Guyana News

The Guyana Police Force (GPF), through its Fallen Heroes Foundation, on Friday handed over cheques to the relatives and children of nine officers who lost their lives in the line of duty over the years.

A Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara youth, who was stabbed on Thursday night as he rushed to the aid of two neighbours who were being attacked by a bandit, is recovering but remains in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Seventeen members of the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) last week participated in port security training by Chile’s DIRECTEMAR.

Rehabilitation works at Le Repentir cemetery have been stalled due to the heavy rains and an assessment will be done to determine the way forward, Assistant City Engineer Kabila Hollingsworth says.

Minister of State,  Dawn Hastings-Williams, yesterday thanked the United States (US) Air Force New Horizons team for building three community centres, one women’s shelter and providing health services to 13, 346 persons during their exercise here from May to August 2019.

A 35-year-old man, who allegedly stole $300,000 worth of articles from a mechanic shop in Charlestown, was on Friday remanded to prison after he failed to give the court a fixed address where he resides.

Denish Nunes, who was charged in June with possession of 60 grammes of cannabis, was on Friday told that he would have to lead his defence in the matter.

A 23-year-old man charged with possession of narcotics was granted bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

A Sophia woman accused of stealing money from another woman was granted bail when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

Drainage and security issues in the Profit/Foulis area on the West Coast of Berbice will be addressed.

Residents of Mahaicony in Region 5 have called for the re-opening of the sub-office of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) in the area.

An election date has not been named but the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has started training Election Day staff.

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Credit Union will soon be leading it into a long overdue Annual General Meeting (AGM) soon, according to IMC head Trevor Benn, who says much development has taken place since the interim body was installed.

The proposed road to link Ogle, East Coast Demerara to Diamond, East Bank Demerara, will need roughly 3.5 times more money than the initial US$50 million that was secured, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has said.

The man who succumbed after being struck last month along the La Penitence Public Road has been identified as an 80-year-old resident of McDoom Public Road, East Bank Demerara.

When 16-year-old Amisha Ramdin announced her interest in writing 20 subjects at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, the Saint Ignatius Secondary School student was met with both encouragement and skepticism.

President David Granger on Friday said ongoing reformation has better positioned the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to protect the country’s territorial integrity as well as to cater to the needs of its members. 

Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan has dismissed privacy concerns over the use of face recognition and tracking technology as part of the CCTV Surveillance system, saying that he sees no risks of the system being abused.

The police are investigating the murder of a porter, who was fatally beaten at Kumaka, in Region One, last night.

A football game ended in bloodshed on Thursday evening after one of the players was brutally chopped about his body by another at the Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara (WBD) playfield.