Guyana News

As the investigation into the murders of University of Guyana (UG) student Azrudeen Hussain and poultry vendor Desmond Singh on New Year’s Day continues, the police are pursuing a third suspect.

A Matthews Ridge resident who is accused of attempting to break and enter  another man’s house, was granted self-bail yesterday by the Chief Magistrate, after he denied the offence.

Former Director of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL), Carvil Duncan will have to wait a little longer for the commencement of his conspiracy to steal trial, since the presiding Magistrate has recused herself.

A two-year sentence was yesterday handed down to a teenaged boy after he admitted to stealing $41,000 in cash and other items.

A 37-year-old man today appeared before court charged with the murder of a 65-year-old Cornelia Ida woman, just after he had raped her in her home.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A New York City train derailed at a downtown Brooklyn terminal during Wednesday’s morning rush hour, injuring more than 100 commuters in the metropolitan area’s second major rail accident since late September.

In what he described as an “adjustment,” President David Granger yesterday announced three changes to his Cabinet, including the demotion of the embattled Minister of Public Health Dr.

Continuous rainfall, which began in the wee hours of yesterday, flooded the commercial and residential districts of the city but the water quickly receded after the tide fell.

Prison Warder Sheldon Prince, who allegedly stabbed his wife to death on Wednesday, December 28, 2016, was yesterday remanded to prison, when he appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.

Cabinet has granted its no-objection to several major contracts for infrastructural works, according to a release yesterday from the Ministry of the Presidency.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised that an inquest be held into the fatal shooting of ex-policeman, Ryan Vaux, who died during May last year after he was shot by the police.

The University of Guyana has been granted a $15, 322,300 contract to provide data collection services to the Ministry of Public Security.

At least three persons are being treated for various injuries at city hospitals after a route 44 minibus collided with a car last night in the vicinity of Bel Air Minibus BVV 7157 was heading east along the railway embankment

The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has announced that a $300M sluice would be built at D’Edward, West Coast Berbice to enhance drainage of residential and agricultural areas between the Abary and Berbice rivers.

Effective January 1, 2017 GTT says it is offering significant reductions in the cost of the company’s residential Internet service rates for Gold and Silver customers.

Marlon Garrett, the teenager who was charged with the murder of a vagrant who was  stabbed at Bourda Market last September, was yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.

A miner was yesterday remanded to prison after being accused of setting his girlfriend on fire after she tried to end their relationship.

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) last year recorded five fewer maternal deaths than in the previous year.

The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has committed to making the shortage of drugs and medical supplies a thing of the past in 2017.

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the Monthly Maintenance cleaning of Canals Number 1 and Number 2, in Region 3,for the Ministry of Agriculture’s  National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA).