Guyana News

Five persons, including a former murder accused, are now in custody in connection with the fatal shooting that occurred in front of the Rio Inn nightclub on Monday morning.

USAID yesterday wrapped up a drug supply management project at Diamond, on the East Bank, which enabled 4,500 persons to access anti-HIV medication and the US envoy appealed for continued investment to protect the gains from the initiative.

Acting Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine yesterday announced that since the launch of Operation Safeway two weeks ago, there has been a significant reduction in all categories of accidents.

The Department of Labour has found that negligence by both Tony’s Auto Spares and contractor Asraf Hoosaney contributed to his fatal fall from the company’s La Bonne Intention bond.

Tractor operator Conrad Williams, who was injured in the freak accident that claimed the life of a teen at Abary Creek on Monday evening, has succumbed.

Nine firearms, including seven .32 pistols, have been reported stolen by licensed firearm holders since July and police have found that such weapons were used in a number of the robberies committed recently.

Three persons were hospitalised last evening after a drive-by shooting at a car wash at Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Over the last three months, the police have seized a total of $114M in narcotics and some 136 intended traffickers have since faced charges and are before the courts.

Barama Company Ltd is currently reviewing a draft contract proposed by the government to continue its operations here.

The University of Guyana (UG) last evening sent out a mass email to students informing them of an approved 5% increase in its tuition fees, effective from this year.

After being blind for the past 10 years due to cataracts, a 94-year-old man has had his sight restored.

Bartica will today celebrate National Tree Planting Day by hosting a Green Walk and distributing 300 fruit trees to residents, Mayor of Bartica Gifford Marshall has said.

Auditor General Deodat Sharma yesterday presented Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Barton Scotland with the 2015 Auditor’s General’s Report.

The members of the Public Procurement Commission have not been sworn in due to “administrative concerns in relation to its Terms of Reference (ToR).

The expansion works along the East Coast public road remain indefinitely stalled as the Ministry of Public Works (MPI) is waiting on the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to finalise the funding.

The government is repurposing land previously identified for the 1,000 Homes Project, launched under the former administration, to construct apartment buildings, duplexes and condominiums.

Jairam Chaitram, 18, one of the four persons charged with the murders of three persons, including a teenage boy at Mibicuri, attempted to break out of the New Amsterdam Prison on Tuesday.

Two teens were yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with two counts of robbery, including a carjacking.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Beleaguered West Indies extended their miserable run when they slumped to a fourth straight defeat to Pakistan, losing the opening One-Day International by 111 runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method here today.

Homicide Detectives assigned to the Rio Inn Night Club incident, this morning searched a house at Hadfield Street, Lodge, during which two unlicensed handguns (.32 pistol and a .38 revolver along with fifteen (15) rounds of ammunition were found, police said today.