Guyana News

An autopsy performed on the remains of 21-year-old Kevon McKenzie, whose body was discovered under the broken bricks of a collapsed wall last Sunday, revealed that he died as a result of fractured skull and compression to the chest.

The David Granger administration is “talking the talk” but it remains to be seen whether it is “walking the walk,” according to a USAID-funded report which says the executive has done enough to suggest that it lacks the political acumen needed to address some issues including tackling corruption and pursuing politically meaningful reforms.

An 11-year-old child was yesterday electrocuted after he came into contact with what is alleged to have been an illegal connection that was located near to his Golden Grove home.

A 26-year-old man was shot and killed and his friend was beaten by residents in Pearl, East Bank Demerara, after the proprietor of a shop noticed the two men acting suspiciously around his business.

Five bandits armed with a gun, knives and cutlasses robbed an Edinburgh family early yesterday morning, and in the process one of the attackers shot dead his accomplice.

City vendors were a no show at the Mayor and City Council’s (M&CC) pilot ‘flea market’ project which was scheduled to roll out yesterday.

After the fatal accident yesterday in Mahaicony, two persons are still critical in the ICU at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

President David Granger on Friday called for an action plan for the Corentyne, which he said has the potential to afford its residents a good life.

Prosecutor Shellon Jupiter on Friday responded to closing arguments made by the attorney for Carvil Duncan, the former Guyana Power and Light Inc.

Guyana suffers from a “consensus crisis”, and constitutional and institutional reforms, while necessary, are likely insufficient without trust-building to generate increased consensus, a recent USAID-funded report says.

Government is satisfied that logging company Vaitarna Holdings Private Inc (VHPI) has commenced “value added initiatives” and it has disclosed that the company is looking to ramp up lumber production.

A cane harvester was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow for the murder of Sheniza Mohamed, his teenage ex-girlfriend, at Rosignol, West Coast Berbice during the month of January last year.

Two men are in police custody after they robbed two persons with a pair of shears and were subsequently arrested with the stolen items in their possession.

A Leonora miner was on Friday granted bail after he denied wounding allegations that were read to him by a city magistrate.

There are indications of significant change in tackling challenges to democratic governance in Guyana by the APNU+AFC government, but there are also reasons for concern, according to a USAID-funded report which has warned that time is of the essence and urged constitutional reform.

Photos by Joanna Dhanraj   Reggae music blared from a house and a few young men sat under a tree chatting, otherwise Airy Hall on the Essequibo Coast seemed super quiet.

In the face of a threat by the city’s two major garbage collection services to suspend their operations over hundreds of millions owed to them, City Hall has pulled their contracts for some wards in the capital that it hopes to clean on its own.

An unidentified man who allegedly attacked a police officer after he was approached about his disorderly behaviour was shot and killed by police on Friday night outside the Georgetown Prison at Camp and D’Urban streets.

A two car-smash-up on along the Mahaicony Public Road, East Coast Demerara yesterday afternoon has left one child dead and five persons injured.

Former President Donald Ramotar has rushed to the defence of his predecessor and current opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo on his New York statements on discrimination against Indo-Guyanese, which the APNU+AFC government has described as race-baiting.