Guyana News

Police in Linden are probing the discovery of a human skull found in the vicinity of the Wismar-Mackenzie Bridge.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is continuing in its ongoing efforts to resolve the ongoing situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its implications for the Community.

In a sign that it recognizes that early general elections are inevitable, A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition officially launched its campaign committee today at Congress Place, Sophia.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Military intervention in Venezuela by the United States is not imminent, U.S.

Finding that the December 21st no-confidence motion against the David Granger administration was validly passed, Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire SC yesterday said that the 33 votes in its favour constituted the needed majority of the 65-member National Assembly and that this should have triggered the immediate resignation of the Cabinet, including the President.

A toddler died yesterday in a fire that destroyed his Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara home.

The Government yesterday said it noted and respects the rulings of the Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George handed down yesterday in connection with the successful December 21, 2018 motion of no confidence in the National Assembly.

The United Kingdom (UK) yesterday terminated the contract that Dr. Sam Sittlington has with the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU); the same day that Stabroek News reported that he has registered a local branch of his company even while advising SOCU on training and a range of other matters.

One of the five men charged last year with trafficking over 100 pounds of cocaine and cannabis at Parika, East Bank Essequibo, was yesterday convicted and sentenced to four years in jail, while his co-accused were freed.

An accused child molester was arrested yesterday at a West Bank Demerara village, where residents dismantled and torched parts of the shack he called home after he was found there with four minor boys.

A city magistrate yesterday committed former murder accused Odinga Greene to stand trial for the rape of a 13-year-old girl.

A teenager who fatally stabbed an Upper Corentyne hire car driver in his neck in July, 2017, yesterday pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter at the High Court in Berbice.

Noting that Chief Justice Roxane George has ruled that the no confidence motion passed in the National Assembly on 21st December 2018, is lawful and valid, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday called on GECOM to prepare for general elections in line with its constitutional obligations. 

Jewellery and pawn shop owner Freeman Fordyce was yesterday found guilty of the offence of unlawful possession of a pistol and ammunition and he is to be sentenced today.

Special Superintendent of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Forensic Analyst, Sheronie James, yesterday issued an explanation for her resignation and also said she was fully qualified for the position she held.

Courts Optical Brand on Main Street on Wednesday awarded four lucky customers with new spectacles and the benefit of eye testing, all of which will be free of cost for the rest of their lives.

Damion Williams, one of the two men accused of trafficking almost 150 pounds of cannabis at Parika in 2017, was yesterday found guilty of the crime and sentenced to five years in jail.

Investigations into the threat made against School of the Nations are still underway and police sources have told Stabroek News that they have questioned a number of persons.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is yet to apprehend the man who beat and stabbed his ex-wife during an attack on Wednesday morning.

Chief Constable Andrew Foo, on Wednesday morning called an emergency meeting to address claims of victimization by one of their constabulary officers, made in a Kaieteur News article published last Sunday.