Guyana News

The Linden Town Council is considering litigation in response to the unilateral appointment by the Local Government Commission (LGC) of Town Clerk, Lennox Gasper.

The Region Nine council is continuing to award contracts to a blacklisted contractor.

Preliminary test results have shown that shell casings from the bullets supposedly intended for journalist, Travis Chase, have “significant similarities” with those from the gun he owns, according to the Guyana Police Force.

A 17-year-old Mabaruma resident is missing and presumed drowned after falling into the Kaituma River.

Authorities in Suriname have apprehended two suspects wanted in Guyana for the assault of a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank.

Hundreds of persons turned up to bid farewell to Lieutenant Colonel, Michael Charles at his home in Timehri, East Bank Demerara, yesterday.

An overseas-based Canadian Guyanese narrowly escaped a fire at his Number 70 Village, Corentyne house on Tuesday morning which is suspected to be a case of arson.

An altercation involving three women at a fast foot outlet has left one of them nursing multiple stab wounds.

Rondel Stephen, a 41-year-old farmer of Henrietta, Essequibo Coast, was charged yesterday with the offence of Possession of Narcotics for the Purpose of Trafficking (33.99 grams of Cannabis).

Ten officials from across the Caribbean are currently in Guyana for a knowledge exchange programme with the Ministry of Education here on its Education Management Information System (EMIS) that was launched on October 30.

Cattle rustling and the illegal slaughter of animals have been longstanding issues affecting residents and farmers of Cane Grove and the Police say they have made significant strides in addressing these and various other concerns affecting residents of the community.

The Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna has reiterated France’s support for Guyana’s territorial integrity and called on Venezuela not to take any unilateral action in relation to the ongoing controversy.

Barbadian Prime  Minister Mia Amor Mottley is to head to St Vincent and the Grenadines for tomorrow’s critical meeting between the leaders of Guyana and Venezuela,  according to today’s Barbados Nation.

(Trinidad Guardian) Returning home from work yesterday morning, Marcus John met a chilling sight.

The Auditor General’s report for 2022 has disclosed that the Ministry of Health disposed of 94,464 vials of expired Sputnik COVID-19 vaccines worth $410.8m.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday rejected claims in a letter sent by Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro to Vincentian Prime Minister, Ralph Gonsalves that the border controversy between the two countries is up for discussion.

By Subhana Shiwmangal A fourth person who was involved in the minibus accident on the Friendship, East Bank Demerara Public Road on Sunday morning succumbed to his injuries while receiving treatment at the hospital yesterday morning.

The hearing of the fraud cases stemming from the March 2020 general elections  was further postponed  yesterday to January 15 to ensure that the files are properly organised.

Information from the police yesterday said that three of the servicemen who died in last Wednesday’s helicopter crash near Arau died from burns.

Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, Paul Slowe yesterday pleaded not guilty to three counts of sexual assault after the magistrate’s court ruled that his matters will be handled summarily and not indictably.