Guyana News

Michael Munroe, Kalesh Loakman, and Javed Shadick, three recent graduates of the Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS), on Monday became Guyana’s newest attorneys-at-law after being admitted to the local bar.

The Ministry of Natural Resources has condemned as “baseless and mischievous” an online report which claimed that the son of Minister Simona Broomes had been issued mining lands as “repayment” for her remaining in government.

Amir Mohammed, a police handwriting analyst, was yesterday allowed to continue his testimony during the trial of Rosanna Ramnarine, the former Guyana Gold Board (GGB) accountant accused of six counts of fraud.

With a 95% vaccination coverage for yellow fever in Guyana annually, the need for capturing the other 5% has been stressed.

With its focus on promoting healthy living, the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday distributed medicinal plants to 100 patients attending the clinic at the Guyana Cancer Institute.

A police witness testified yesterday when the trial of Maryann Daby on charges of illegal possession of a gun and ammunition continued in a city court and he recounted the discovery of the weapon at her home.

The Ministry of Natural Resources yesterday cautioned that the final amnesty it has announced for miners in arrears on payments will not be extended.

Amid negative comments on social media about his presence at a PNCR campaign launch in Linden on Saturday, Jamaica batting star Chris Gayle has reiterated that he is apolitical and had simply taken the opportunity to meet his fans.

A mining accident today at Australian-owned company, Troy Resources Ltd resulted in the death of an employee and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has been instructed to carry out a thorough investigation.

If Guyana is to avoid the oil resource curse, policymakers need to structure the Public Investment Programme to embrace transparency and evidence-based investment decisions.

A Police Corporal and another individual were arrested yesterday afternoon after they were busted with over 50 pounds of marijuana in their possession in South Ruimveldt.

Terrence Madray, who clubbed his bedridden mother with a piece of wood, resulting in her death, was yesterday sentenced to 21 years in prison after admitting to the crime.

Although she was recently cleared of a charge of obtaining almost $1 million by false pretence, Carole Chester believes that she last lost as a result of the court case.

A man died early yesterday morning after the car he was travelling in turned turtle along the De Kinderen Public Road, West Coast Demerara, during a street race.

Forty-four-year-old Athlone Pitt yesterday admitted to chopping his wife to death in an attack at Bygeval Secondary School in 2016.

A former MMC Security Force guard yesterday admitted to killing a colleague during an argument in 2016.

A youth now awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to hacking his 70-year-old stepfather to death at Crane, West Coast Demerara in 2016.

The family of a woman who died in an accident on Saturday night after being struck down by a drunken driver on the Friendship, East Bank Demerara Public Road is calling for justice.

Nearly 3,500 sugar workers have submitted a petition to President David Granger seeking a pay hike, according to a statement yesterday from their union GAWU.

A fire, suspected to be electrical in origin, gutted the home that was occupied by members of a North Sophia family, who lost all of their possessions.