Guyana News

A 32-year-old man was on Monday remanded to prison by Magistrate Tamieka Clarke at the Charity Magistrate’s Court after he appeared before her charged with being in possession of a firearm without being the holder of a licence.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) this week questioned the approximately $112 million discrepancy between the sum budgeted to procure drugs and medical supplies for Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) in 2019, and what was actually received by the region, but received no satisfactory explanation.

Police yesterday said the body of a man, who is reportedly a vagrant, was found early yesterday morning in a trench at 10th Field, Cummings Lodge East Coast Demerara.

As part of its efforts to educate the public about fire safety, ranks from the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) attached to the Linden Fire Station yesterday engaged in an initiative to promote fire safety within the town.   

Sixty percent of the residents of Quarrie, a village in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), are now benefitting from a new water supply system.

Members of the Providence community were elected by way of a democratic process on Saturday last, to form a management committee for the Providence Police Station.

Forty-nine-year-old Ying Gou Sun of Seven Mile, Linden was placed on $150,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Monday charged with forgery.

A 27-year-old construction worker was on Monday arrested with 3.563 grammes of cannabis during a police roadblock on the Helena Public Road, East Coast Demerara.

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Monday announced that the government will this year begin providing free HPV testing with the aim of making HPV screening more accessible and affordable for all Guyanese.

Yesterday, at his Brickdam Headquarters, the Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, accompanied by his Advisor, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Malcolm Watkins, met with a delegation from the European Union Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (EU-TAIEX).

The United Nations Security Council at the request of President Irfaan Ali is set to this afternoon address Venezuelan Presi-dent Nicolas Maduro’s approval of the creation of a new state in Essequibo, Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud said last evening on the social platform X formerly known as Twitter.

A 56-year-old saleswoman of Recht Door Zee, West Bank Demerara was murdered on Sunday by her 69-year-old husband who then ingested a poisonous substance and later succumbed at the West Deme-rara Regional Hospital.

Justice Navindra Singh yesterday ruled that Chief Cooperatives Development Officer (CCDO) of the Ministry of Labour Janaknauth Panchu is restrained from intervening in the elections of the new Committee of Management (COM) at the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU).

Auditor General Deodat Sharma has undertaken an examination into the protracted construction of the Bamia/Amelia’s Ward Primary School in Region Ten (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice).

The family and relatives of 11-year-old Mark Harry-paul, who died after he was struck in the head when a teenage boy slammed a gate shut at Strathspey Primary School, have said they will hold a protest today over the Director of Public Prosecutions’ (DPP) decision not to charge the teenager.

A 43-year-old labourer of Belmont, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Allan Wilson charged with the possession of narcotics with the intent to traffic.

  The Guyana School of Agriculture last month received a brand new multipurpose agro processing facility funded by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).

A 25-year-old miner was on Friday charged and sentenced for assaulting three police ranks and resisting arrest.

The tug and barge which collided with the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) around 19:30 hrs on Sunday and caused damage to the tune of over $10 million, have been removed, Public Works Minister Juan Edghill told Stabroek News yesterday when contacted.

Government will appoint a substantive chief executive officer for the Guyana Power and Light Company when the time is right but in the interim, Executive Management Committee Head Kesh Nandall will be responsible for answering questions on issues relating to the utility company.