Guyana News

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) on Thursday night said it has handed over its report to the Police Cyber Crimes Unit for action on a dangerous social media post, allegedly made by former Minister and current Member of Parliament, Cathy Hughes on the Facebook page of Nigel Hughes. 

A man was on Thursday discovered at his Coldingen, East Coast Demerara residence lying motionless on his bed.

Sentenced to 80 years back in 2015 for the murder of taxi driver Bhomeshwar Sukhdeo, whose burnt remains had been dumped on the Mocha Access Road in January 2010, Balram Singh has appealed both his conviction and sentence.

An arrest warrant was yesterday issued for Kevin McDonald, the former police officer who allegedly pretended to be a Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officer.

A vendor was yesterday released on $50,000 bail after telling the courtroom that the virtual complainant is a troublemaker.

The partially decomposed body of a mason was late yesterday afternoon discovered in his Number 70 Village, Corentyne house.

The Supreme Court has acknowledged receipt of 2,339 Statements of Poll and a similar number of Statements of Recount from the Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield.

UNICEF Representative Nicolas Pron yesterday presented three of the winners of UNICEF Guyana’s Reimagine Illustration Challenge with Samsung tablet computers.

A mason was on Thursday taken before the court and fined $100,000 or two months imprisonment on a break and enter and larceny charge.

A Linden man was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment yesterday after being found guilty of exposing his genitals to a relative.

A teen was on Monday held at gunpoint and robbed by two bandits at Fox Hill Foot, Half Mile Wismar, Linden.

Exxon’s oil platform has experienced a gas compression problem forcing it to flare gas above pilot levels.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal shooting which resulted in the death of Sherwin Filley C/D Red Ants, age 22 years, unemployed of Plaisance, ECD and which occurred today at about 01:50hrs at Ogle Seawall, ECD The police said that Filley was wanted for Robbery, Robbery with Violence  and three counts of wounding  committed on a 50-year- old resident of Vryheids Lust ECD.

Minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, has approached the National Assembly to increase the ceilings on both domestic and external debt in what he described as an attempt to regularize the outstanding debt of the last administration while creating space for the current government to finance a robust development plan.

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday refused to name the holders of two controversial trawler licences even though he was specifically asked about this in a question lodged with Parliament.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hugh Todd yesterday told the National Assembly that Venezuela has been increasingly active in Guyana’s maritime space since January 7, 2021.

Following a backlash by the public regarding the cutting down of the century-old rubber trees in Mabaruma, the town council says it will engage forestry experts to determine whether the trees are a threat to lives of persons living in the town.

Ninety new COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday after almost six hundred more persons were tested for the virus.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) yesterday said that a new well in the compound of the Sophia Water Treatment Plant was pump tested, signaling its readiness to be put into operation in a week.

Forty-eight employees at the Ministry of Natural Resources and associated agencies have been employed on contract since August 2, 2020, Minister Vickram Bharrat informed the National Assembly yesterday when he responded to questions from opposition Member of Parliament David Patterson.