Guyana News

Ramon Andres Vansluytman, a Venezuelan national who was charged with the offence of illegal entry, having been arrested at the Sherima Crossing (Check Point) in Region Seven on 2023/11/18, was found guilty by Magistrate Crystal Lambert at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) today introduced Althia King as its elected representative to Parliament.

The Government of Guyana yesterday signed a US$35 million contract with the China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCCL) for the construction of the new Mackenzie-Wismar Bridge in Region 10.

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) on December 29th  rejected a complaint by Akamai Inc over a contract award, leaving the company dissatisfied and Member of Parliament David Patterson charging that there had been a whitewashing of the matter.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that the Governments of Guyana, Barbados and the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday formed a new company that will introduce a passenger and cargo ferry system.

Richard José, a 47-year-old Venezuelan national, perished in a fire of unknown origin yesterday morning at Lot G 11/3 Plantain Walk, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara.

Following the Full Court ruling that it “negligently misdirected” $28 million which was intended as the early extinguishing of a mortgage, Scotiabank (Guyana) has filed an appeal to the judgment which it describes as unjust.

In a statement at the United Nations Security Council on January 3rd,  Guyana’s Permanent Representative Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett condemned the recent attacks carried out by the Houthi rebel group of Yemen on ships navigating through the Red Sea.

The application process for teachers to be upgraded has been simplified, according to a release from the Ministry of Education.

A 59-year-old man of Lot 2281 Section ‘A’, Block X, Diamond, East Bank Demerara, who allegedly  pretended to be a Loans Officer, appeared before Magistrate Delon Bess at the George-town Magistrate’s Court yesterday where he was slapped with six fraud charges.

Two officers from the GDF have taken up key roles as part of the Permanent Mission of  Guyana to the United Nations.

Shaquiel Thomas and Otto McDonald appeared before Magistrate Delon Bess at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where they were charged with robbery.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP),  Shalimar Ali-Hack and team visited the Juvenile Holding Centre (JHC), on Thursday to have a first-hand insight into the facility and Juveniles currently being housed at the centre.

Kumar Saul of Lot 13 Leopold Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, appeared yesterday before Magistrate Delon Bess at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with break and enter and larceny.

Lestroy Archibald, a 29-year-old mason of Tuschen Squatting Area, East Bank Essequibo was yesterday sentenced to three months of community service on a ganja charge.

Carlton Bourne AKA Akeem Bourne, 28  is being sought by the police in relation to the murder of Chavis Akeeme Mark Wilson on Freeman Street on December 30th.

Gurudeen Lalaram was charged yesterday with the murder of his wife Parbattie Amanda Persaud, a 25-year-old vendor of Parika, East Bank Essequibo, which occurred on the 31st December 2023 at Parika.

The Indian government today approved the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between India and Guyana on cooperation in the hydrocarbon sector, according to Reuters.

The sod was turned yesterday for the construction of the Timehri Sands Golf Course and  Country Club on some 71.5 acres of land at Hyde Park, Timehri.

By Antonio Dey The temporary structure which will aid in the construction of the New Demerara Harbour Bridge is 100% completed, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill disclosed yesterday.