Guyana News

Police are investigating a serious accident which occurred on Monday at about 10.46 pm on the Railway Embankment road in the vicinity of the Aquatic Centre and the discharging of a gun by someone connected to the injured person.

The National Assembly on Monday  unanimously passed the Fugitive Offenders (Amendment) Bill, aimed at modernizing and streamlining the extradition process and bolstering international cooperation in combating transnational crime.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has maintained silence on the departure of  Prema Roopnarine from the position of Permanent Secretary.

Angelina James, a 16-year-old student of Wauna Secondary School and a resident of Whitewater Creek, North West District was discovered hanging from her family home yesterday about 07:30hrs. 

Raheem Benn, 29, of Lot 23 Meadow Brook Housing Scheme, Georgetown, appeared yesterday before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with armed robbery.

The government is preparing to invest nearly $200 million in upgrading vital roads within the communities of Rasville and Roxanne Burnham Gardens in South Georgetown, according to Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill.

Fifty-five-year-old Ingrid Thomas of Brittania, West Coast Berbice, appeared yesterday before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where she was charged with attempting to supply prohibited articles to a prisoner.

Following the multi-million-dollar robbery of the manager of Toucan Distributors Limited, in the compound of GBTI, one suspect is in police custody assisting detectives with the ongoing investigation and sum of the money has been recovered.

Twenty-nine-year-old Delon Jones of ‘B’ Field, Sophia, Georgetown, appeared yesterday before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with attempting to commit a felony.

From July 9-11, 2024, USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman will travel to Georgetown, Guyana.

Carletta Blake, a 35-year-old sales representative, was charged today with two counts of ‘Using a Computer System to Humiliate a Person’, Contrary to Section 19(5)(a) of the Cybercrime Act 2018.

The historic Criminal Law Procedure (Paper Committals) Bill 2024, which seeks to abolish traditional  preliminary inquiries (PIs) in Guyana’s criminal justice system was passed in Parliament yesterday.

By Shuntel Glasgow Two families were plunged into a state of mourning yesterday after the bodies of two cousins, who went missing during a swimming adventure at Unity Beach, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara were discovered.

A security guard attached to the Shaveh Restaurant and Lounge along the Corentyne Public Road in Portuguese Quarters has been arrested after he allegedly fatally beat a man outside of the night club on Sunday evening.

-Guyana at lowest priority The Central Bank here says it is monitoring payouts by Trinidad’s CLICO to Bahamian shareholders left stranded after the company was put into administration in 2009 but noted that Guyanese policyholders are in the lowest tier for recompense.

NDTV and the Economic Times are among Indian media houses that yesterday reported that India’s Exim Bank has signed an agreement with the Guyana government to provide an India-supported line of credit (LoC) of USD 2.50 million for the installation of a solar photovoltaic power plant at Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

If elected to office, the new Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes will have to sever ties with his law firm that currently provides services to ExxonMobil and other oil companies, according to former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran.

The Ministry of Home Affairs Immigration Support Services department yesterday said it officially welcomed 34 new citizens from various countries who have gained Guyanese citizenship through registration and naturalization.

Three men, including a veterinarian, were yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court after pleading not guilty to the offence of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

A fire suspected to be arson completely destroyed a two-storey concrete and wooden house during the wee hours of yesterday at Cumberland Village, East Canje Berbice leaving a man homeless.