Guyana News

As part of its mission to ensure that Guyanese citizens, particularly the youth, are prepared to face the growing challenges of the digital world responsibly and securely, the National Data Management Authority (NDMA) in a release on Friday, announced the official launching of its 2024 “Cyber Road Show”.

Yesterday morning,  Commander for Regional Division #1 Superintendent Krishna Ramana spearheaded a police raid at the residence of Jarrette Singh, a 49-year-old unemployed woman living at Kumaka Stretch, North West District.

Commandant of the Guyana National Reserve (GNR)Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd Souvenir of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) recently served as President of an Ordinary Court Martial, convened to try Sub Lieutenant Nakeida Gibson of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF), according to a release from the GDF.

An Assistant Superintendent and a team of Police ranks were on foot patrol duty on Friday afternoon at the Port Kaituma Waterfront, North West District, when they observed Robin Madison, a 58-year-old businessman, acting in a suspicious manner.

Police are investigating an armed robbery  on Yuki Nakata, a 46-year-old tourist from Japan who is currently on vacation and staying on Freeman Street, East La Penitence, Georgetown.

E-gates have been installed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, to streamline processing for incoming passengers.

The Ministry of Health yesterday denied a statement by the Office of the Auditor General in its 2023 report on the public accounts that billions of dollars worth of drugs had expired between 2023 and June this year.

As of Monday October 21, it will be possible to apply for Schengen visas in Guyana if the main destination is France.

Auditor General stands by report The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) yesterday said it wished to address and clarify several “unwarranted claims” published in the Stabroek News on October 11, 2024, regarding the Belle Vue Pump Station project.

The Office of the Auditor General’s report for 2023 said that $871m worth of drugs which have been paid for were still to be delivered as of September this year.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has lauded the government for its innovative and progressive initiatives concerning digitisation and modernisation which was presented by President Irfaan Ali in his address to the National Assembly on Thursday, and also assured of its commitment to working closely with the government to contribute meaningfully to Guyana’s sustained growth and modernisation.

-Auditor General’s report A report by the Auditor General’s Office on the maternity unit at the GPHC from January 2019 to June 2020 revealed a persistent shortage of healthcare personnel, particularly nurses and midwives, compounded by a lack of comprehensive staff training and inadequate standard operating procedures.

The seven men who are the main suspects in the abduction of Joshua David appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where they were granted bail. 

An accident that occurred at about 20.53 hours on Thursday at the intersection of Camp and Lamaha streets, Georgetown, has resulted in the death of a Venezuelan national, 21-year-old Luis Natera.

An accident yesterday morning around 8.30  on the Le Ressouvenir public road, East Coast Demerara, has resulted in the death of 85-year-old Stephen Correia, a pensioner of Lot 1 Le Ressouvenir.

Twenty-eight persons were displaced as a result of Wednesday’s fire at Puruni in Region Seven.

Nandram Deonarine, a 34-year-old labourer of Lot 326 Richmond Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast was arrested by a rank from the Suddie Police Station on Thursday and charged yesterday with the offence of Possession of Narcotics for the Purpose of Trafficking.

Nayak Alexander, a 20-year-old carpenter of Circuitville, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, was arrested and charged yesterday by ranks of the Timehri Police Station with five counts of burglary and one count of break and enter and larceny.

Darren Johnson, a 48-year-old minibus driver from Clonbrook, East Coast Demerara, was arrested on Thursday on the Cove and John public road by alert traffic ranks.