Guyana News

Two security guards who were employed at Kaieteur News were yesterday charged and remanded to prison for the murder of Mohabir Singh, who was discovered dead in the tray of a truck.

photos by Bebi Oosman Still to get official word about the findings of an investigation into the death of Corentyne mother Vanessa Lewis-Sahadeo, who died last month after alleged negligence by medical officials, her family angry yesterday staged a protest across the street from the New Amsterdam Public Hospital to call for justice.

Martin Blair, who allegedly stabbed and killed his brother-in-law, was charged and remanded for murder yesterday.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill on Friday met with the newly formed Pilots’ Association of Guyana and cited the need for more helicopter aviators.

The police are probing the discovery of a motorcar, which was found on fire at Swan Village on the Soesdyke /Linden Highway on Sunday night.

The death toll from COVID-19 continues to rise with the latest fatality being a 69-year-old man from Region Four and 19 new cases of the virus were recorded yesterday.

Forty-nine-year-old fish vendor, Compton Fecker was yesterday handed a 5-year sentence even after paying $500,000 in compensation to a man whom he had beaten with a hammer back in 2015, rendering him partially visually impaired.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has started preparations to make the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines for teachers easier when the Health Ministry authorises their immunisation.

A new $200 million, modern police station, which will also serve as the headquarters for Region two (Pomeroon/ Supenaam) has been completed at Anna Regina.

Following a request from the members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the Clerk of the National Assembly has secured a legal opinion on whether Standing Order 82 (2) which states that the Chairperson of the PAC  must be a Member of the main Opposition in the Assembly is sacrosanct.

Contending that the action brought by the State against former Finance Minister Winston Jordan over the controversial sale of river frontage to BK Marine, was politically motivated, attorney Roysdale Forde SC is seeking to have the case thrown out.

President Irfaan Ali today committed to an advance payment of taxes to City Hall to the tune of $100M and he also raised the implementation of a `Single Window Permitting System’.

The death toll from COVID-19 continues to rise with the latest fatality being a 69-year-old man from Region Four.

Gold dealer and Kitty resident Ricardo Fagundes, also known as `Paper Shorts’, was last night gunned down on Main and Middle streets.

Hoping to tap into the current and future demand for stone, local businessman Nazar ‘Shell’ Mohamed is optimistic that his proposed quarry business will be granted all the necessary permits and he  promises to commence operations by January of next year if he gets the green light.

Announcing that he will this week be taking his COVID-19 vaccine to help boost public confidence in the immunization process, Minister of Health Dr.

A woman was yesterday found engulfed in flames at her Zeelandia Estate, Wakenaam Island, Essequibo River home.

The Linden-Soesdyke Highway will see the expenditure of $150m for the rehabilitation of drainage infrastructure and the resurfacing of sections of the road.

In February, Troy Resources Limited produced 2,653 ounces of gold, up from 2,113 ounces in January, putting production for the first two months of 2021 at 4,766 ounces in comparison to 4,195 ounces for the last quarter of 2020.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC is advancing plans for eradicating land sale fraud and what he sees as an extensive conspiracy encompassing notaries public.