Guyana News

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has decided to send Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield, Deputy Chief Election Officer Roxanne Myers and Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo on leave pending a decision on whether a tribunal will investigate disciplinary charges leveled against them.

Three of the four men who were charged with the dramatic attempted robbery at Republic Bank’s Water Street branch in 2017 were today freed after the charge against them was dismissed.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall yesterday said that a survey of flood damage will begin today in Region Six.

Selwyn Dawson and Kelvin Persaud who were on trial for the 2017 murder of Cayenne-based clothes vendor Purcell Moore, have changed their pleas and were yesterday handed life sentences.

A Venezuelan woman died  and four other persons were injured after the car they were travelling in crashed into a utility pole and split in half at Stewartville Public Road, West Coast Demerara, yesterday afternoon.

Today’s statutory meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will see members if the Commission finally debate three motions for the immediate dismissal of senior officers including Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield.

A woman was yesterday found dead at her Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara home with suspected stab wounds and multiple bruises about her body and police have held her husband for questioning.

Introduction Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Inc. (Esso), the largest of three partners in the Stabroek Block, with a 45% share under the 2016 Petroleum Agreement, has declared a loss of $6,516 million in 2020.

A twenty-three-year-old pock-knocker died on Sunday after  he was stabbed in his chest allegedly by his reputed wife following an argument between the two at Black Water Landing, Kuribrong Backdam, Potaro-Siparuni.

Just over 20% of Guyana’s adult population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and health Minister Dr Frank Anthony has said that the number of persons who have been administered second dose vaccinations should surpass 100,000 this week.

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.