Guyana News

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.

A youth who admitted to fatally stabbing a man at Leopold and Lombard streets in November, 2018, was yesterday sentenced to 14 years in jail.

US Judge Paul G. Gardephe last week ordered a pre-sentence probation report for Tower Suites co-owner Shervington ‘Big Head’ Lovell following his guilty plea to count seven of his drug trafficking indictment.

Les Charles Critchlow, who was due to be sentenced for killing his brother-in-law, Terrence Adams, yesterday changed his plea to not guilty.

Devon Anderson, the man who police say stabbed his mother to death at her Goed Intent home last week, was yesterday charged with murder.

A Corentyne sluice operator succumbed to injuries he sustained after he was reportedly struck along the Bramfield Public Road, East Coast Berbice while riding his bicycle to work. 

Meetings to elect chairpersons for the 14 standing committees of the 12th Parliament have still not been convened due to “scheduling conflicts”.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is currently in discussion with engineers from the region and North America for assistance to repair the Demeraa River submarine power cable which was destroyed by a ship’s anchor on Friday.

The Government Analyst–Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) is advising the public that only medication manufactured for sale in Guyana’s climate zone and packaged with English instructions should be imported, sold or consumed.

Travel between the Karasabai and Tiger Pond villages in the South Pakaraimas will become easier as plans are underway to rehabilitate the six-mile road, along with its culverts and bridges.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has opened a new store at Regent Street in what promises to be the first in a series of additional retail locations.  “Our focus at GTT is to completely satisfy our customer.

The police are currently investigating the attack on a Linden man who was ambushed and stabbed several times while heading home.

Thirty new COVID-19 cases were reported today in the Ministry of Health’s Dashboard.

Region Six Chairman, David Armogan today stated that over $100M will be spent on remedial works along the Black Bush Polder road by the Ministry of Public Works. 

The US$1M payment made to prominent PNCR member James Bond for leased NICIL  lands at Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara was never flagged by the city commercial bank that undertook the transaction, Bank of Guyana sources say.

Despite assurances that precautionary measures would be taken to prevent a recurrence, the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) submarine cable across the Demerara River has been severed, this time by a ship’s anchor.

A six-day-old male infant of Region Three and a thirty-one-year-old woman from Region Ten are the latest COVID-related deaths according to the Ministry of Health (MOH)  bringing the death toll to 151.

The body of a 15-year-old male, who drowned in the Linden `blue lake’ on Saturday afternoon, was found yesterday about 15 feet from where he went under water.

Armed bandits just after 8 last night invaded the home of former murder accused, Marcus Brian Bisram, located at Number 70 Village, Corentyne, and carted off a large sum of cash and jewellery. 

Some leases entered into by NICIL enable the lessees to transfer their interest without seeking permission, according to Nigel Hughes, the attorney for Colvin Heath-London who is presently under police investigation in relation to the disposal of lands at Peters Hall on the East Bank of Demerara.