Guyana News

A Bush Lot Farm man died yesterday afternoon at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital one day after severely chopping his ex-wife and her boyfriend and then consuming a poisonous substance.

The police on the Essequibo Coast are conducting investigations into a fatal accident that occurred on Sunday, at Airy Hall, Essequibo Coast.

An Albion carpenter, who was also a part-time fisherman, died yesterday morning after he was struck off his bicycle at Number One Village, Corentyne by a hire car.

An altercation between two prisoners resulted in a murder accused whipping out a knife to defend himself in the lock-ups of the city courts yesterday.

One of the teens accused of murdering retired Professor Pariedeau ‘Perry’ Mars was reportedly stabbed by two of his co-accused yesterday after they and two others were all committed to stand trial at the High Court for the crime.

City Treasurer Ron McCalman was placed in the hot seat yesterday during an appearance before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), where he was questioned about an eight-year gap in the city’s financial records.

Abdul Budhoo, 31, was yesterday sentenced to 62 years in prison for killing his cousins, Shaheed and Imran Bacchus.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has a new board of directors led by Health Law Consultant and Attorney Kesaundra Alves.

Kapil Haresh Thakurian, the man accused of trying to ship nearly 194 pounds of cocaine hidden in seafood at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) last August, was yesterday found guilty and handed a five-year prison sentence along with a $237.6 million fine.

Police are currently reviewing surveillance footage as investigations continue into Sunday morning’s murder in Kitty.

Discussions are still ongoing on whether the several hundred workers attached to the recently-closed Wales Sugar Estate will take up employment at the Uitvlugt Estate, Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) clarified yesterday while emphasising that severance has to be paid before such an offer was even considered.

Fresh from its recent discovery of oil at the Payara well site, US firm ExxonMobil is preparing to begin drilling at a new site in the Stabroek Block offshore of Demerara.

The World Wildlife Fund Guianas (WWF), with support from the European Union (EU), has launched a new project to enhance protection of marine and coastal resources of both Guyana and Suriname by the year 2020.

With road repairs slated for the Diamond Housing Scheme East Bank Demerara, residents are hoping for action soon as they say that continued neglect could result in some streets becoming impassable.

A two-day consultative forum that brought together 55 religious leaders from 14 Caribbean countries has recommended that more attention be paid to actions that address the reduction of violence against women and girls and include men and boys and that best practices in the area of treatment and care as it relates to HIV/AIDS be supported.

Police are preparing a file to be sent to the office of Director of Public Prosecutions for advice on the stabbing of a 14-year-old, allegedly by an off-duty policeman.

The origin of the fire which destroyed sections of a Robb Street, Georgetown store during last month has not yet been determined but as the investigation continues, officials are working on two theories.

A Paramakatoi man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with chopping a fellow villager over to a land dispute.

The police have completed their investigations into the 2014 murder of waitress Debra Blackman and the case file is expected to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) today for legal advice.

Three months after their professional lives were placed in limbo, student nurses across the country are breathing a sigh of relief as the Ministry of Public Health has finally decided on the way forward.