Guyana News

Twenty-five-year-old Shaquiel Mentore has been identified as the bandit who was injured on Tuesday afternoon after he and another allegedly robbed a woman of her handbag at Campbellville, triggering a frenetic chase by public-spirited citizens.

Workers attached to the Blairmont Estate yesterday interrupted their work to express their dissatisfaction with Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo)’s pay rise offer.

A prison officer found himself before the court after he was accused of breaching a protection order and using threatening language against Donella Andrews.

President David Granger on Tuesday evening pledged to banish piracy from Region Six while pleading again with supporters to ensure that APNU+AFC wins the entire East Berbice-Corentyne. 

CARICOM Heads of Government have expressed deep concern about the continuing high rates of crime and violence in the Community and will convene a summit on the matter.

Senior Magistrate Leron Daly on Tuesday announced that she will rule in April on the charge against Sharmila Inderjali and Maryanna Lionel, who have been on trial after allegedly offering a policeman $4 million in cash to release the accused in the murder of Number 70 Village carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge laid against Devon Johnson, who is accused of the murder of a Regent Street vagrant late last year, commenced on Tuesday.

The Mayor and City Councillors of Georgetown yesterday launched the restoration fund for the complete rehabilitation of the historic City Hall building situated on the corner of Regent Street and Avenue of the Republic, in Georgetown.

Attorney Anil Nandlall has filed an application on behalf of Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, to strike out the lawsuit calling on him to disclose the academic certificates which PPP/C presidential candidate Irfaan Ali claims he has.

The police yesterday obtained additional statements as they continue to investigate the February 8th  accident which claimed the life of former national cyclist Jude Bentley, Commander of Region 4(A) Assistant Commissioner Edgar Thomas confirmed.

ExxonMobil today said that since 2015 it has spent $45.7b with local vendors and it currently has around 1900 Guyanese in its employ.

Following an intelligence-led operation a team of police ranks on February 13, 2020 at about 21:20h intercepted a motorcar on the No.

The Ministry of Education today said that all  public schools will be closed on March 2nd to facilitate the smooth operations of general and regional elections.

Guyana is entitled to five million barrels of oil in 2020 as part of its profit share with ExxonMobil and its partners in addition to the 2% royalty on all production, according to the Director of the Department of Energy, Dr Mark Bynoe.

A suspected bandit was shot and killed, while another was wounded yesterday afternoon during an escape attempt after they allegedly robbed a woman at William Street, Campbellville.

The awarding by the APNU+AFC government of major contracts close to year-end to exhaust budgetary allocations is a serious breach of financial laws, says former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran and he has warned that officials involved could be held liable.

Berbice moneychanger Mohamed Jamalodeen Nazmodin has initiated contempt proceedings for the Commissioner of Police to be jailed for not returning the more than $7 million in local currency and millions more in foreign currencies to him, following the police’s failure to have the sums forfeited as part of a money laundering probe.

When electors go to the polls on March 2, 2020 they will cast their ballots at fewer private residences as the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) in response to lobbying from the major political parties has moved 95% of polling places to public buildings such as schools, community centres and churches.

Underlining that it does not expect to win the 2020 general elections, ANUG yesterday said its capturing of a small number of seats at the March 2nd elections would help to force the two major parties to work together and it also proposed a rotating presidency and that ministers of government not be Members of Parliament.

A 12-year-old girl, who was struck down by a speeding car while crossing a street last Thursday, is currently on life-support at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).