Guyana News

Deandrell Semple, a 20-year-old resident of Lot 30 Kingelly Village, West Coast Berbice, was arrested yesterday  by a rank from the Vigilance Police Station and charged  with manslaughter  in relation to the shooting death of 18-year-old Jared Jagnandan, which occurred on 2024-03-21 at SMK Shaf Auto Sales located at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara.

GWI’s CEO, Shaik Baksh, led a technical team to several villages along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway and along the Demerara River to conduct an assessment, and to consult with residents about the possible sites for the drilling of new wells.

The Georgetown Public Hospital on Wednesday said that all of the medical protocols were followed in the case of Samantha Thomas who sought treatment at the institution and later complained about her treatment.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) says it extinguished a fire at Lot 22, Callender Street, Albouystown in eight minutes yesterday morning.

Hakeem Thomas, a 27-year-old security guard from Timehri, East Bank Demerara was  yesterday jailed for 28 months for larceny from a Goedverwagting businesswoman, In a statement yesterday, the police said that he was arrested on Tuesday by a rank from the Alberttown Police Station and charged yesterday with larceny on the dwelling house of Desiree Browne, a 67-year-old businesswoman of Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara.

(Reuters) An arbitration panel that could approve or block the $53B sale of Hess (NYSE:HES) to Chevron (CVX) remains incomplete three months after the case was filed, delaying a decision on whether Exxon Mobil (XOM) has a right of first refusal over Hess’ Guyana operations, Reu-ters reported Thursday.

Commander of Regional Police Division #6, Senior Superintendent Shivpersaud Bacchus, was engaged in a meeting on Wednesday with members of the Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association (BCCDA), during which several pertinent issues were raised and discussed.

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) recently held its 54th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors in Ottawa, Canada which was attended by Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr Ashni Singh, and where Guyana’s efforts at digitalisation were lauded, a Ministry of Finance release stated yesterday.

The government will start the countrywide distribution of the ‘Because We Care’ cash grant and uniform voucher on June 24, with over 205,000 public and private school students receiving $45,000 each, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

Three persons, including a 19-year-old, were arrested on Wednesday night during a Police intel-led operation in Georgetown, which led to the recovery of an unlicensed 9mm pistol and two matching rounds of ammunition.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill (left) on Tuesday received a courtesy visit from  Maria De Castro Martins, the Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil to Guyana, along with a team from the Brazilian Embassy in Guyana.

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA)  participated in the Media Marketplace during Caribbean Week in New York.

Deandrell Semple, a 20-year-old resident of Lot 30 Kingelly Village, West Coast Berbice, was arrested today  by a rank from the Vigilance Police Station and charged  with manslaughter  in relation to the shooting death of 18-year-old Jared Jagnandan, which occurred on 2024-03-21 at SMK Shaf Auto Sales located at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is awaiting the findings of a complaint lodged by a number of local business persons to President Irfaan Ali about the proliferation of establishments across the country by non-naturalised Chinese persons with seeming lack of regulatory certificates and licences.

By Abigail Headley The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) yesterday launched the Electronic Planning and Development Single Win-dow System, a groundbreaking initiative designed to facilitate easy access for local and international investors to submit applications online from anywhere in the world.

By Khadidja Ba Addressing accusations of negligence and medical malpractice, Dr.

Attorney Nigel Hughes will contest for the leadership of the Alliance For Change (AFC) on June 29 after striking a deal with David Patterson who will accept the nomination for chairman of the party.

– Sheriff Construction Inc wins contract The sod was yesterday turned for a secondary school in Jawalla in Region Seven.

The police say  they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 3.30 pm  on Tuesday on the Ifill Access Road/ Trail at Eyelash Backdam, North West District, Region #1, involving an unregistered All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) which resulted in the death of  39-year-old Devon Moralis.