary, that the government was opening avenues for corruption to proliferate in the Guyanese society, especially the Guyana Police Force.

Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat says that the United States last evening assisted in expediting his clearance at the JFK airport in New York where he was rushing to be with his father who had a medical emergency.