Guyana News

– wounded patient had to flee from assailants Ranging from verbal abuse to weapons being used in physical altercations, incidents of violence within the precincts of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) have escalated, prompting urgent calls for enhanced security measures and community awareness.

The decomposed body of Dharmindra Sarabjit, a 57-year-old drainage and irrigation worker was yesterday found at about 12:15 hours in a swamp with thick vegetation.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday morning commissioned and handed over a new water ambulance to the Region Six communities of Orealla/Siparuta valued at $14.5m.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the suspected drowning of Courtney Benn, a 43-year-old fisherman of Wineperu Village, Region Seven, whose body was discovered at around 08.00 hours yesterday, floating in the Essequibo River.

A fire of unknown origin destroyed a two-storey wooden and concrete structure belonging to Marlyn Fraser, also known as Baba, a 64-year-old self-employed woman of Lot 22 Weldaad Village, West Coast Berbice.

Trucks continue to mash up roads and pose dangers to other road users.

Timothy Thomas, a 31-year-old driver of Lot 122 Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, was arrested on June 18th, 2024, by ranks from the Grove Police Station and charged the following day with armed robbery.

– following World Bank approval of project Drainage and irrigation along Guyana’s coast are expected to see significant improvement with the soon-to-commence major rehabilitation work worth some US$45 million on 63 sluices spearheaded by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) This announcement was made yesterday by Minister of Agriculture, during a community meeting at Kortberaad Village on the East Bank of Berbice, one of several held with farmers and residents along the Corentyne coast, a release from the Ministry of Agriculture stated.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) said that on Friday, Winston Thompson appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court, where he was found guilty of the offences of possession of a narcotic to wit 298 grams of cannabis and the cultivation of 5000 seedlings.

On Friday, Mark Anthony Thomas appeared before Magistrate Abigail Gibbs at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court where he pled not guilty to  the offences of possession of a narcotic to wit 4.5 grams of cannabis and the obstruction of a CANU officer during the execution of his duties.

The Guyana Police Force’s Traffic Department held its monthly stakeholders meeting yesterday at the Officers’ Training Center, Eve Leary.

An earth tremor was felt in Georgetown and other parts of the country at around 11.59 PM last night.

-as GTU, ministry agree terms of resumption By Abigail Headley Striking teachers are set to return to their classrooms by next Tuesday after the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) reached an agreement yesterday on terms of resumption to end a gruelling strike and talks will continue on June 26 on  a multi-year agreement.

-restates support over border controversy Declaring that these are “unprecedented times for Guyana”, outgoing Canadian High Commissioner, Mark Berman said that its economic growth and transformation is unmatched and he restated Ottawa’s support for this country in its border controversy with Venezuela.

APNU and Member of Parliament Tabitha Sarabo-Halley have called on the PNCR to take seriously allegations of sexual harassment made against its leader Aubrey Norton by party member Vanessa Kissoon.

The Government of Guyana on Thursday announced that Fulcrum LNG has been selected from amongst the companies that submitted the best Expression of Interest to monetize Guyana’s natural gas resources.

As part of its efforts to facilitate the early detection of cervical cancer and in so doing, reduce illness and fatalities, the government yesterday officially launch-ed its  $2.8 billion Cervical Cancer Screening Programme targeting women between the ages of 21 to 65.

Although not formally tasked by the PNCR to investigate the sexual harassment allegations against party leader Aubrey Norton by Vanessa Kissoon, the National Congress of Women (NCW), together with the Council of Elders and the Guyana Youth and Student Movement, have taken steps to launch a thorough investigation.

Thirty-three-year-old Anand Zaimoon of Lot 16 Plantain Walk, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus yesterday at the George-town Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with murder.

On Thursday, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, along with Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, met with stakeholders of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Cor-poration (DHBC) to address issues arising from the increased traffic of vessels in the Demerara River.