Guyana News

The two men who were detained on Monday morning for questioning in connection with the fatal shooting of University of Guyana (UG) student Azrudeen Hussain and poultry vendor Desmond Singh remain in custody as the probe continues, a senior police official said yesterday.

A 16-year-old boy is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to the possession of an unlicensed gun.

Prison Officer Godfrey Leitch yesterday recalled walking along First Avenue, Bartica, on the night of February 17, 2008, when he heard, what sounded like rapid gunfire erupting in the area.

In order to avoid controversies, Cabinet’s approval is being sought before the establishment of the Food Advisory Committee and the Drug Advisory Committee, Minister of Health Dr.

The Police in ‘B’ Division have widened their search for Shamar Mohammed Ally, who is the main suspect in the chopping of his ex-girlfriend and her mother at Number 70 Corentyne, Berbice, on Christmas Eve.

National footballer Delon Lanferman, who was stabbed minutes after the break of the New Year following an argument over the throwing of a firecracker, is expected to undergo surgery soon.

Residents of Atlantic Ville on the East Coast of Demerara  have been out of water for nearly a week now, with persons depending on their neighbours’ kindness and rainwater tanks to cater to their needs.

This was the scene at the Ruimveldt koker this morning as rain pounded the city.

Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton this morning confirmed that he will be taking up the position of the Minister of Social Cohesion and that he will be replaced by the Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence.

(Trinidad Guardian) Tributes poured in yesterday, as the news of the death local Chutney singer, Anand Yankarran was announced.

A final-year University of Guyana (UG) student and another man are now dead after they were shot shortly after leaving an illegal cockfighting competition at Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on Sunday evening and the police have since held two persons for questioning.

A 31-year-old Guyanese man became New York’s first homicide victim for 2017 when he was shot dead during an attempted robbery, which left his younger brother nursing a gunshot wound to the back.

A family was given the heartbreaking news of the loss of their husband and father on New Year’s Eve, after a Berbice lawman who was allegedly driving at a fast rate slammed into the Corentyne labuorer, pitching him some 35 feet away.

Persons caught littering in the Georgetown could soon pay a heavier fine as the city moves to increase the current fee through its new bylaws that would be tabled at the next statutory meeting.

Despite an ongoing probe by the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) into the presence of banned kidney drugs at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Public Health Minister Dr George Norton has asked that the drugs be released and he says samples would be sent to Jamaica for testing.

A footballer was stabbed once to his back minutes into Sunday morning after he was involved in an argument with his attacker who reportedly accused him of throwing a firecracker on him during the New Year’s celebration.

Wilton Sinclair, who was held on November 17, 2014 at the JFK Airport in New York with four bottles of cocaine-laced rum was sentenced to time served on November 21, 2016.

The family of a Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice farmer who has been missing for over 17 days, is calling on the authorities to instruct ranks at the Fort Wellington Police Station to conduct a thorough investigation into their missing person’s report.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has recommended the closure of sugar estates in regions 4 and 6 and the possible sale of at least one estate to a private investor, according to PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee, who said the opposition remains opposed to any plans to close, sell or privatise any estates.

January 17 will be five years since the life of Sanjay Persaud, 40, a vendor of Bourda Market was brutally snuffed out by two gunmen and his grieving relatives are pleading for justice to be served.