Guyana News

The cause of the recent fire that claimed the life of toddler Mahin Rampersaud at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara is yet to be determined and is likely to remain unsolved, according to a source close to the investigation.

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force on Monday during a four-hour eradication operation in the Berbice River, destroyed several fields of cannabis cultivation with plants measuring from a foot to four feet in height.

The landfill facility at Lethem, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo will soon be transformed into a sanitary landfill site, Senior Environmental Engineer attached to the Ministry of Communities, Satrohan Nauth disclosed recently, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI) .

Autopsies performed on the remains of Ravie Chowtie and Ozard Russell, the two friends whose bodies were recovered on Friday, days after they fell into the Essequibo River confirmed that they both drowned, Commander of ‘D’ Division Edmond Cooper confirmed.

Bail was denied to a vagrant who was charged with a larceny at a city court on Monday.

Months after he was charged with trafficking almost 325 pounds of narcotics, Azim Baksh, a Good Hope, East Coast Demerara furniture maker was today sentenced to five years imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine of over $221M after he was found guilty of the crime.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition supporters returned to the streets nationwide today to keep the heat on embattled President Nicolas Maduro and demand he allow humanitarian aid into the country where food and medicine shortages are rife.

A competitive bidding process would likely be used for next year’s slated oil licensing round, according to Head of the Department of Energy (DoE) Dr.

Two representatives from the Carter Center yesterday met with members of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) as part of an “exploratory mission” to gather information on preparations for the holding of General and Regional elections.

Sheneza Jafarally, the student who is accused of making a bomb threat that forced the cancellation of classes at the Turkeyen Campus of the University of Guyana (UG), was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the crime.

The manager of the Rio Nightclub was yesterday charged with operating a brothel.

Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams SC on behalf of government yesterday asked the Court of Appeal for orders to stay the effects of two of Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire’s judgments on the December 21st no-confidence vote against government and to keep the president, the Cabinet and government in place until the appeals he filed last week are heard and determined.

A 23-year-old man was yesterday granted his release on $150,000 bail after he was charged with raping a 13-year-old girl.

Paul Charles, the miner who is accused of fatally stabbing another man at Falmouth Village, Essequibo River last Thursday, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with murder.

Head of the Department of Energy (DoE) Dr. Mark Bynoe yesterday announced the completion of a best practice Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) template, which is expected to guide future oil sector licensing.

Civil society groups have formed a forum to address the governance of Guyana within the ambit of Article 13 of the Constitution.

An office assistant at the Ministry of Public Security is now a remanded prisoner after he was charged with an armed robbery in which he was purportedly shot by his accomplice, resulting in his capture.

The police in ‘F’ Division are probing the death of a man who was shot by a licensed firearm holder who he allegedly attacked last Thursday evening at Kartuni Backdam, Cuyuni River.

The Guyana Police Force says that from yesterday, Charlotte Street running East to West, between Shiv Chanderpaul Drive and Oronoque Street was converted into a one-way street for west bound traffic.

A 52-year-old man was yesterday midday discovered dead in an abandoned house in Stanleytown, New Amsterdam.