Guyana News

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan has declared election day, March 2nd, 2020 as a public holiday.

The body of  a Rose Hall, Corentyne grocery owner, Lomenzo Johnny known as `Sham’ was this morning discovered with his feet bound.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) yesterday advised the police to charge former Guyana Defence Force Chief of Staff Gary Best with death by dangerous driving in relation to the February 8th accident that claimed the life of cyclist Jude Bentley.

Guyana yesterday invited expressions of interest to market its share of oil from the Stabroek Block offshore operations for 12 months.

The Ministry of Public Health has upped its surveillance for the Novel Coronavirus at ports of entries, following the report of a case in São Paulo, Brazil.

Roger Khan was wrongfully detained and kept in custody by the police during one of his routine visits to Police Headquarters, Eve Leary on Tuesday, his lawyer Glenn Hanoman yesterday said.

A 48-year-old porknocker was stabbed to death by a co-worker yesterday morning during an altercation at Black Water Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region Seven.

Following outreaches to the country’s hinterland regions, Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) leader Lenox Shuman has said he found that people are fearful of being victimised by either of the two major parties if they support him.

The Guyana Press Association (GPA) says it is dissatisfied with the lack of timely information from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), and slow response to matters of national interest pertaining to Monday’s General and Regional Elections.

Employees of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) will enjoy various benefits following the signing of a two-year Collective Labour Agreement with the Ministry of Social Protection’s Labour Department, a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.

A young man who raped his seven-year-old cousin when he himself was a minor of 14 years old, now awaits sentencing after being found guilty of the offence by a jury yesterday afternoon.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday confirmed that a number of disciplined services officers at Eteringbang were unable to vote last Friday as a plane was unable to land.

As it had previously indicated, the Berbice Bridge Company (BBCI) has appealed the ruling of Chief Justice (ag), Roxane George-Wiltshire SC, with regard to the takeover by Government of the operations of the Berbice River Bridge.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran has said that the Global Witness report on Guyana has confirmed that the 2016 deal with ExxonMobil is overwhelmingly in its favour and should be renegotiated.

A prison officer said to have served the Guyana Prison Service for about 21 years, was yesterday refused bail after allegedly making a new threat towards a woman, for whom he is currently before the court facing two charges.

A charge against a woman who released explicit photos of another woman was dismissed yesterday after she offered to compensate the complainant.

Four Sri Lankans who claimed they didn’t know that they had to present themselves to an Immigration Office in order to travel in and around the country were fined and ordered deported after they were charged with illegal entry.

Thirty-four-year-old labourer of Wakenaam, Franklin Griffith, yesterday appeared at the Wakenaam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Esther Sam on a charge of attempted murder.

Doctors were forced to amputate the left leg of Neleissa LaRose, the four-year-old Berbice River girl who was burnt about her body more than two months ago.

15 Haitian nationals were on Tuesday fined and ordered deported after they confessed that they left Guyana without presenting themselves to an immigration officer.