Guyana News

A proposal by Guyana-born Mayor of Purcellville, Kwame Fraser for a sister city relationship with Linden has been put on hold after dissent emerged in Fraser’s council.

Twenty-four residents of Kwakwani, in Region Ten, received land leases from the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) last Friday.

The relatives of the two Corentyne fishermen who have been missing since a piracy attack on their boat last October are calling on the authorities to conduct DNA testing on the skeletal remains found at the West Coast Berbice foreshore Friday last to determine if there is a match.

Guyana Fire Service (GFS) investigators have concluded that the fire which destroyed the Sachi Superstore on Regent Street, Georgetown last Monday was an act of arson.

Investigators are still working to determine who opened fire on Tuesday leaving Randy Bowen dead and his accomplice injured after they robbed a woman of her handbag in Campbellville.

Schools across the capital city celebrated Guyana’s 50th republic anniversary last Friday, with cultural songs and dances and presentations on the history of the Mashramani celebrations.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the supply of newborn care packages for mothers and children in Region 9.

Nine foreign nationals, comprising six Haitian citizens and three Cuban citizens, were fined and ordered de-ported last Friday after they admitted to illegally departing from Guyana.

A man was remanded to prison on Friday after being charged with assaulting a policeman.

A man was on Friday handed a three-month sentence for assaulting a woman.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) today expressed grave concern that a unilateral change in the location of polling places could disenfranchise voters and it called on GECOM to promptly reverse the last-minute alterations.

Opposition-appointed members of GECOM yesterday charged  that late changes were made to the list of polling places by the Chief Election Officer (CEO) without their knowledge, adding to concerns raised by the PPP that its supporters could be disadvantaged on polling day.

CANU on Saturday evening intercepted 61 lbs of suspected cocaine on a go-fast boat at the Parika Backdam and two men are in custody and a third who allegedly issued threats is being sought.

The army corporal who sustained burns on 90% of his body following a fireworks explosion on Saturday died  yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

The opposition PPP has written the Guyana Elections Commission over allegations of inducement by Minister of Communities Annette Ferguson, who it said on the eve of voting by the disciplined services held a secret meeting with some members where she promised house lots if they voted her government back into office.

Director General, Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon on Thursday commissioned a $38M Immigration Office at Independence Avenue, MacKenzie, Linden.

Work has finally begun on a new campus building for St Rose’s High School on Church Street and is expected to be completed by August next year.

Two weeks have passed since former national cyclist Jude Bentley lost his life in an accident and his frustrated family has said that they are “clueless” about the police investigation into the matter.

A thirteen-year-old female of West Demerara, who had filed a sexual assault complaint against a pandit with the police on Monday last has committed suicide. 

Lolita Callendar, called ‘Lola Doll,’ who was found guilty of assaulting fellow make-up artist Onika Pompey, on Friday began paying compensation for the damage caused by the attack.