Guyana News

The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld a challenge to the murder conviction of Mark Assing and substituted a manslaughter verdict and a lower sentence for the killing of his neighbour. 

On Saturday, City Mayor Ubraj Narine accompanied by Councillor Denroy Tudor met residents of D’ Aguiar Park to further discuss issues pertaining to the John Fernandes terminal which borders their neighbourhood.

A post-mortem examination yesterday confirmed that 15-year-old Trevon Atkins, the boy whose body was pulled from the Linden ‘blue lake’ on Sunday, died as a result of drowning.

Armed with information from their foreign counterparts, the Custom Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) says it is currently pursuing new leads as investigations continue into the record-breaking discovery of 11.5 tonnes of cocaine in a container of scrap metal in Belgium that was shipped from Guyana.

As Guyana joined the world yesterday in observance of World AIDS Day, Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony said that the country is one of several Caribbean states to have made significant strides in achieving the first of the UNAIDS 2020 “90-90-90” goals.

Guyana’s annual hackathon will this year be focusing on enhancing the education system, which has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held its first virtual Environmental Education training for teachers on November 15 and 22, 2020. 

Following an outreach last month to the villages of Orealla and Siparuta, located on the Corentyne, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha disclosed that an extension officer has been identified and will commence working soon.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has presented 17 bursaries to children of its staff who excelled at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).

A man is now in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after a crash along the Stanleytown Public Road, West Bank Demerara.

A Kumaka businesswoman and her teenage son have been taken into custody after being implicated in the theft of $700,000 from a lumberyard manager.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President (OP) with responsibility for Finance, Dr.

The Ministry of Health has launched a 24-hour hotline to provide counselling services to people suffering from mental illness.

More than 2000 students have not turned out to school since the reopening for three grades and the reasons range from not having uniforms and supplies to entering the workforce to not having transportation money and fear of the pandemic.

New restrictions, including a month-long travel ban, were yesterday announced for Region Seven in the latest COVID-19 Emergency Measures, which also extend the national curfew for December but will allow for travel to Suriname to resume through Moleson Creek.

Madho Beepat, the founder of Beepat and Sons, passed away last Friday after losing his battle with cancer.

A boat captain took his own life yesterday after reportedly wounding a Riverview, Ruimveldt woman, who rejected his demands for a relationship with her 14-year-old daughter.

Arguing that former president David Granger is a necessary party to the two election petitions filed by the APNU+AFC which he heads, senior counsel Douglas Mendes says that the late service of the requisite documents on Granger is fatal to both petitions and they must therefore be thrown out.

A Linden resident was yesterday sentenced to 15 years in prison for the rape of a then 14-year-old girl, whom he held against her will with the use of a weapon.

Police Commander of Region Six, Jairam Ramlakhan last evening said that six persons have been detained for questioning following a major robbery on Sunday evening at the home of Marcus Brian Bisram.