Guyana News

Police in Orealla, Region Six  yesterday afternoon arrested two Brazilian nationals after the plane they were onboard crashed-landed in the village with a quantity of suspected cocaine.

Commissioner of Police (ag) Nigel Hoppie has ordered that an investigation into the fatal shooting of robbery accused Peter Headley by a cop be “swiftly” concluded.

A Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) prosecutor was taken into police custody on Wednesday afternoon after he was allegedly caught collecting a $300,000 bribe to drop a court case.

Insisting that it used global best practices to determine the amounts of the fines catered for in the revised Liza-1 Environmental Permit, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday assured that Guyana will not have to pay a cent of the US$30 per Co2 equivalent fine catered for in the document and said that its current staff is competent enough to calculate the penalties.

Guyana on Thursday recorded 136 new cases of the novel coronavirus.

Floodwater in Regions Nine and Ten is slowly receding as teams continue to conduct assessments of the damage caused.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the construction of dorms at the Kato Secondary School in Region Eight.

The judiciary yesterday commissioned a new building which houses the Bartica Magistrate’s Court as well as a fully-furnished living quarters—which all together—are pegged at a cost of $177,331,000.

The Guyana Philatelic Library was officially opened yesterday with a ceremony that was held at the Guyana Post Office Corporation on North Street, Georgetown.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday announced that a COVID-19 vaccination drive-thru is expected to be held tomorrow, May 22nd  at the national stadium in an attempt to reach more persons.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall on Wednesday confirmed that he tested positive for COVID-19 in January.

Education Minister Priya Manickchand on Wednesday said that reports about plans to eliminate the Grade Six placement exams are inaccurate, instead, she says, the Ministry is looking for ways to equalise the resources at secondary schools across Guyana.

The police constable who struck down Navindra Ramnarine in a hit and run accident along the Better Hope Public Road, East Coast Demerara , almost two weeks ago, was on Wednesday released on $400,000 bail after denying a causing death by dangerous driving charge.

Omesh Lakeram, the Corentyne resident who was wanted by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) in relation to the recent seizure of 207 lbs of suspected cannabis turned himself into the agency on Wednesday.

A taxi driver was on Wednesday released on $75,000 bail on a felonious wounding charge.

In a news item in yesterday’s issue of Stabroek News titled `Zane Ramotar tops Caribbean at CAPE’, a photograph was erroneously captioned as that of Stefan Hamilton.

Nineteen-year-old former labourer, Richard Harrichand, now awaits sentencing for the 2019 killing of Supenaam Essequibo youth, Clive Osborne, 17.

Police on Wednesday arrested six persons in Albouystown, Georgetown for possession of marijuana and a gun.

Yesterday at about 4 pm,  ranks of the Guyana Police Force discovered a green and white aircraft bearing the number PT-SRR which landed at Orealla in the Corentyne, containing a suspected cargo of narcotics.

The Ministry of Health is to hold its first COVID-19 Vaccination Drive-Thru Event- this Saturday, May 22nd  at the National Stadium, Providence from 9AM-9PM.