Guyana News

The Guyana Elections Commission yesterday announced that former Chief Election Commissioner of India, Dr.

Five persons including a pregnant medic and a nurse died while four others were seriously injured following an accident along the Fairfield Public Road, Mahaicony yesterday morning.

Seventeen-year-old Akshay Budhairam who was allegedly beaten and burnt by two cops, who accused him of breaking into their La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD) home earlier this week has since denied the allegation while noting that he believes his attackers wanted him dead.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George, SC yesterday dismissed an application by the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) to quash a Toll Order by the Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson which prevented it from implementing planned increases.

A taxi-driver was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with the rape of a 12-year-old girl.

The prosecution yesterday closed its case against Shawn Neblett, an ex-policeman who is wanted in the United States for trafficking of cocaine.

The Guyana Court of Appeal (CoA) yesterday dismissed an appeal by Anil Nandlall in the ‘law reports case’, having found that acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC, was justified in refusing to interfere with the decision by Magistrate Fabayo Azore on November 23rd 2018 to overrule a no-case submission made on his behalf.

The Leguan Ferry Service will function normally for a limited time to accommodate residents who have been inconvenienced by the major repairs underway to the stelling on the Essequibo River island.

Justice Fidela Corbin-Lincoln on Tuesday ordered the Gaming Authority to consider, process, and determine an application for a casino operator’s licence made by Sleepin International Hotel and Casino Inc.

The Board of Directors of the Guyana Manufact-uring and Services Association (GMSA) yesterday hosted its Annual Presentation Awards Dinner  which  featured Dr.

Five Courts customers were yesterday rewarded for their participation in a Christmas holiday  promotion.

A man who was reportedly ‘flying over the fence” with a quantity of stolen items was denied bail after being charged in a City court.

President David Granger has exhorted the senior officers of the Guyana Police Force to help create an organisation that members of the public can trust to keep them and their loved ones safe and secure. 

The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) is working  with the Government of the Republic of Serbia to produce a sustainable plan for a National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) and geospatial policy, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported yesterday.

Thirty-three students graduated from the Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School (AW&HWAES) at the institute’s 21st graduation ceremony on Tuesday.

A driver was granted bail after a City court heard that he assaulted a policeman.

A youth charged with possession of live ammunition was granted bail after a prosecutor told the court that the alleged ammunition was not yet tested.

A man charged with possession of narcotics, which police allege he threw on the ground, has been remanded.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump today became the third U.S. president to be impeached as the House of Representatives formally charged him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in a historic step that will inflame partisan tensions across a deeply divided America.

At least five persons are believed to have died following a fatal accident at Mahaicony around midday today.