Guyana News

Almost three months after her 8-year-old son Richard Boodram was brutally beaten by five of his former classmates at the Mon Repos Primary School his mother, Devika Persaud, said that the injury he sustained to his left eye is affecting his schoolwork.

A $6.3 Million  regional dialysis centre was officially commissioned yesterday at the New Amsterdam Regional Hospital.

The Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU) has strongly denied a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stating that the union had a meeting with Minister Keith Scott on the recent layoffs by BCGI.

President David Granger today expressed condolences on the passing of Senior Counsel Bryn Pollard yesterday.

A Bushlot Village, Corentyne woman is presently battling for her life at the New Amsterdam  Public Hospital after she was chopped about her body last evening by her husband who later committed suicide.

Years of domestic abuse ended on Thursday night when a mother of six was stabbed to death in full view of her 16-year-old daughter and her attacker, who subsequently attempted to take his own life has been arrested.

President David Granger last evening called for an 80% to 85% turnout at the March 2 general elections when he addressed a massive crowd of supporters at the Golden Grove Community Centre. 

Describing the laying off of 142 workers by the Russian bauxite company, BCGI as  legally and morally wrong, Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection Keith Scott yesterday said it never provided the necessary legal and statutory notice to either the labour department or the union as the law requires.

Two female students from the Linden Foundation Secondary School were yesterday arrested in connection with the horrific incident where a 15-year-old girl of the same institution was stabbed on Thursday.

Rickford Jones who was on trial at the High Court in Demerara for shooting and killing a man into whose house he and another had gone, was yesterday sentenced to 23 years behind bars, after pleading guilty to the charge of manslaughter.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday met with representatives of countries which will be observing the March 2 elections and was told that they will be coordinating their work to ensure maximum coverage of the country.

An employee of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure died on Thursday afternoon after he fell from one of the ministry’s trucks and was crushed to death.

Supporters of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) were last night told that there is no need for them remain at, or return to polling stations after they would have voted on elections day as the party is confident that they will emerge victorious.

A police constable was yesterday charged with assaulting a businessman six months after the alleged assault occurred. 

-matter adjourned to February 21st Following the Guyana Court of Appeal (CoA) decision to dismiss an appeal by him in the ‘law reports case’, former Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday informed Magistrate Fabayo Azore that he will be challenging the CoA decision at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

Latoya Haywood succumbed to her injuries on Thursday afternoon at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) where she was a patient for close to a month after being stabbed on Christmas morning. 

The police have been instructed to conduct further investigations into the murder of newspaper vendor Shawn Mannilall, who was shot after armed bandits invaded his Essequibo Coast home two weeks ago.

A man who was charged with trafficking narcotics last year was again faced with two trafficking charges at a City Court.

The Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry (GBTI) has selected the winners of its ‘Quick Cash Christmas’ promotion and awarded them with various prizes.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) yesterday urged customers to be more vigilant and seek verification of promotions as the company has seen an increase in fraud reports during 2019.