Guyana News

Ogle Airport Inc (OAI) today said that its aviation consultant William Ramayah Sanassee of Success, East Coast Demerara has passed away at the age of 62.

President Irfaan Ali has received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and is urging all Guyanese to do the same.

After two days in police custody, former Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) Trevor Benn was today charged with misconduct in public office over the lease of land at Ogle.

Rafeek Khan, Managing Director of Woods Direct, has been elected unopposed as President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association.

A boy is now dead after being shot by one of two bandits who invaded his neighbour’s home where he and his mother were visiting yesterday.

Melroy Doris now awaits sentencing following a guilty plea to manslaughter for the 2014 killing of Lusignan beautician Ashmini Harriram.

The removal by the police on Wednesday of their chaplain,   Reverend Patrick Doolichand  over a prayer he delivered was swiftly reversed after the intervention of President Irfaan Ali.

By Readawne Henery A mother is seeking answers about the recent death of her newborn baby girl at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of  attempting to traffic 3.304 kilos of suspected cocaine hidden in salted fish.

Hailed for the integral role he played in the formation of Guyana’s Private Sector Commission (PSC), David Yankana was yesterday remembered by his former colleagues and friends following the announcement of his death on Wednesday at his home in the United States. 

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised the police that  Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir  should use the Standing Orders of Parliament to address the assault complaint by APNU+AFC MP Tabitha Sarabo-Halley against Minister of Public Affairs Kwame McCoy.

Guyana’s death toll as a result of the novel coronavirus now stands at 206.

A total of 108 persons age 60 and over were vaccinated against the novel coronavirus yesterday at the Enmore Polyclinic as persons continued to take the opportunity to get immunised.

A group of persons have been charged and granted bail for allegedly breaching the National COVID-19 Emergency Measures.

The Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, has announced that the National Grade Six Assessment 2021 will be administered to Grade Six students in August.

The charges against Simona Broomes, a former APNU+AFC government minister, and her driver, Dexter Austin  stemming from a confrontation they had with a councillor attached to the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C), have been dismissed.

Boat operator Tony Rampersaud now awaits sentencing after a jury yesterday afternoon convicted him of manslaughter for the 2016 killing of Venezuelan national Henry Mendonca.

Forty-nine-year-old fish vendor Compton Fecker who back in 2015 had beaten another man in the head with a hammer from which he now suffers limited vision, loss of hearing, constant headaches and difficulty sleeping at nights continues to await sentencing.

A man who was charged with having cannabis in his possession was released on bail after the court heard that the illicit substance was found in the ‘Blacka’ creek at Guyhoc Park.

The police are investigating the death of a man who was admitted into the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and was not discharged prior to his body being discovered in front of a city store.