Guyana News

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against the accused in the murder of Patrick Fraser, known as ‘White Boy,’ commenced yesterday with the testimony of six witnesses.

Two persons died after the vehicle in which they were travelling crashed into the fence of Yokohama Trading at Liliendaal this evening.

A Corentyne businessman suffered over $40m in losses during the wee hours of this morning after a fire suspected to be arson completed destroyed the premises where he resided and operated his business. 

With fewer than 300 persons collecting their national identification (ID) cards since some 18,512 with uncollected cards were named, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is hoping to ramp up its public awareness campaign to possibly improve the public response.

A police constable died after his motorcycle collided with a car at the intersection of Brickdam and Chalmers Place during the wee hours of yesterday.

A Sophia couple was arrested on Sunday evening after an hours-long operation by the police unearthed a quantity of illegal items including an AK-47 assault rifle.

The future here of Indian logging company Vaitarna will come under increasing scrutiny after its sister company in the state  of Karnataka shut down suddenly yesterday, months after its owner V G Siddhartha died in an apparent suicide.

Who made the decision to remove Walter Rodney’s name from the National Archives and when was the change made?

The two men tried for murdering a security guard during a 2013 multi-million dollar heist in Lethem were yesterday found guilty by a jury.

Farmers in Berbice now have access to a soil and disease testing lab that could possibly help increase rice yields after the Nand Persaud Group of Companies in collaboration with the University of Guyana’s Tain Campus yesterday commissioned the facility. 

Fed up after almost a month without power, several residents of Port Kaituma, in Region One, yesterday protested against the Port Kaituma Power and Light Company (PKPL).

A La Grange, West Bank Demerara resident was yesterday granted his release on $200,000 bail after he denied a charge of attempting to export over $7 million in raw gold without a licence.

The police are investigating the death of an Essequibo labourer, whose lifeless body was discovered on Coffee Grove Public Road, Essequibo Coast early yesterday morning following a suspected hit-and-run accident.

The Mayor and City Councillors yesterday took the City Constabulary to task on the issue of security as “seasonal vending” has started within the city.

The driver of the minibus that toppled along De Kinderen Public Road, on the West Coast of Demerara last Friday morning, leaving 31-year-old Reshma Ramotar dead and her husband and their three minor children injured, was yesterday released on bail after he was charged with three traffic offences, including causing death by dangerous driving.

Some residents of the North Rupununi villages of Kaicumbay and Yupukari now have access to water in their homes for the first time, according to a release on Sunday from the Guyana Water Inc (GWI).

Canadian miner, Guyana Goldfields Inc yesterday announced the appointment of  Alan Pangbourne as the Company’s Presid-ent and Chief Execu-tive Officer (“CEO”), effective January 1, 2020.

Kevin Abrams, who is accused of having quantities of cannabis and cocaine in his possession for trafficking, was yesterday granted his release on a total of $60,000 bail after denying the charges.

 The Commonwealth yesterday announced a new partnership designed to reduce domestic violence in member countries.Yesterday,

Darrel Kennedy, 23, who police say was caught with a gun in his pants crotch, was yesterday remanded to prison after being faced with three charges.