Guyana News

A thunderstorm, considered the worst in recent memory, caused extensive damage and millions in losses for Bartica residents on Sunday night.

The passenger in the pick-up that collided with a car at the junction of Sheriff and Garnett streets on Saturday evening, resulting in the death of four-year old Abeka Trotman, is claiming that the vehicle transporting the child caused the accident by trying to run a traffic light.

A joiner died on Saturday from a seizure just over two weeks after he and his wife were injured in a head-on collision on the Success Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Three Lusignan men are  now in police custody after they were found in possession of an unlicensed 9mm pistol with 12 matching rounds and 180 grams of what is suspected to be cocaine.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) can appeal the sentence handed down to Trafficking in Persons (TIP) convict Joyce Lawrence but has to do so within 14 days.

Seventeen Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) have received  $4 Million subventions from Central Government to finance their activities while 19 others have gotten smaller sums under historic local government legislation.

Deodatt Singh, known as ‘Navo’, 32, of Lot 8 Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice passed away on Wednesday, three weeks after colliding with a horse on the Canefield Public Road.

Alliance for Change (AFC) leader Khemraj Ramjattan has welcomed criticism of the government by both the opposition and the wider society, while saying that it serves to enhance democracy.

After enduring blackouts over a two-week period due to the failure of two generators, residents of the Bartica township will most likely have to wait until Thursday before any relief is received, Mayor Gifford Marshall says.

The police have been ordered to proceed with the prosecution of United Kingdom-based Guyanese Vanessa Moore, who was charged alongside her ex-boyfriend with attempting to smuggle a quantity of cocaine, hidden in bottles of rum, out of the country at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

Prisoner Wayne Griffith, one of the three men charged with the Ramada Princess Casino robbery, has accused the officer-in-charge of the Timehri Prison of denying him access to medical treatment, although the claim is being denied.

Months before the Guyana Sevashram Sangha and its trustees moved to the court to have Swami Shivashankarananda removed from its Cove and John ashram, the religious teacher had successfully secured an interim order blocking any such attempt.

The police are currently pursuing suspects in relation to the execution-style killing of taxi driver, Oswald Rambarran who was gunned down on Sunday while delivering food in Albouystown.

People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Chief Whip Gail Teixeira has called the no-pay suspension of National Communications Network (NCN) Sports Editor Jocelle Archibald-Hawke an example of a double standard by government as she has been complaining to no avail about what she says are derogatory postings about her on a government advisor’s Facebook page.

One week after money changer, Mahendra Deonarine was shot and robbed at the Georgetown Stelling by a lone gunman, the police are yet make an arrest in connection with the matter.

The young man suspected to be responsible for the stabbing to death of Unity resident, Omesh Chetram on Saturday was held by the police shortly after the incident.

With International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) day to be observed on September 17, the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN)–Guyana is calling on Guyanese to join in marine pollution prevention efforts worldwide by participating in this year’s activity.

The preliminary inquiry into the charges against three men accused of the Kaieteur News grenade attack continued on Friday with more evidence-in-chief from police officers who conducted the investigation.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC — Shamarh Brooks and Jason Mohammed have been named by West Indies Cricket Board selectors to captain West Indies A squads on the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, starting next month.

Two persons were killed and three others were injured last evening when the vehicle they were in slammed into a horse, skidded off the road and turned turtle in a trench on the Number 49 Village, Corentyne Public Road.