Guyana News

Revelana Smith, also known as ‘Ducky,’ was committed to stand trial last week for the attempted murder of her ex-partner’s girlfriend.

Two repeat offenders were each sentenced to four years in prison last Thursday after they were charged with a $13 million theft.

A La Parfaite Harmonie disc jockey was remanded to prison after being charged with two counts of rape at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court last Friday.

A labourer is now facing a murder charge after allegedly involving himself in a fight with a co-worker of one of his friends.

Two person have been moved to the  COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland today welcomed the CARICOM observers report on recount of the March 2nd general elections and called for the acceptance of the  results.

In its scathing report upholding the integrity of the March 2nd general elections, the CARICOM observer team has castigated GECOM commissioners for undermining the legitimacy of the electoral body.

The Organisation of American States (OAS) today welcomed the findings of the CARICOM observer team that the recount of votes from the March 2nd      elections provides the basis for the declaration of a result and it called for the incumbent APNU+AFC to begin the process of transition.

The CARICOM observer team at the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections says it reflects the will of the people and provides a basis for the declaration of a result.

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) yesterday accused rogue elements at Gecom of collaborating with APNU+AFC to have the March 2nd general elections annulled and it said the lawful course for Commission Chair Claudette Singh is to declare the winner of the polls.

With hundreds of Statements of Poll for District Four still to be verified, Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo mounted the second floor of the Ashmins building on March 5th and shouted out fake numbers to the horror of party agents, plunging the March 2nd elections into months of crisis which still remains to be resolved up to today.

Having completed and delivered their report to CARICOM on observations of the recount of the March 2nd General and Regional elections here, the three-member CARICOM team is today scheduled to leave for their respective home countries.

Police in Berbice are investigating a fatal accident involving a pedal cyclist and an off-duty police constable along the Number 68 Village Road, Corentyne yesterday afternoon.

The Close Circuit Television (CCTV) security system which saw the installation of more than one hundred cameras in and around the city continues to function and has led to the arrest and prosecution of “lots” of traffic and crime offenders to date.

No new COVID-19 case was reported yesterday after another 32 tests were done, according to the Ministry of Public Health.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit says that it found a ganja farm at St Cuthbert’s Mission  on Saturday and one man has been arrested.

The partially decomposed body of a man who was discovered by residents of Meten-Meer-Zorg floating in a trench, was yesterday morning identified as Andy Williams, 46 years, a construction worker, formerly of Lot 136 Zeeburg, West Coast Demerara.

A year after the death of a patient at the National Psychiatric Hospital in New Amsterdam, his mother is still awaiting justice.

The first Palms Geriatric Home resident to contract COVID-19 has been identified as Buneshwar Ramdeholl, a carpenter who formerly lived in Berbice.

Two women of Guyanese heritage were at the forefront at a protest in New York City to fight against racial profiling following the death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis.