Guyana News

Cuban national, Joel Rodriguez, on Monday confessed to the murders of Tara Krishnaran and her 11-year-old daughter, Larissa Singh, of Princes Street, Lodge.

Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal yesterday disclosed at a housing drive held at the University of Guyana Tain Campus, Port Mourant, Berbice, that the ministry has so far distributed a total of 3,600 house lots in regions Three, Four and Six. 

A man was yesterday sentenced to 23 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the 2012 killing of a United States-based Guyanese man who had returned to Guyana for what he thought would be a vacation.

Edward Skeete, known as ‘Pretty Boy’, is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital nursing two gunshot wounds after he was involved in a shootout with several men in James Street, Albouystown, on Monday.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha has ordered that emergency drainage works be done in Black Bush Polder, Corentyne After a visit yesterday to the area, Mustapha explained that Johanna and Yakusari were more seriously affected by the flooding and to some extent Mibicuri.  

Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir yesterday confirmed that he and three members of his family have tested positive for COVID-19.

A two-storey North Ruimveldt house was yesterday gutted by fire which was allegedly set by an occupant of the home.

Three new COVID-19 cases were yesterday recorded after some 168 more persons were tested for the virus.

A Rose Hall, Corentyne man yesterday escaped after he threatened his ex-wife at the New Amsterdam Police Station, while being armed with two knives. 

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday confirmed that a few persons have been forging COVID-19 test results in order to travel.

A post-mortem examination conducted on the remains of David Barclay, the man who died after he jumped onto a moving car that dragged him, revealed his cause of death to have been multiple injuries.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is investigating the suspected suicide of a 13-year-old girl, of Timehri, East Bank Demerara, which occurred yesterday afternoon.

A Port Kaituma man, who was injured in a collision last Friday when the ATV he was operating toppled, has succumbed to his injuries.

The Ministry of Public Works in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government has embarked on a project to swiftly repair 100 roads using sums from the $600 million requested recently from the National Assembly.

A miner was yesterday stabbed during an argument with another man at Eyelash Backdam, North West District.

A nine-year-old West Bank Demerara boy is now hospitalised after he was struck down by a car along the Canal Number One Access Road on Monday afternoon.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) yesterday  hosted its first ever Holiday Hot Meal activities in Central Georgetown, Region 4 and New Amsterdam, Berbice, Region 6.

The Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) today launched its ‘Homebuilders Road Map’ with the aim of eliminating issues that persons interested in constructing or renovating a home may encounter.

Container courts that are intended to ensure continued and wider access to justice across Guyana were launched at the Lusignan Prison yesterday.

Cuban national Joel Rodriguez, the suspect in the murders of Princes Street resident Tara Krishnaran and her 11-year-old daughter Larissa Singh, had exhibited a jealous streak that prompted a warning by a relative of the victims.