Guyana News

Camika Edwards, a 45-year-old businesswoman of East La Penitence, Georgetown, was arrested on 2023-12-05 by a rank from the Vigilance Police Station with 13 grams of cannabis and charged yesterday with possession.

The annual Festival of Carols will be held on Wednesday December 13th 2023 at 6:00 pm in the Cathedral on Brickdam.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, yesterday handed over five boats and engines purchased with $23m in Government of Guyana funds.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) minutes ago announced that it has lost contact with its GDF BELL 412 Helicopter (8R-AYA) approximately 30 miles east of Arau on the country’s western borders.

 (Agence France Presse) China said tday it supported close ally Venezuela and Guyana in resolving border issues, as Caracas proposed a bill to create a Venezuelan province in a disputed oil-rich region.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil rejects any use of force by Venezuela to occupy the Esequibo territory in Guyana and will urge the Caracas government not to threaten its neighbour, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s top foreign policy advisor said today.

In defiance of the ICJ, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro yesterday announced a series of steps following Sunday’s referendum on Essequibo including handing out of exploration licences in the county and President Irfaan Ali last night said Guyana has contacted the UN Secretary General on this “imminent threat” and the army is on full alert.

Charges against two policemen for conspiring in an $8m robbery against a Chinese national were thrown out yesterday when it was found that the requisite fiat had not been inscribed on the case jacket.

The Diamond/Grove Magistrate’s Court is now the first in the country to employ a sophisticated electronic Court Case Management System (CCMS), following the launch of the pilot initiative yesterday.

Several sources close to the government have told Stabroek News that the Government of Guyana is considering a 9% increase for public servants.

Kerwin Ward, a 36-year-old construction worker of Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara, yesterday appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul where he was charged with the offence of causing death by dangerous driving following a serious accident involving Arnold Padmore who  succumbed on April 27.

By Shuntel Glasgow After being shot twice on Thursday, Deo Kissoon, of Herstelling Sea Dam, East Bank Demerara, was released from the hospital, but his family is now fearful for their lives as they say they are constantly being attacked by unknown persons.

President Irfaan Ali on Monday lambasted the Eccles/Ramsburg Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) for its poor performance in managing its constituencies.

Residents of Lot 22, Windsor Castle, Anna Regina, Region Two, had the fright of their lives when four masked gunmen  entered their home and robbed them at around 9 pm on Monday. 

Prime Minister  Mark Phillips yesterday met with a team of executives from BOSAI Minerals Group (Guyana)  at his Office on Camp Street on developments at the company.

Police ranks in Regional Division #6, on Monday discovered a Beretta Pistol with six live rounds in the magazine and fifteen in an ammunition box along with a quantity of suspected cannabis at the Brotherson Pump, Canje River in Berbice.

The pipe that broke last Thursday in front of the St Thomas More Men’s Homestead on Lamaha Street, Kitty, Georgetown, was repaired by a crew from Guyana Water Inc (GWI) at around 10am on Monday, according to a resident of the home.

Almost two weeks after several persons were arrested by the police in relation to a housing fraud involving Ministry of Housing personnel, Regional Commander (Ag), Assistant Commissioner Simon McBean yesterday said that the matter is still being investigated.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s military is reinforcing its northern border due to rising tensions between its neighbours Venezuela and Guyana over Venezuela’s claim to the Essequibo region, the Ministry of Defense said today.

The police today said that following a report of robbery committed on Qi Li Lin, who was relieved of $8 million dollars on the 29th of November, 2023, a comprehensive investigation was conducted, and the evidence revealed that two constables Julian Smartt and Winston Williams, both conspired with the principal offenders to rob the victim of his property.