Guyana News

Akazea Austin, the 12-year-old girl who was struck down by a Linden taxi-driver earlier this month, is slowly recovering, her father, William Mentos said.

The major banks will be closing at noon on election day, March 2nd  to permit employees to vote.

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil confirmed the first case of a fast-spreading new coronavirus in Latin America today, diagnosing a 61-year-old man in Sao Paulo who returned recently from Italy.

Following mounting pressure and a meeting yesterday with the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has agreed to increase the number of polling places in several areas for Monday’s general elections.

A man who pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter in the death of his wife was yesterday sentenced to 21 years in prison by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall in the High Court in Berbice.

Foreign Secretary Carl Greenidge is threatening a US$1 million lawsuit against former presidential advisor Jan Mangal, unless he retracts statements and issues an apology for what he says are statements that impugn his integrity.

Kemo Evans was yesterday afternoon sentenced to 29 years behind bars after being found guilty by a jury of the 2015 murder of Hamson’s General Store owner Abdool Farouk Ghanie, who was stabbed during a robbery at his home.

Canadian-owned Guyana Goldfields Inc yesterday announced its fourth quarter and full year 2019 production figures showing total output lower than that of 2018.

The 326 workers that were sacked by RUSAL-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) after the company suspended its operation here have been paid their salaries for February by the government holding company, the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL).

Minister within the Ministry of Communities Annette Ferguson has lost her bid to secure an interim injunction to restrain Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo and the Guyana Times newspaper from repeating what she says are libellous statements made by the two to damage her character and reputation.

An East Coast Demerara businessman who is currently suing the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) for wrongful arrest has again been apprehended in another GRA anti-smuggling operation.

Months after his return to Guyana after serving 10 years in a United States (US)  jail for drug trafficking, Roger Khan was arrested by the police yesterday for the alleged assault of a man.

An Edinburgh youth on Monday succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital to injuries sustained after plunging into a trench on Sunday afternoon. 

-PPP, APNU+AFC grilled on records in office Six of the political parties contesting the March 2nd general and regional elections last Wednesday sought to assure indigenous leaders that they would seek to protect their interests amidst concerns over  what was seen as the “encroachment” of protected areas on traditional lands.

Dozens of family, friends and Rossignol Butchery employees came together last night during a candlelight vigil held for Cuban national, Ofredis Duarte Campos, who was murdered last Thursday morning in Middle Street, Georgetown, while on his way to work.

An Enmore  man now awaits sentencing after being found guilty yesterday of murdering the husband of a woman he had been seeing.

Members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Election Observation Mission (CEOM) have begun arriving in Guyana to monitor the country’s Regional and General Elections on Monday.

A private contractor was yesterday shocked while carrying out works for the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL).

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for repairs to one of the Guyana Defence Force’s Fiberglass vessels along with the docking of a vessel.

Although convinced that Change Guyana could have benefitted from an earlier start to its electoral campaign, its leader Robert Badal is optimistic that enough voters will give the party an opportunity to represent their interests in the National Assembly.