Guyana News

Andrew Chaung, one of the two prisoners who escaped from the Lusignan Prison on Tuesday is back in police custody and is expected to face an additional charge.

The Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday issued summonses for the Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield, Deputy Chief Election Officer Roxanne Myers and Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo to appear before the court on June 29.

With at least ten persons to be evacuated in Region Two, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday said that two temporary shelters have been established in two of the most affected areas within the Region.

A Linden woman was on Tuesday afternoon found dead at her Kara Kara, Linden residence and her son has been taken into custody.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) between Tuesday and yesterday, following a counter narcotics operation carried out along the Unity foreshore, East Coast Demerara, discovered eighteen bags of marijuana amounting to 300 lbs and estimated to be valued at $18 million dollars.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday told flood-affected residents of Malali and Muritaro in Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice that once the water recedes from the land, the Government will help all communities across the country to restart economic activities in an effort to bounce back from the crisis.  

Persons who have purchased duplexes or condominiums from the state would soon be able to access the titles to their properties as the draft amendments for the Condominium Act have been completed and are currently with stakeholders for analysis, Attorney General Anil Nandlall has announced. 

A forty-year-old woman of East Coast Demerara is currently in police custody after walking into the Sparendaam Police Station with a knife in her hand that she reportedly stabbed her reputed husband with.

ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration & Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) has re-commenced exploration drilling operations at the Jabillo Well site within the offshore Canje Block.

Deputy Chief Election Officer Roxanne Myers has filed a $150,000,000 suit against attorney and Member of Parliament (MP) Sanjeev Datadin and the News Room for what she said were libelous statements made against her more than a year ago.

A landlady was on Monday fined by a city magistrate after she confessed to removing the electricity meter at the home of her tenant.

The police are investigating the fatal stabbing of Bartica miner, Shemar Drakes, 20.

Wanda Patricia Wilson, 56, of Kara Kara, Linden was yesterday afternoon found battered to death at her house and her son has been taken into custody.

The body of attorney Hubert Rodney, 77, was found last night at his home in Durbana Square,  Lamaha Gardens.

ExxonMobil today said it made a discovery at Longtail-3 in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana – its 20th find offshore Guyana.

Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday announced that the government has purchased some 100,000 doses of the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine.

The Guyana Police Force has announced the intention to institute a charge of conspiracy to defraud against Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield, Deputy Chief Election Officer Roxanne Myers and Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo.

A murder convict is one of two prisoners who have escaped from the Lusignan Prison.

The state’s star witness on Monday said that it was Lennox Wayne, called ‘Two Colours’, who fatally shot beautician Ashmini Harriram in 2014 but the accused yesterday maintained his innocence in a sworn statement.

Floodwaters in the Mahaica River have reached record heights and continue to rise leaving residents distressed and worried.