Guyana News

A radio DJ is now on wounding and assault charges after allegedly stabbing a colleague and pushing a woman during an argument at work.

Advancing their importance to the successful prosecution of their case against those charged with various offences stemming from alleged criminal conduct over last year’s elections results, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Commission-er of Police are seeking to have the Statements of Poll (SoPs) and Statements of Recount (SoRs) made available for the trials.

Workers from the Albion and Blairmont estates in Berbice yesterday held protests calling on GuySuCo to resume negotiations on wages.

A youth was remanded to prison last Friday after he was charged with attempted murder.

A nail technician has been placed on $20,000 bail after she denied that she uploaded explicit photos of two persons to the internet.

Two persons were yesterday separately charged with fraud in relation to powers of attorney and following not-guilty pleas they were granted bail.

Josh Harry, the bus driver seen in a viral video snatching a passenger’s phone after she asked him to lower the volume of the music in the vehicle, was yesterday fined $80,000 after he admitted to four charges laid against him.

Thirty-eight new COVID-19 cases were yesterday recorded after some 233 more persons were tested.

Bids were received last week by the National Procurement and Tender Administra-tion Board for the supply of steel sheets to the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority. 

On December 31st last year, Guyana had mistakenly voted  no on a resolution at the United Nations for the elimination of racism and racial discrimination and this error was later corrected to reflect a vote of yes.

The police are investigating the theft of a boat and an outboard engine belonging to the Toshao of Chinese Landing, in the North West District.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday appointed Dr Nanda Kishore Gopaul as the fourth commissioner of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC).

More than a decade after Rajesh Singh and Fazil Hakim were gunned down at a rum shop in Mon Repos, East Coast Deme-rara (ECD), Mark Royden Williams called ‘Smallie’ is facing trial for the double murder.

The police are still to identify the partially decomposed body of a man found at the Cornelia Ida seashore, West Coast Demerara, on Saturday.

The Office of the President today said that 83,000 doses of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine arrived this morning at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

The Ministry of Public Works has invited bids for the enhancement of the avenues along Carmichael and Waterloo streets in the city.

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon has written to Alistair Routledge, President ExxonMobil Guyana seeking an urgent meeting on problems being experienced on the Liza Destiny platform which has seen gas flaring and a subsequent sharp drop in production.

Rice farmers in the Upper Corentyne  have complained bitterly about the deplorable state of several dams in the area which is stopping them from transporting paddy from the backlands.

A Cane Grove, Mahaica labourer was fatally stabbed by his drinking partner after an argument ensued between the two, police yesterday said.

A 22-year-old man ended his life yesterday after he attacked a 17-year-old girl while she was travelling  home on the Essequibo River.