Guyana News

Several persons have been contacted by the police in the Arimu double murder and robbery and they are presently being questioned, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said on Monday.

On Tuesday at his Brickdam office, a team from the Full Smile Foundation, met with Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony to discuss collaborative opportunities for medical and dental outreaches across Guyana later this year.

Anthony Bartolomey, a food vendor of Princes Street, Georgetown, appeared before newly appointed magistrate, Michelle Matthias, at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday where he was charged with three different offences.

Exxon Mobil Corp. today filed for arbitration to retain its preemption rights over Hess Corp.’s

The Ministry of Home Affairs today said that the Guyana Police Force – CID – Trafficking in Persons Unit, in collaboration with the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security – C-TIP Unit and the Ministry of Home Affairs, conducted a cordon and search operation at Red Dragon Night Club, situated on Robb Street, Georgetown, on Monday, March 4th, 2024, at approximately 2:30 am, based on received intelligence.

As questions continue to swirl about who should he held responsible for an oil spill off Tobago and the whereabouts of the tug that was pulling the barge that capsized, Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday continued to denied that the fuel was destined for Guyana and he said that in any event the power company only takes responsibility for cargo after discharge at its contracted location.

By Shuntel Glasgow Nikesha Sutton, a 24-year-old housewife of Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo, was murdered on Monday afternoon allegedly by her reputed husband.

The murder charge against former Police Corporal, Derwin Eastman, has been discontinued by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum confirmed yesterday Eastman was remanded to prison in 2017 for the murder of city businessman, Godfrey Scipio, popularly known as ‘Saga’ who was shot during a robbery on October 12, 2017.

Godfrey Carrington, a 59-year-old farmer of Lot 71 Unity Street, La Grange, West Bank Demerara, who was held for questioning in relation to the discovery of the charred remains of Shaquille Jones known as “Botha” was last month placed on $1 million bail with the condition that he reports to the police periodically.

During his visit here last week, Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, underscored that his government works with unionised workers and that through collective bargaining some 80 per cent in that group were able to secure agreements higher than the current inflation.

The controversy-ridden elections for a new Management Committee of the GPSCCUL has taken another turn with disgruntled members complaining to the Ministry of Labour that the polls on Saturday violated rules.

As part of the push to upgrade the nation’s infrastructure, the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW), said in a release yesterday that it is in the process of building access bridges at Canal Number 1, Canal Number 2, and Belle Vue on the West Bank of Demerara. 

The ANUG nominee to replace Dr Asha Kissoon in Parliament expressed disappointment yesterday at her failure to resign in accordance with a three-party pact governing the one seat that they control.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday acknowledged that the widening of Cemetery Road should have been completed already.

Earlier yesterday, between 9 am and 4 pm, Police ranks conducted an Eradication Exercise at Ebini backdam, Berbice River, during which two cannabis farms were found and destroyed.

Leonard Caleb yesterday appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court, where he changed his plea to guilty to  the offence of trafficking in narcotics to wit, 12.540kgs of cannabis, according to a release from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU).

Quiko, a village located in the South Central Rupununi, Region Nine, has embarked on large-scale cash crop production, a release yesterday from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

Police sources yesterday confirmed that several persons including cattle and rice farmers in Region Five are being questioned in relation to the murder of a West Coast Berbice labourer whose body was discovered with multiple chop wounds in the backlands. 

Detective Inspector DaSilva and other ranks from Police Division #10 were crossing the Berbice River on a pontoon at Tacama Junction at around 11:30 am on 2024-03-03 when they saw a man on a motorcycle approaching the pontoon.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela will hold its presidential election on July 28, the head of the national electoral council Elvis Amoroso said today.