Guyana News

The two men who were stabbed during a home invasion at their Bel Air home last week have both been released from the hospital and are recovering at home.

A female suspect in the murder of La Grange grandmother, Bibi Nasmonisha Ramjit, escaped police custody minutes after being handed over by Surinamese law enforcement officers on Wednesday, Regional Commander of Region Three Errol Watts told Stabroek News.

Critical care COVID-19 patients have yet to be moved to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Liliendaal Infectious Disease Hospital as works are continuing on the facility.

The police are investigating a deliberate attempt made to burn sections of the Palms Geriatric Home, located at Brickdam, Georgetown, on Monday morning.

The Ministry of Health yesterday disclosed that a 60-year-old woman from Region Four who was infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has died.

The suspect in the killing of Kwebanna resident Kamal Wilson, who was fatally chopped on October 26th, 2020 in the North West District village, is still to be apprehended.

The University of the West Indies (UWI)  is currently negotiating an agreement with the Government of Guyana to help to train up to 20,000 Guyanese over the next five years, through The UWI Open Campus.

A 38-year-old miner was today charged with the murder of the 16-year-old teen who was found dead outside her home in Baramita.

The University of the West Indies (UWI)  is currently negotiating an agreement with the Government of Guyana to help to train up to 20,000 Guyanese over the next five years, through The UWI Open Campus.

Member of the ruling family of the United Arab Emirates and founder of the diversified conglomerate, Africa, Middle East Resource Investment (AMERI Group), Sheikh Ahmed Bin Dalmook Juma Al Maktoum and a delegation will be in Guyana from today, Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud confirmed.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) today said that another person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

A 15-year-old boy succumbed at a city hospital yesterday afternoon, hours after he was allegedly accidentally shot in his head by one of his friends during a sleepover at Sandy Babb Street, Kitty.

Proprietor and Founder of the Little Rock Television and Radio Stations and Engineer, Rockcliffe Christie passed away yesterday at his home in New Amsterdam, Berbice.

Businessman Avalon Jagnandan was yesterday taken into police custody for questioning into his controversial lease for Peters Hall lands after responding to a request to visit the Criminal Investigation Department.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall has filed a more than $100M lawsuit against senior PNCR member James Bond and former APNU+AFC minister Jaipaul Sharma over what he said are libelous statements they made against him in relation to allegations over state land matters.

Declaring the move as unconstitutional, the GPSU yesterday upbraided Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Gail Teixeira over the dismissal of Samantha Fedee as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs and says it expects that she will retain her status.

Following an allegation that the Village Council of Campbelltown has been preventing residents from mining, Minister of Amerindian Affairs (MoAA) Pauline Sukhai has taken the decision to suspend Toshao Marbel Thomas until an investigation into the matter is completed.

Two of the suspects  in the murder of a La Grange grandmother were yesterday handed over to local police by Surinamese authorities.

The trial of the young man accused of the 2016 killing of Mahaicony businesswoman Bibi Shairoon Nesha Ali heard yesterday that his fingerprints had been found on a wardrobe in a bedroom of the woman’s home where her partially decomposed body was found.

Repairs on the collapsed Tiger Creek Bridge in Region Eight have been delayed.