Guyana News

About 2000h. last night, the police say that salesman Safraz Bacchus, 31 years, of Port Mourant, Corentyne, was in his home which is under repairs, when shots were discharged at him.

The police say that investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred about 2115h yesterday on the Sisters Public Road, WBD, and which resulted in the death of pedal cyclist Devon Sealey, 10 years, of Sisters Village.

One year after the historic APNU+AFC coalition ended the 22-year PPP/C grip on the presidency, a rash of controversies has raised doubts about the David Granger’s administration stated commitment to good governance while there are also growing questions about its plans for the limp economy.

A Sophia pensioner was fatally stabbed by his cousin following a heated argument during a drinking spree on Saturday night at the Lodge Housing Scheme.

It would be unprecedented for a PPP Congress to be postponed except if an issue of national importance gets in the way, former PPP stalwart Ralph Ramkarran has said, adding that Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo and General Secretary Clement Rohee  may not be keen on it being held this year.

The death toll from the horrific Richmond, Essequibo Coast vehicular smash-up has risen to four with a young police recruit succumbing to his injuries early yesterday.

The police will be seeking advice today from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions before instituting charges against the six suspects in Thursday’s murder of Professor Perry Mars.

President David Granger on Saturday called for a broader national effort in the fight against vector- borne diseases such as zika, malaria, filariasis, chikungunya and dengue.

Most of the weapons found in Saturday’s police raid at the Camp Street Prison were made from debris after the March 3rd riot and fire at the penal facility, Director of Prisons Carl Graham says.

Residents of Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara have had to endure sporadic flooding over the past three weeks because the sluice that regulates the water in the area has not been working “The sluice has a problem and they have to replace the door.

A breach in a dam at Strath Campbell, Mahaicony has flooded acres of land and because of the condition of the area heavy vehicles can’t be transported immediately to fix it.

A Hadfield Street man, who was charged with armed robbery in February, was sentenced by a city magistrate to one year in jail on Friday.

Tambico McKenzie, one of the men who was allegedly run over by a woman who police say he robbed, maintained his innocence on Friday, while saying that he had enough money to buy anything he wanted.

About 2130h. last night, the police say that Lennox Norton, 51 years, of South Sophia, was imbibing with a male cousin at Lodge Housing Scheme, Georgetown, when they became involved in an argument during which Norton was stabbed to his abdomen.

Once high hopes for the David Granger administration have dissipated after a year in office, with various members of civil society expressing disappointment at the government’s performance, saying it has embraced the system it once criticised and the expected transformation has not been delivered.

A thrilling 45-minute ride from Parika, passed by thick forested islands, boats bobbing on the Essequibo River or sunken in a corner, brings you to Good Hope on the Essequibo Coast.

Questions have been raised about the recent approval of an application to operate a dredge in the name of Simona Broomes, the daughter of Junior Natural Resources Minister Simona Broomes.

Three persons are now dead and about 16 others are hospitalised following a head-on collision which occurred late Friday night along the Public Road at Richmond, Essequibo Coast.

The police yesterday recaptured wanted man and murder suspect Stafrei Hopkinson Alexander who had escaped from custody last December and he is likely to be questioned in relation to another murder which occurred in Berbice some time ago.

Persons suffering with heart disease may no longer have to worry about the cost of travelling abroad for required surgeries as the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in collaboration with the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) yesterday commissioned a new $2.1 billion Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.