Guyana News

Five persons are now homeless following a fire yesterday in West Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge Corpora-tion (DHBC) says it rehabilitated 56 pontoons last year on the floating structure and said there were over 8.3m vehicle crossings.

The Suriname-Guyana Chamber of Com-merce (SGCC) yesterday announced the appointment of Rahul Lildhar as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Three men from Yarrow-kabra on the Soesdyke/ Linden Highway were on Tuesday remanded after they were read charges relating to a gun and ammunition – in the case of two – and ammunition for the third.

Four teenagers from Sand Road, Good Hope, Region Two, are currently in police custody in connection with the recent robbery at a Johanna Cecilia Supermarket.

Thirty-three-year-old Timothy Anthony Fraser, of ‘C’ Field, Sophia, Georgetown, appeared yesterday before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, where he was charged with armed robbery.

Although several persons have been arrested so far by the police in connection with a housing fraud probe, Minister in the Ministry of Housing, Susan Rodrigues says one employee has been fired on the basis of the evidence provided.

Thirty-one-year-old Gowtam Williams, an excavator operator of Hiberna, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) is currently nursing wounds about his body after he was shot in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. He

Terry Ramlall, a 56-year-old fisherman of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara was on Tuesday fined over the possession of cocaine after he pleaded guilty.

Forty-one-year-old Jermaine Benjamin, a coconut vendor of 47 West Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, Georgetown, appeared yesterday before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

The Ministry of Public Works says that from tomorrow, Thursday 4th January 2024 to Friday 5th January 2024 (Time: 21:00hrs to 03:00hrs), Asphaltic Concrete paving works will be conducted on the Hubu Main Access Road, East Bank Essequibo, Region #3 (Parika First Koker to Nancy Bar).

Police are investigating the murder of  Tommy Roberts, a 35-year-old farmer of Wanakai Village, North West District, Region One, which occurred at about 7.10 pm on January 1st, 2024 in the village.

Minister of Health,  Dr Frank Anthony yesterday made a visit to the new Diamond Hospital construction site.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) recently conducted a successful medical evacuation of  two young patients from the Chinoweing Health Post in Region Seven to receive urgent medical care.

Government will be moving this week to initiate a number of projects with the signing of the contract for the Wismar Bridge, turning of the sod for the New Amsterdam Hospital, and advertising Requests for Proposals (RFP) for national gas projects, among them.

A fire which started at Port Mourant, Corentyne just before 10 last night completely destroyed two houses and the owner of one of them died.

Guyana yesterday took up its seat as an elected member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term: 2024-2025.

The Ministry of Health is working assiduously to improve the time taken to diagnose cancer and a major move this year will be that of telepathology which will allow remote visualizing of images on a video monitor rather than viewing a specimen  through a microscope.

The Ministry of Labour yesterday said that it recovered $69m last year on behalf of workers.

Anthony Haynes was shot dead at Grahams Hall, East Coast Demerara on December 31st and a two-month-old baby was reportedly injured at the same time, sources say.