Guyana News

Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 10.05  last night  on the public road at Montrose,  East Coast Demerara, which resulted in the death of Daniel Mc Calmon, a 29-year-old construction worker from West La Penitence, Georgetown.

Attorney at law and commentator Christopher Ram has said that Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC should be concerned that Guyana has ceded legislative sovereignty to ExxonMobil.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has now been boosted with 74 new fire-fighters after they completed an 11-week training course at the Leonora Training Centre, West Coast Demerara.

The Linden Town Council yesterday brought its protest to the city over what it charged were surreptitious plans by the Local Government Commission (LGC) to appoint a PPP/C activist as Town Clerk.

One month after losing an employee in a horrific truck accident, Zijin Mining Group, the operator of AGM Gold Mines is again in the spotlight after a truck working for it toppled down a hill and crushed the driver to death.

Two men are currently on trial for the murder of Rose Hall Town grocer, Lomenzo Johnny who in February 2020 was found with his feet tied together along with what appeared to be strangulation marks on his neck and a puncture wound above his left eye.

A nearly $100m vessel for the fisheries department of the Ministry of Agriculture has not been in use since 2020 as the personnel needed are not available.

Coss Cutter Supermarket has denied  a claim by residents that it is causing a noise nuisance on Sheriff Street.

The investigation into the murders of Melissa Arokium and her eight-year-old son, Anthony Arokium seems to be at a standstill as the Guyana Police Force has failed to provide any recent update on the matter despite a query from Stabroek News.

The Guyana Court of Appeal (CoA)  yesterday unanimously dismissed an appeal filed against the decision of Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George SC which dismissed Election Petition No.

The body of 17-year-old Saffie Daniels of Mabaruma Settlement North-West District, Region One was recovered from the Kaituma River on Friday evening, according to Regional Commander Senior Superintendent Himnauth Sawh.

Forty-nine-year-old Carlton Charles appeared yesterday before Magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with possession of narcotics.

President Irfaan Ali this morning met with the Under Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, David Rutley at State House.

The Court of Appeal, this morning, unanimously dismissed the Appeal filed by APNU+AFC against the decision of Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George SC which dismissed Election Petition No.

Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha and his driver Dasrat Debeion, received medical attention for minor injuries and were both discharged last evening following an accident in West Coast Berbice.

A night of enjoyment ended in tragedy after two young men were stabbed and chopped to death in the wee hours of yesterday morning by persons unknown while at a party on the East Coast Demerara (ECD).

A Bagotville, West Bank Demerara family is calling for justice after a relative was doused with a noxious substance that has altered his facial appearance.

The Linden Town Council yesterday raised objections to a notice it received from the Local Government Commission (LGC) that only one candidate had applied for the post of Town Clerk and would be interviewed, saying it believed that a plan was in play to appoint PPP/C candidate Lennox Gasper.

Abigail DeRamos, owner of Kosmos Grill and Lounge, says the employees will not be jobless as she was engaged with other colleagues within the industry who have agreed to accept a number of the staff that are seeking employment.

The third oil platform in the Stabroek Block – the Liza Prosperity – is currently producing an average of around 100,000 barrels per day as it ramps up to the 220,000 nameplate capacity, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat has said.