Guyana News

A patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital was yesterday discovered dead in the hospital’s male ward, in what appears to have been a suicide.

A 17-year-old boy, who was caught selling ganja, was yesterday found guilty of the crime by a city magistrate, who postponed sentencing to await a probation report.

An Interim Executive Committee of the Guyana Peace Council (GPC) was elected on Wednesday to replace the Steering Committee that had been formed earlier this year to re-establish the body.

Repairs to a key Konawaruk, Region Eight bridge, parts of which had been swept away by bad weather, are expected to be completed by next Mon-day, the Natural Resources Ministry said yesterday.

A Brazilian national, who was caught mining in the Kaieteur National Park, has been fined $7M, the Ministry of Natural Resources announced yesterday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt drew down the curtain on his brilliant Olympic career by securing a sweep of the sprint titles for a third successive Games when Jamaica successfully defended the 4×100 metres relay crown on Friday.

A mining operation which was in April 2016 caught operating in the Kaieteur National Park area will pay a fine of $7 million to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), a release from the Ministry of Natural Resources said today.

Two men were this morning charged with murdering 13-year-old Daveanand Sanichar after a row over a woman at a wedding house at Triumph, East Coast Demerara.

The National Museum cannot be extended to house the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology and a proposal to use the top flat of the post office building has been found to be untenable, Director Jennifer Wishart said adding that she was informed that a search is now on for a new location.

Lethem may soon see the production of genip jelly if an idea by one of its youths catches on and finds support.

Gunplay unfolded yesterday afternoon in North Ruimveldt as police chased down and captured a man who reportedly had a quantity of marijuana in his possession.

Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton has said that he will apologize to the National Assembly and by extension the nation of Guyana for providing the committee of supply with inaccurate information about a controversial contract for the storage of pharmaceuticals.

An argument over water has landed a man in the hospital, where he is nursing a wound to his leg that was inflicted with a pick-axe.

President David Granger has said that it is up to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to decide if the qualifications of attorney Zanna Frank satisfy the criteria which have been laid down for the post of Deputy Deeds Registrar.

Chief Executive Officer of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) Frederick Flatts has confirmed that the ongoing rehabilitation of two electric drainage pumps at Trafalgar, West Coast Berbice, was sole sourced and he said that recent severe flooding in the area forced the decision.

The prime suspect in the murder of the 14-year-old Malika Hamilton, was caught by ranks of the Guyana Police force, hiding in a barrel in the Ann’s Grove cemetery.

There are now 42 confirmed cases of the Zika virus in Guyana.

In documenting failures of state officials in wake of the fatal fire at the Drop-in Centre, the recently-concluded Commission of Inquiry (CoI) found that they failed to hire competent and qualified staff.

Vendors from Lethem and the savannahs now have access to the recently rehabilitated market and vending tarmac, Mayor Carlton Beckles has said.

Noting that Guyana’s “horrifying” road fatality rate is the highest in the Caribbean, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan is calling on drivers and pedestrians to be more responsible in their use of the roadways.