Guyana News

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.

Operations across the sugar industry have been significantly affected today as thousands of sugar workers from Albion, Blairmont and Uitvlugt Estates as well as the GuySuCo Research Unit have stayed away from work to protest the increase in pay being offered by the GuySuCo, the sugar union GAWU says.

The police say they are investigating the murder of Joseph Calistro, 26, a miner of Port Kaituma, NWD which occurred on Sunday February 23, 2020 at 14 Miles, NWD allegedly by a 25 -year -old miner, of Port Kaituma NWD, who has since been detained.

The Head of the Commonwealth Observer Mission, former Barbadian Prime Minister, Owen Arthur yesterday called on all stakeholders to “demonstrate commitment to a peaceful, transparent, credible and inclusive election”.

A three-year-old girl drowned while swimming in the Pegasus Hotel pool yesterday afternoon and police have launched an investigation.

The Citizenship Initiative’s (TCI) Ruel Johnson yesterday lashed out at hypocrisy in the political directorate on the question of decriminalising gay sex.

A 35-year-old Essequibo resident lost his life on Sunday night after he allegedly collided with a car while riding his motorcycle along the Adventure Public Road, Essequibo Coast.

A ban on single-use plastics as well as the establishment of regional teams to respond to wildlife and environmental issues are among the plans of three of the small political parties contesting the March 2nd general elections.

A 15-year-old pillion rider is now dead while his friend was injured after the motorcycle they were on crashed into a car on Dennis Street, Sophia early yesterday morning.

The police are investigating the death of a man, whose body was discovered in a trench at Belmont, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara on Sunday morning.

Investigators were able to positively identify the suspects who shot and killed Cuban butcher Ofredis Duarte Campos during an attempted robbery last week based on CCTV footage obtained, Commander of Region 4(A) Assistant Commissioner Edgar Thomas said.