Guyana News

Police are investigating the accident that claimed the lives of two men on the Diamond Access Road, East Bank Demerara on Thursday night.

Journalist, Travis Chase, through his attorney-at-law, Nigel Hughes, has written to the Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken requesting an apology for allowing video recordings of Chase’s consultation with his lawyer, when he (Chase) visited the police to hand over his weapon for testing as was requested and also for those recordings to be deleted in their presence.

A 44-year-old female patient from the Essequibo Coast, Region 2 recently underwent a life-saving operation at the GPHC where a massive intra-abdominal tumour was removed from her.

President Irfaan Ali joined hundreds of Guyanese to bid farewell to four of the five fallen heroes who died in last week’s helicopter crash.

Senior Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh yesterday met with the Senior Vice President of the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of the United States,  David Sena, at the Ministry of Finance.

It has been ten days since Strathspey Primary pupil, Mark Harrypaul, was cremated, and his still-grieving father is seeking justice for his son who died at the Georgetown Public Hospital three weeks ago following an incident in the school’s compound.

Twenty-seven-year-old Michael Jacobis of Lot 175 Bartica, Region Seven, appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday where he was charged with possession of a firearm without a licence.

P&P Insurance Brokers Limited yesterday made its annual Christmas donations to 10 organisations.

The police in Berbice are investigating the circumstances around the shooting of a businesswoman at her Tain supermarket on Thursday afternoon.

Forty-year-old Samuel Duncan of Lot 23 D’Urban Backlands yesterday appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he charged with assault of a minor causing grievous bodily harm on December 4 2023.

Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 08:10 hrs this morning on the  Jackson Creek public road, in Corentyne, Berbice, which resulted in the death of Sahid Hamid, a 38-year-old businessman.

Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at around 23:20 hrs last night on the Diamond Access Road, East Bank Demerara, which claimed the lives of two persons, motorcyclist Ashton Mc Curdy and his pillion rider Mark Green.

-Joint Commission to be set up, any controversies to be resolved under international law Guyana and Venezuela yesterday agreed not to use force against each other in any circumstance, a key development for Georgetown in the light of months of tension over Caracas’ staging of a referendum on Essequibo and its subsequent decision to annexe the county which makes up five-eights of this country.

The five men who pleaded guilty to the murder of four fishermen in May 2016 during a horrific pirate attack on the Corentyne River were yesterday  sentenced to death  at the High Court in Berbice.

The generators which are expected to boost the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) generation capacity arrived in Guyana on Wednesday night according to a Facebook post by the power company.

The termination of two contracts under the Ministry of Agriculture for substandard work has seen the Office of the Auditor General recommend that systems be put in place to adequately monitor and supervise works to prevent recurrences.

On Thursday, December 14, 2023, in Argyle, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, His Excellency Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and His Excellency Nicolas Maduro, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela held discussions on matters consequential to the territory in dispute between their two countries.

Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton yesterday confirmed that although the Opposition was invited to the meeting between President Irfaan Ali and Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro they decided to opt out as the government was not “specific” about the meeting.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday strongly defended the government’s decision to give an across-the-board 6.5% increase to public sector workers – a hike which has seen some criticisms.

A Corentyne single mother of three is now contemplating her next move and is pleading for assistance after her house was completely destroyed by a fire on Tuesday morning.