Guyana News

Following the signing of an agreement today between Foreign Minister Hugh Todd and visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, joint maritime and air patrols between Guyana and the US to interdict drugs could begin as early as next Monday.

The government today said it is working “aggressively” to commence commercial flight operations at the two international airports in the shortest possible time.

As the investigation into the murder of Joel and Isaiah Henry continues, a total of 75 ranks drawn from Region 5, the Major Crimes Unit from CID Headquarters and the Guyana Defence Force led by the Region 5 Divisional Commander and a Lt Colonel, and accompanied by Dr.

United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo arrived in Guyana yesterday afternoon, the second stop in his South American tour of four countries and last evening attended a dinner with President Irfaan Ali.

For a second consecutive day, the Ministry of Health (MoH) announced that two persons who were infected with the coronavirus disease died while receiving treatment at a medical facility.

The authorities yesterday met to discuss a plan ahead of the arrival of a team from the Regional Security System (RSS), which will be aiding in the investigation of the murders of the three West Coast Berbice (WCB) teenagers including the Henry cousins. 

Samuel Allen, who police say murdered a security guard attached to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Office at Port Kaituma, North West District, was yesterday charged and remanded to prison.

A convicted prisoner was yesterday remanded after he was charged with murdering his fellow inmate during a scuffle at the Lusignan Prison almost six months ago. 

Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday  accused the former APNU+AFC government of leaving Guyana with a broken health care system, which he partially blamed for compromising the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) yesterday advised the police to charge four suspects with the murder of Bath Settlement businessman, Mohamed Haniff.

The main opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) has filed its second petition challenging the March 2nd polls and is seeking to have the court nullify the outcome and to declare President Irfaan Ali to be illegally holding office.

Months after they were recaptured, three prisoners including a murder accused who fled while incarcerated at the Lusignan Prison were jailed after they admitted to escaping  from custody.

Despite being faced with a number of challenges,  Crime Chief Senior Super-intendent Wendell Blanhum recently completed the University of Guyana’s (UG) Bachelors of Law Degree (LLB) programme and passed with a distinction.

Guyana Power and Light (GPL) incorporated has once again failed to reach several key benchmarks in the delivery of service including the frequency and duration of blackouts and system losses.

A businessman who had been previously jailed for shooting at Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) officers was on Wednesday brought before a court on a charge of shooting at another person.

The conditions at the weakened Mahaicony sea defences have worsened with the onset of higher than normal spring tides.

A 43-year-old pedestrian died after he was struck down and ran over by a motor lorry along the Parika Access Road,  East Bank Essequibo (EBE) on Wednesday afternoon.

A Ministry of Amerindian Affairs employee and a businesswoman are  currently nursing injuries in the Linden Hospital after the pick-up  in which they were in was  involved in an accident along  the Rockstone Trail.

The High Court on Monday threw out a $90 million suit filed by shareholders Ronald and his brother Rustum Bulkan of Precision Woodworking Limited (PWL) against the Bank of Guyana (BoG) and its Governor Dr.

Commissioner of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) Trevor Benn has been instructed to proceed on 42 days of annualised vacation from tomorrow and to prepare a handover/takeover statement to be given to Enrique Monize, who will be acting in his stead.