Guyana News

In his submissions calling on the court to strike out the election petition filed by the main APNU+AFC Opposition contending that the March 2nd elections were unlawfully conducted, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC is arguing that service of this petition had not been properly effected.

President  Irfaan Ali yesterday met with Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Juma Al Maktoum of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and an eight-member delegation who arrived in Guyana on a three-day official state visit.

The pedestrian who was struck and killed by a Puran Brothers garbage truck on Sunday, at Stewartville, West Coast Demerara, has been identified as a pastry maker who was on an errand to get supplies.

The mother of Rockey Sawh, the teenager who was fatally shot in  his head allegedly by his friend during a sleepover in Kitty on Tuesday night is calling for justice and questions are being asked as to why it took hours for the boy to be taken to the hospital “I as a mother just asking for justice for my son.

The young man accused of killing Mahaicony businesswoman Bibi Shairoon Nesha Ali back in 2016 is likely to know his fate later today when a jury deliberates on a verdict.

Officials of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and the Micobie Village Council yesterday went to the area where four dredges were continuing to defy a cease order to stop mining part of the bank of the Potaro River.

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.