Guyana News

Lloyd Daniels, a 44-year-old miner of One Mile Itaballi, Region #7, was yesterday charged with the murder of fellow miner Jimmy Ashby.

Police in Regional Division #10 are investigating an incident involving a five-year-old child of  Wismar, Linden who was found with a bullet lodged in her throat.

Rupununi resident, Yuri Nicholas, is set to be sentenced on February 5th for the 2019 killing of Elton Leonard.

Companies which accepted awards in this country’s first oil blocks bid round have until the end of this month to submit additional documents requested by government for the due diligence process, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced.

A thirty-one-year-old field technician was yesterday charged with armed robbery. Totaram Boomattie aka Vick of Lot 174 Good Hope pleaded not guilty after the Administration of Justice Act was administered.

An Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam woman who was charged with her husband’s murder in May last year was last week freed at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court due to the police’s file being incomplete.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday conducted a walkabout at Farm and Mocha, East Bank Demerara, as part of efforts to improve communities.

Strengthened military ties was one of the areas of discussion on Monday between the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and a visiting US defence official.

At 10:30 pm on Wednesday, 10th January, reports provided to the Ministry of Public Works stated that an overladen truck transporting goods had caused cross-sectional damage to the temporary structure of the Pirara Bridge in Central Rupununi.

Many passengers have been left stranded here as Copa Airlines has had to cancel a number of flights which it said was because of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max 9 planes.

Former machine operator, Deonarine Seetaram of Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara (WCD), is now awaiting sentencing after admitting to the 2019 killing of re-migrant, Mohammed Shameem Hassan.

By Abigail Headley A Timehri supermarket owner, his family and his employees are now devastated after an early morning fire ravaged the  business yesterday.

Motorcyclist Premdat Govinda, 52, yesterday died in a mishap on the Demerara Harbour Bridge.

Small-arms trafficking in the Caribbean continues to undermine regional security and the United States has pledged again to continue playing a lead role in the war against guns.

Evaluation on the pre-qualification for the four companies wishing to bid on the 165MW Amaila Falls Hydropower Project is still ongoing but should be completed by early next month, Prime Minister Mark Phillips says.

President Irfaan Ali has highlighted the government’s plans to enhance the Joint Services including  a new Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) headquarters and fire-fighting training at Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) across the country.

The Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) received 492 complaints to the value of $481,370,392 in 2023 and the auto industry accounted for the majority of these.

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira yesterday said the government has written to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) requesting a withdrawal of the precautionary measures granted in favour of the Amerindian community of Chinese Landing in Barima/Waini.

Four persons are homeless in `C’ Field, Sophia following another in a spate of recent fires.

Rollot Roweley, 33, of Lot 258 West Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, Georgetown, appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday where he was charged with uttering a forged instrument.