Guyana News

A man who admitted to stealing a bicycle was on Wednesday ordered to do community service and placed on self-bail for two other charges.

The Rotary Club of Georgetown in collaboration with Rotary District 7030, has launched its Shade House Vegetable Garden & Mini Fruit Farm at the Cheshire Home for the disabled, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara.

Two teens were on Monday arrested after one of them was found with a .38 Taurus revolver containing four live rounds of ammunition after a police chase in South Georgetown.

A file is being prepared for the office of Director of Public Prosecutions for advice on the accident that claimed the life of Mark Ault at Dora Linden-Soesdyke Highway on Sunday night.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of June 07, 2021, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The One-Cent Magenta stamp, issued in British Guiana in 1856 was auctioned for US$8.3 million at Sotheby’s in New York, confirming its place as the most valuable stamp in history, Reuters reported today.

Despite a respite in some areas, floodwater remained at significant levels in most of the country’s regions yesterday as authorities continued to mobilise help for victims.

Guyana yesterday received another shipment of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccines to boost the ongoing inoculation programme against COVID-19.

Yuri Garcia Dominguez and Ateeka Ishmael, the principals of Accelerated Capital Firm Inc (ACFI), are continuing to reimburse persons who were allegedly defrauded by the firm, their attorney Dexter Todd yesterday told a City Magistrate.

A 48-year-old pedal cyclist died last night after he was struck down along the Loo Creek Public Road, Linden/Soesdyke Highway.

Minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh last week told a UN forum that the Guyana Government has restarted the bolstering of institutions vital for public accountability, transparency and good governance.

Southern Canton International Trading Inc has applied for a quarry licence to operate within the Mazaruni mining district and is one of two quarrying companies that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has exempted from Environmental Impact Assessments.

A South Ruimveldt, Georgetown resident is wanted by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) in relation to the recent discovery of a quantity of cocaine in a gold miner’s hand luggage at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

Martin Lindey, 67, of  Trinity Street, New Amster-dam, Berbice was on Sunday night found dead in his fire-damaged home, the police said yesterday.

The main opposition APNU+AFC has approached the National Assembly to have a land use policy developed to manage the location of shore bases in the Oil and Gas Sector.

Brothers Phillip and Fidel Williams were yesterday afternoon acquitted of the 2016 murder of Brazilian gold miner, Naldinho De Costa Souza.

The first in-person, public scoping consultations on Friday to guide the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for ExxonMobil’s planned Yellowtail Development saw a poor turnout.

Shortly after he was remanded on an armed robbery charge, an amputee was on Monday tackled by police officers at the city courthouse after he resisted an escort while insisting that he could not go to jail.

Of the 329 cases listed for hearing in the April 2021 session of the Demerara criminal assizes, only 18 matters were disposed of, one of which the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) declared nolle prosequi.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of June 06, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.