Guyana News

Dinesha Victor, a local entrepreneur and co-founder of the Curl Fête Guyana Natural Hair and Beauty Expo, has died.

An 11-month-old child died in Charity last Tuesday after drowning in a bucket of water while her mother was washing.

Police are investigating the death of an Essequibo man who was found dead in a Pomeroon trench.

Police believe they have captured one of the suspects in a recent violent robbery committed on an Albouystown motorcyclist in Georgetown.

A family of three was displaced yesterday afternoon after a fire destroyed a Sophia house.

A 62-year-old Brazilian gold miner was beaten and robbed of a quantity of raw gold in an attack on Friday afternoon and the police say they have arrested three of his employees, who have admitted to the crime.

Three persons are now dead after a fire of unknown origin destroyed a Cummings Lodge apartment building this evening. 

President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer has written Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield calling on him to withdraw his report to GECOM which discards over 115,000 votes and purports to award victory to APNU+AFC.

Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield yesterday defended his decision to invalidate the votes of over 115,000 citizens that were cast at the March 2nd polls by saying that he has acted lawfully, which the main opposition later said was “simply an untruth.”

In the face of mounting regional and international pressure to concede, the APNU+AFC coalition yesterday voiced its support for the report submitted by Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield that claims it won the March 2 polls after he discarded over 115,000 votes.

The outgoing chair of CARICOM, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley yesterday firmly stood by her position in relation to Guyana’s protracted elections, saying to her detractors here that “The truth hurts”.

Dickwon Nigel Adams, the boyfriend of the pregnant Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, teenager whose body was fished out of the Berbice River last week, was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with her murder.   

The ND&S Furniture Store and its factory, located at La Jalousie, West Coast Demerara (ECD), were destroyed on Thursday evening in what authorities are calling a “suspicious” fire, which has left millions of dollars in losses and more than two dozen employees jobless.

Guyana yesterday recorded 15 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

An investigation by the Guyana Fire Service has found that the fire which destroyed the Barrack Street, Kingston home of 81-year-old Dhaniram Harcharan was electrical in origin.

Two persons, including the driver allegedly responsible for Sunday’s hit-and-run accident along the Enmore, East Coast Demerara Public Road, which claimed the life of a teenager, have been arrested by the police.

Three men, who were allegedly busted with over 200 pounds of cannabis in vicinity of Sandaka, Canje River, where yesterday released on $350, 000 bail each after they were charged with possession of the illegal substance for trafficking.

Nineteen companies have been shortlisted from 34 that last April expressed interest in marketing Guyana’s share of oil from the Exxon-operated Liza Destiny FPSO in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana, for a period of one year.

A group of United States (US) senators yesterday urged President David Granger to honour the will of the Guyanese people and concede.

The pressure continues to build on the incumbent APNU+AFC to clear the way for the transition of power with key US senators calling for President David Granger to concede.