Guyana News

The trial of the Crabwood Creek couple charged with possession of forged United States currency has been reassigned following Magistrate Alex Moore’s recent decision to recuse himself from hearing the case.

A man has been ordered to compensate a friend $100,000 or serve two months in jail after committing a drunken assault.

Television and radio broadcasters will from next year be required to submit their audited financial statements to renew their licences, Chairman of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Board of Directors Leslie Sobers has revealed.

Guyana participated in the 12th International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Air Services Negotiation Event (ICAN2019) from December 2nd to December 6th in Aqaba, Jordan, where it concluded the negotiation of Air Services Agreements with eight countries.

The Guyana Elections Commission  (GECOM) today decided by a majority vote to allow a five-day field verification of the supposedly new registrants recorded during the truncated and controversial House to House (HtH) exercise.

Two police constables, who are brothers are currently under close arrest after they allegedly beat and burnt a 17-year-old, who they accused of breaking into their Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD) home last week.

The police are investigating the murder of a 28-year-old athletics coach whose lifeless body was discovered early this morning with multiple stab wounds at D’Urban Park.

While declaring that no laws were broken in the selection of companies to come here to bid on Guyana’s first three lifts of oil from the Liza-1 field, Director of the Department of Energy (DE) Dr.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has received applications from 14 new political parties for symbols with which they hope to contest the upcoming general and regional elections.

Legendary former West Indian cricketer Basil Butcher passed away last night after a prolonged period of illness.

Magistrate Alex Moore has recused himself from hearing the case against Marcus Bisram, who is accused of directing the murder of a Corentyne carpenter, in wake of a petition being sent to the Chancellor of the Judiciary accusing him of showing favour to the defence during a hearing.

Twelve persons including several children were displaced yesterday morning after a fire of unknown origin gutted their Plaisance, East Coast Demerara house.

Shawn Harris, the Kitty man who was charged with murdering a vagrant in 2017, was yesterday found guilty of the offence by a 12-member jury.

A Stanleytown motorcyclist died on  Sunday evening and another biker is now in a critical condition after they collided on the Main Road in New Amsterdam.

Former policeman Teon Allen, known as ‘Spoil Child’, was yesterday faced with four charges, including shooting at a lawman, stemming from an encounter with police at Houston.

Director of School of the Nations, Dr Brian O’Toole said he had a fruitful meeting last week with Crime Chief (ag) Michael Kingston in relation to the almost one-year-old shooting in which he was wounded.

The driver and conductor of a Route 44 minibus who were caught on camera dancing and gyrating as they proceeded along the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) roadway more than one month ago were arrested and yesterday charged with several traffic offences.

State prosecutor Teshanna Lake is expected to respond to a no-case submission made by the defence in the trial of acting Registrar of Deeds Azeena Baksh, who is accused of fraudulently causing or procuring valuable securities in the total sum of $4.5 million.

The results of the DNA test that is being done locally on the samples taken from the charred remains suspected to be those of missing witness Colin Rodney Jr are expected to be ready before the end of this week.

International lawyer and environmental activist Melinda Janki has called on members of the United Nations to request Guyana to halt all oil activities until human rights are protected.