Guyana News

A 47-year-old rice farmer, Mohindra Mohan, called ‘Boyo’ was yesterday morning found dead in the Devonshire Castle Backdam in Region Two, the police said.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is urging persons to check with the office where they applied for registration to enquire about the availability of their identification cards and to ensure that they uplift them as soon as possible.

Guyana yesterday approached the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for provisional measures in the wake of a threatening referendum to be held in Venezuela on December 3rd over Caracas’ claim to Essequibo.

A US$500 million lending purse has been extended to Guyana by the African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank) to assist this country in hastening its infrastructural development agenda, President of the Bank, Dr.

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) yesterday disclosed that in the five active complaints before it, documentation has not been presented by the procuring entities and the NPTAB and an approach may be made to the court to  compel the production of information.

A post-mortem examination has revealed that 21-year-old, Amit Singh, who was lured to a house in Middle Road, La Penitence by four suspects and then killed suffered severe blunt trauma The autopsy found that he sustained blunt trauma to the head and face causing multiple fractures, blunt trauma to the neck, and bronchial aspiration of blood.

The Ministry of Education (MoE)  yesterday launched its Education Management Information System (EMIS) which it says promises to be a game-changer.

Millions were lost yesterday as a blaze that started in a garbage dump later mushroomed into a grass fire, travelling some 500 feet to consume Rohan’s Lumberyard at Enmore, East Coast Demerara. 

Two men were held on Friday with a gun, ammunition and handcuffs during a stop and search exercise at Eccles on the East Bank of Demerara.

Roy Jaglall—one of the two men who had been accused of murdering fisherman, Mukesh Mangra back in 2020—has been acquitted of the charge.

The Police say they are investigating the death of a 30 year-old miner of River View, West Bank Demerara, whose body was found floating in the Mazaruni River.

Comedian and taxi driver, Kirk `Chow Pow’ Jardine, of Lot 212 Greenheart Street, South Ruimveldt, appeared yesterday  before Magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with assaulting his daughter.

The decomposed body of a 55-year-old man was discovered yesterday at his Section ‘B’ Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara home, after he was last seen alive in June. 

Kishore Choonoo, 34, appeared yesterday at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Crystal Lambert to answer to the charge of rape.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday announced that it had achieved a historic medical milestone in Guyana by performing the first-ever catheter-directed thrombolysis of a pulmonary embolism.

Experts from India were among those who participated in  a recent seminar with ranks from the Regional Division 10 of the Guyana Police Force on matters like crime scene management and DNA sampling.

Boat captain, Mark Braithwaite, 36, who was held by the police over a fatal accident at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, yesterday pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and was fined $50,000.

Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal and Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), Sherwyn Greaves, yesterday hosted a mission from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) where they discussed completing outstanding projects.

The Government of Guyana, through the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) yesterday announced the initiation of a public consultation for Guyana’s Gas Monetization Strategy, as promised by President Irfaan Ali.

Fifty-four-year-old Rollex Harry of Lot 666 Toucan Drive, South Ruimveldt, appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday, charged with possession of narcotics.