Guyana News

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC last night granted a conservatory order staying a previous order made by Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus for 26 Haitian nationals to be deported. 

Former Guyana Defence Force Chief of Staff Gary Best has been freed of the charge of causing the death of cyclist Jude Bentley by dangerous driving.

The Irfaan Ali cabinet last week rejected multi-million dollars payment submissions for works undertaken under the last government on the Infectious Disease Hospital and rental for the facility, sources say.

Professionals should not have their job security threatened over their political affiliation once they are qualified and apolitical in the execution of their duties, dismissed Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Dr.

The Trump administration  yesterday added China’s oil giant CNOOC, ExxonMobil’s partner  in Guyana’s offshore Stabroek Block to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies, according to Reuters.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) yesterday announced that schools will close on December 18 to facilitate students’ Christmas holidays.

The recent COVID-19 death in Region Ten has signalled to regional officials that many persons infected with the virus are refusing to seek medical treatment until it is too late.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) is waiting on the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to provide the recently retrieved scanned images of the container which carried the 11.5 tonnes of cocaine that was discovered in Belgium in November.

An investigation is underway into the disappearance of more than one hundred and fifty firearms from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Armoury and Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn said that information thus far revealed that some of these firearms are “on the road”.

The Riverview, Ruimveldt woman who was attacked by Jeffrey Narine before he stabbed himself and died on Monday, said that the man “terrorized” females in the area.

A man accused of escaping from the Camp Street prison during a riot was released on $100,000 bail on Monday.

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of Dwane Williams, the vendor who was found dead behind a shack in the Wismar Housing Scheme area last Friday morning.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday received a transportation boost when two motorcycles worth approximately $1 million each along with accessories were donated to the Force to help police officers perform their duties.

The Christmas Season officially kicked off in the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Monday as Chief of Staff,  Brigadier Godfrey Bess celebrated Soldiers’ Day with troops serving at the border location at Eteringbang in Region Seven.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) today advised all Prepaid Meter Customers that its Juice/Prepaid System is currently experiencing a suspected hardware fault which is affecting token vending.

Former Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Gary Best was this afternoon freed of the charge of causing the death of cyclist Jude Bentley by dangerous driving.

President Irfaan Ali last evening charged the private sector to be more aggressive in its lobbying of  CARICOM to remove trade barriers.

Roman Catholic Bishop, Francis Alleyne has said that it is time for the anti-sodomy laws in Guyana be made null and void even though he did reference the fact that the Church is of the firm view that sexual activity outside of the male/female covenantal relationship for the purpose of procreation is disordered and morally wrong.

Twenty-four-year-old Nigel Dodson who back in 2017 burnt a Kaneville house in which 8-month old Romain Seth lived, was yesterday handed a 30-year sentence for the murder of the baby who perished in the fire.

Images of a container in which 11.5 tonnes of cocaine was smuggled out of the country in September have been retrieved with international help after having been deleted from a Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) container scanner.