Guyana News

It has been more than a month since well-known Guyhoc Park mechanic Reginald Atherly was shot and killed during a home invasion and while no charge has yet been laid, Commander of ‘A’ Division Marlon Chapman said the investigation remains active.

A 32-year-old woman who was accused of wounding a man during a scuffle was yesterday granted bail after she denied the charge, which was read in a city court.

A 23-year-old man was ordered to do two months of community service after he explained to a court that he would not act in a threatening manner toward his mother again.

The police are seeking the assistance of the public in locating thirty-seven-year-old Clive Frederick Wilson, who is accused of fatally stabbing the mother of his children on Sunday morning at Victoria, East Coast Demerara while she was asleep.

A 23-year-old Guyhoc Park resident was released on $40,000 bail by a Georgetown Magistrate after he pleaded not guilty to two charges.

A file in relation to a vehicular accident which occurred in May that claimed the life of an 18-year-old some two months later, has been sent for legal advice.

The police today said that Clive Frederick Wilson is wanted in relation to murder committed on Shemain Frank on 2019/08/25 at Victoria Village, E.C.D.

GECOM will bring the ongoing national house-to-house registration exercise to a premature end on August 31st.

Nearly 300 customers of Republic Bank Guyana Limited have been reimbursed in excess of $20 million following a series of fraudulent activities on its VISA International Debit Cards.

A preliminary report by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has said that the threshold lights that caused the rupturing of the tyres of an American Airlines (AA) aircraft were not in the correct position at the time of the incident.

Despite a dip in rice exports within the first six months of the year as compared to 2018, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) says more revenue has been earned during the same period by way of the sale of higher-value products.

Chief Constable Andrew Foo has come in for censure from the City Council after he delayed  launching an investigation into the disappearance of a fence at Russell Square, Stabroek by over a week.

Guyana Goldfields Incorporated, owner of Aurora Gold Mine has commenced what is being described as successful underground exploration at its north-west Mazaruni location.

More than a year after local cable TV company E-Networks was told by the Ministry of Public Telecommunications that it had not been licensed to lay and land a subsea cable, the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) has once again placed a notice for mariners about the company’s cable laying project, which was due to start yesterday.

Sherlock James, the gold miner who attempted to take his own life after allegedly fatally stabbing his wife, Vinnette Headley-James during an argument at their Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara home one week ago has been discharged from the hospital and is now in police custody.

Georgetown’s Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has begun discussions with the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) on the payment of the outstanding balance on workers’ contributions.

Minister of State, Dawn Hastings- Williams, last evening, travelled to several communities in Upper Demerara-Berbice where she handed over building and cleaning supplies to residents who were severely affected by a storm last week.

Additional documents requested by the Audit Office for its forensic audit of City Hall have been dispatched, acting Town Clerk Sherry Jerrick has informed the Georgetown Mayor and Council.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the rehabilitation and modification of the Guyana Revenue Authority’s Building in New Amsterdam, Berbice.

A man was on Monday asked to post $75,000 bail for his release after he denied having possession of cannabis for trafficking.