Guyana News

The CARICOM Secretariat yesterday said that some of its online applications have been “breached”.

A tomb identified to be that of Corentyne murder victim, Ramanand Mingo, located in the Babu Jaan Cemetery was yesterday discovered vandalized just around 10 am leaving his family in a state of despair.

In what was described as a significant step towards strengthening bilateral ties between Guyana and Brazil, Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief of Staff,  Brigadier Omar Khan recently met with Chief of the Joint General Staff of the Brazilian Armed Forces, Admiral Renato Rodrigues de Aguiar Freire and Chief of Strategic Affairs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Brigadier Walcyr Josué de Castilho Araujo.

Forty-year-old Devon Holder, a Security Officer of Samaroo Dam, West Coast Demerara, appeared before magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with robbery.

Twenty-three year-old Elijah Inshanally appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rhondel Weever yesterday charged with armed robberies.

Chris Gopaul, a 33-year-old fisherman of Riverview Mahaica, ECD, was arrested on 30-11-2023 and charged yesterday with attempted rape.

Satrajeet Ramdahar, a 48-year-old labourer of Long Creek, Soesdyke-Linden Highway was arrested on Friday last and charged yesterday with Obtaining Credit by False Pretence on 2023-08-15 at Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

Yesterday at the Commission’s Secretariat on Croal Street, the National Commission on Disability launched the National Week of Persons with Disabilities and Balloon Releasing event.

Anthony Chung, a 26-year-old fisherman of Lot 41 Brickery, East Bank Demerara, was arrested on 2023-11-30 and charged yesterday with the offence of break & enter with intent.

Vishram Singh, a 39-year-old taxi driver from Somerset and Berks, Essequibo Coast, who was charged with ‘Causing Death by Dangerous Driving’ and released on $300,000 bail last year, was today convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment, the police said.

The  Guyana Defence Force (GDF) today said that its coast guard search and rescue teams are ramping up their daily sea patrols in a bid to locate the fishing vessel `ASEYAH One’ and its four-man crew.

While Guyanese held unprecedented gatherings all across the country to emphasise that Essequibo was an indivisible part of its territory, Venezuelans yesterday approved a referendum called by the government of President Nicolás Maduro to claim sovereignty over the mineral rich region, Caracas’ electoral authority announced last night.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday turned the sod for a $200 million multi-stage and multi-purpose farm at the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) branch in Region Two. 

By Joseph Allen The contractors for the Bamia Primary School in Region 10 have missed a second deadline.

Two drivers are currently in police custody assisting with the investigation of an accident which left Vishnudat Ramlan, a 52-year-old man of Lot 5 Kuru Kururu dead on Saturday evening at Hill Foot, Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

The Department of Public Information (DPI) yesterday said that more than 40 roads across Region Eight are set for major improvement following the signing of contracts valued over $100 million by the Ministry of Public Works.

The Office of the Leader of the Opposition (OLO) repeated its claim yesterday about the smuggling of chicken into the country and provided numbers for two vehicles which it said had been involved.

The contractor who was blamed for the removal of material from a Region Five burial ground says no graves were damaged and he owns the land where the sand was taken from.

Renowned Guyanese pilot, Malcolm Chan-a-Sue, was on Monday posthumously honoured for his exemplary role in Guyana’s aviation sector.

A 42-year-old motorcyclist is now hospitalized in a critical condition after a motor car collided with him yesterday at about 1:30 am at ‘Wrong Turn’ Mahdia, Region Eight.