Guyana News

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.

Azim Ali, the 30-year-old man who the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) said was recently intercepted with just over 68 pounds of marijuana, was remanded to prison last Wednesday after being charged with possession of the drug for trafficking.

The University of Guyana (UG) on December 12th held it 29th annual Long Service Awards Ceremony in the Education Lecture Theatre (ELT), Turkeyen Campus.

The Mayor and City Council and the Ministry of Public Infrastructure have done a clean-up of Caneview Avenue, South Ruimveldt Gardens, Georgetown, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported yesterday.

Gavin Nero, who was sentenced to 30 years in jail after he admitted to the rape of a six-year-old girl, has been granted a reduction by the Court of Appeal.

Magistrate Alex Moore this morning recused himself from the case in which Marcus Bisram is accused of murdering Faiyaz Narinedatt.

Miners yesterday issued what they called A Manifesto for Mining, arguing  against the phasing out of mercury without a “viable, proven replacement” and for a continuation of controversial river prospecting.