Guyana News

The police in Region 3 (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) are probing the death of a one-year-old, who is suspected to have drowned in a trench behind her Harlem, West Coast Demerara (WCD) home on Monday afternoon.

Convicted child rapist Selwyn Lancaster was yesterday sentenced to spend the next 15 years in prison for his crimes by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the construction of the Yarrowkabra Secondary School, Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

Two men have confessed to investigators that they were a part of a five-man fishing crew that was behind the recent piracy attack which left two Corentyne fishermen dead and two missing.

A Port Mourant, Corentyne upper flat apartment was destroyed yesterday by a fire, suspected to be of electrical origin, leaving a family of seven seeking help to find a new home.

Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall yesterday imposed an 18-year sentence on a man who was found guilty of raping a child under the age of 16.

Essequibo couple Dhanraj and Kamwattie Rambaran, who were charged in April with trafficking two Venezuelan women, have been freed after a court upheld a no-case submission made by their attorney.

The police are preparing to charge a Patentia, West Bank Demerara (WBD) man with several offences including possession of an illegal firearm.

A 21-year-old man is now dead and one of his friends was critically injured after the motor car in which they were in crashed into a parked vehicle along the La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara Public Road on Saturday afternoon.

In the Thursday September 12, 2019 edition of Stabroek News (SN), our claim that the award of the petroleum exploration licences was subject to the Public Procurement Act was rejected by the Public Procurement Commission and by Dr.

A 21-year-old pedal cyclist is now dead after he was struck down by an alleged drunken driver along the Evergreen, Essequibo Coast Public Road on Monday evening.

A man was sentenced to four months in prison last Friday after admitting to stealing a cellphone that he borrowed for a phone call.

Shane Morgan, called ‘Demon’ and three others are now remanded prisoners after being formally charged with the murder of gold miner Deon Stoll, who was fatally shot by robbers outside El Dorado Trading in Newtown, Kitty, just over two weeks ago.

Shane Morgan, called ‘Demon,’ and three other men were remanded to prison this afternoon after being charged with the murder of gold miner Deon Stoll, who was shot and killed two weeks ago after armed bandits attempted to rob him outside El Dorado Trading in Newtown, Kitty.

A second round of spring tides in less than a month saw Mahaicony residents complaining that yesterday’s flooding was even higher than that at the end of September even as the authorities continue repairs to breaches in an eroded sea dam.

The Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) is suggesting that international laws could protect Guyana from the most egregious provisions of the oil agreement with an ExxonMobil subsidiary since by contravening domestic law it violates several of the guidelines of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The current Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) this country has with an ExxonMobil subsidiary will not be renegotiated under a Robert Badal-led government as the Change Guyana Party (CGP) presidential candidate believes that the point at which it was struck was a key factor. 

Guyana’s Foreign Secretary Carl Greenidge has called for Guyanese reporters to embrace specialized reporting as means to provide more informed and in-depth issue-based journalism in an age when misinformation and false news can threaten developmental goals.

Residents of Mabaruma in Region One are disappointed that the 400 KW solar farm project got damaged by lightning even before they had a chance to enjoy the improved electricity they were promised. 

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall has lamented the continued non-functioning of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) since September 2017, adverting to its importance  in the proper functioning of the rule of law and the separation of powers.