Guyana News

Counsel for the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), who had requested that Dwane Williams, the alleged witness to the Lindo Creek murders, be called to testify, were yesterday blindsided by the news that he had already been privately interviewed by the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) investigating the killings.

Quick thinking by public-spirited citizens last evening thwarted an attempt by a taxi driver to flee the scene after he had struck down an elderly woman on Regent Street.

Residents of Roxanne Burnham Gardens are displeased with a decision made by the Mayor and City Council to allow the transformation of Council reserve land, at the entrance of the community, into a barbeque pit.

Uraj Ramdin, the Lusignan mechanic who was shot by a home invader on Sunday night during a Mother’s Day celebration at his mother’s Mon Repos residence is currently hospitalised in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Monday donated new chrome-plated steel pan instruments to the boys of the St.

The Ministry of Public Health is still renting the controversial Sussex Street drug bond as it awaits the completion of a facility in Bartica to house a CT scan machine and the expansion of the Diamond, East Bank Demerara drug bond.

Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) of the Ministry of Public Health, Taramattie Persaud-Barker is retiring after having given 31 years of service to the nursing profession. She

Linden couple, Haslyn and Audrey Graham are lauding the Small Business Bureau (SBB) for coming to their rescue when an act of nature put their business on the brink of collapse last year, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Thirty-six companies yesterday tendered for the construction of La Parfaite Harmonie Police Station.

Two government ministries have teamed up to push for minimum international standards for health care and infrastructure for institutions offering services to Guyana’s elderly population.

Although three men allegedly set alight two Enterprise, East Coast Demerara houses within hours last week, Divisional Commander Edmond Cooper says that the fires are not being investigated as arson.

Former Bishops’ High School teacher Coen Jackson, who is charged with engaging in sexual activity with a child, was today committed to stand trial.

CARACAS/VALENCIA,  (Reuters) – U.S.-based food company Kellogg said today it had pulled out of Venezuela due to its brutal economic crisis, the latest business to end operations in the oil-rich nation heaving under hyperinflation and strict price controls.

Maryann Daby of Lot 127 D’ Aguiar Park was today charged and remanded over the attempted murder of Police Constable Christopher Kissoon as a result of an incident outside of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club on Albert Street and Thomas Lands on Sunday.

Justice Donald Trotman yesterday voiced his dissatisfaction with the quality of the criminal investigation conducted by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) into the Lindo Creek murders after an investigator said he was satisfied with the outcome, although he admitted to not doing any legwork himself.

The Guyana Prison Authority has launched a probe of pictures of inmates at the New Amsterdam Prison having a grand party with bottles of expensive liquor, juice and energy drinks.

A 36-year-old fruit vendor was stabbed to death early yesterday morning during what appears to be a robbery at his Mahaica house and the police have since arrested a man for questioning.

-lawyers appeal for key “witness’ to be called The army was in receipt of information on the slaying of the eight miners at Lindo Creek five days before their burnt remains were found by the owner of the camp, the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the murders learnt yesterday.

PPP/C Chief Whip Gail Teixeira and anti-corruption watchdog Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc.

The State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalise information sharing.