Guyana News

While the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has recorded an 18% decrease in serious crimes in the country, driving under the influence (DUI) cases have seen a 90% increase compared with last year, Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud has said.

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) believes that there has not been a proper feasibility study on the parking meter project proposed by the Georgetown City Council and it should be scrapped.

Two bandits, who robbed Bourda Market stall holders of $500,000 on Monday evening, were subsequently apprehended with the assistance of public-spirited citizens and are currently in custody.

There is no evidence in the police’s database to suggest that there had been an increase in auto thefts or the theft of auto parts during major events, Commander of ‘A’ Division Clifton Hicken said yesterday, in response to a request by Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan for an analysis of such thefts.

The Ministry of Public Health, Chronic Disease Unit in collaboration with The Bureau of Statistics will be conducting a survey on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) from July to October.

Mohamed Imrazie Alli called ‘Panta’, 52, is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to trafficking in narcotics which occurred on June 08, 2016 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, EBD, the police say.

A Plantation Grove woman who was charged in February with three counts of trafficking a 16-year-old girl for labour, will hear the Chief Magistrate’s decision on July 29.

The Ministry of Natural Resources yesterday launched its Mining Safety Seminar under the theme ‘Putting Safety First in Mining: charting a course to cultivate compliance and strengthen enforcement.’

The Georgetown Stabroek Leo Club will host a training programme for fathers and young men starting on Saturday at the Girls Guides Pavilion.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Theresa May became Britain’s prime minister yesterday with the task of leading it out of the European Union, and quickly named leading ‘Brexit’ supporters including former London mayor Boris Johnson to key positions in her new government.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is confident that Jamaica can offer support in the development of local crime and security intelligence-gathering strategies and techniques.

As the prosecution winds down its case in the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing, ballistics evidence was yesterday presented before the court.

A Colombian national was yesterday ordered to pay a fine of $30,000 or risk being thrown in jail for 4 weeks for overstaying her welcome in Guyana.

Randolph Thompson, a fish vendor who was serving a sentence for intent to commit a felony, was yesterday found guilty of escaping from lawful custody and sentenced to two years in prison.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) today said that at approximately 23:09hrs last night, the Demerara Berbice Interconnected System experienced a shutdown as a result of a faulty connection or “Pot Head” that links the 69KV submarine cable to the overhead transmission lines at Kingston.

Two men were yesterday charged with the murder of Mohamed Abdool Shameer, who was killed in a boat collision and then buried in a shallow grave more than 60 miles away.

Uttanpad Sewnarine, 39, the man accused of stabbing the mother of his child upwards of ten times in front of her Kitty home, was yesterday charged with attempted murder.

Sophia residents yesterday decided that they had had enough and blocked sections of Dennis Street to protest dust pollution in the area caused by incomplete works on the road.

The Guyana Postal and Telecommunication Workers’ Union  (PTWU) laid out a litany of complaints about GTT to the Labour Department on July 1 but is still waiting for a meeting to discuss the matters.

The Mayor and City Council has given Edward B Beharry and Company Limited the go ahead to begin construction at sites intended to house its Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchises in Georgetown.