Guyana News

 The Opposition has come out in condemnation of what it terms the illegal use of People’s Progressive Party (PPP)  flags at state-owned buildings and across the country.

On May 3, 2024, Bryan Edwards appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus  at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, where he pleaded guilty to the offence of possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking to wit 53.480 kg of cannabis.

Wendell Hamilton, 41, of Roraima Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara, was on Friday sentenced to prison after he appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Wales Magistrate’s Court for the possession of a firearm, ammunition, narcotics, and cultivating a prohibited plant.

Joseph Thomas, 70 , of Lot 5 Liverpool Village, Corentyne, Berbice, has been charged with being an accessory after the fact in the murder of two men on March 3rd at the Arimu Backdam, Region Seven.

On May 3, 2024, Oneal Deleon appeared before Magistrate George at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court, where he pleaded guilty to the offence of possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking to wit 5.308 kg of cannabis.

Today, between 06:00 hours and 10:15 hours, a Joint Services search was conducted at the New Mazaruni Prison and prohibited items were found.

The Turkish power ship to provide relief to GPL is to begin its journey this morning to Everton on the Berbice River where it is to be hooked up to the power grid.

As part of their efforts to exercise their right to self-determination and autonomy, the Indigenous Peoples of the Arecuna and Akawaio villages attended the first quarterly statutory meeting of the year, held from March 22 to 27 and the devastating effects of the drought was one of the issues addressed.

A 34-year-old pedestrian has been struck and killed in a hit-and-run accident involving a vehicle driven by a policeman attached to the Criminal Investigation Department.

-hunt on for suspect Joseph Forde called ‘Who U’, a 44-year-old construction worker of Lot 38 Middle Street, Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara, was chopped to death on Thursday between 21.30 and 21.45 hours at Victoria Road, East Coast Demerara, by a man known as ‘Fatta’ and ‘Kevin’. 

Shamar Davis called ‘Stamma’, a 23-year-old of Lot 56 B Field, Sophia, Georgetown, and currently a prisoner at the Lusignan Prison, appeared before Magistrate Orinthia Schmidt at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court, where he was charged with the murder of fellow inmate 23-year-old Anthony Prince.

The governments of Guyana and Jamaica yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for co-operation on media, mass communication, and public affairs.

Chicken ‘n’ Burger Delight yesterday opened a third outlet, this time at Lot 14 Richmond Public Road, Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast on the ground floor of Elevate Bar. 

Prime Minister Mark Phillips met with the Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Guyana, René van Nes,, at the Office of the Prime Minister on Camp Street in Georgetown on Thursday.

Eighty persons who were allocated moderate-income and middle-income lots at Great Diamond-Block One (Section One) participated in a lot identification exercise led by the agency’s Surveys Unit yesterday morning.

The Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Kalvin Murray for questioning in relation to the rape of a child under 16 years.

The lawyer for a New Amsterdam, Berbice businessman has written to Kaieteur News (KN) calling for the retraction of a news item where he was mistakenly identified as controversial Chinese middleman Su Zhirong.

Ramsay Ali, Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Products Limited has been re-elected unopposed as President of  the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA).

Seventy-five local public health and clinical practitioners were on Monday  awarded certificates by the Pan Caribbean Partnership (PANCAP) against HIV and AIDS  for successfully completing the University of Washington Global Health E-learning Programme on Monday, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday.

A second action filed by Danuta Radzik over the granting of a waiver for an environment survey to the Gas-to-Shore project was yesterday dismissed by  Justice Simone Morris-Ramlal who ordered Radzik to pay costs in the sum of $200,000 to the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB).