Guyana News

With the matter of reparations for European slavery very much in the spotlight here and in the Caribbean community, the family of one of Britain’s most famous prime ministers is set to travel to Guyana this week to apologise for their ancestor’s historical role in slavery.

Residents of Black Bush Polder, Corentyne are once again calling on the government to embark on a project to improve the roads, especially the main access lane within their communities as sections are currently in a deplorable condition.

The police are investigating the death of a 34-year-old taxi driver whose body was discovered yesterday morning by a fisherman in a clump of bushes at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara.

With the recommissioning of the Rose Hall Estate being the priority at the moment, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha has given the assurance that the problematic Skeldon Estate will be reopened with the idea of sugar production being done on a smaller scale.

The police yesterday morning arrested a Sparendaam gold miner and his wife after suspected cannabis was found on their premises.

In commemorating the bicentennial anniversary of the 1823 Demerara slave uprising on Friday at the monument site opposite the Georgetown Seawall, President Irfaan Ali said that the protection and preservation of democracy must be a shield to safeguard Guyana’s freedom – a freedom that must never come under threat again. 

A fire of unknown origin that started yesterday afternoon in a storage room of the COVID-19 hospital at Liliendaal on the East Coast of Demerara was successful contained while the contents of the room were damaged.

One week after an 18-year-old youth from Leopold Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown was stabbed to death while trying to make peace in a fight, the man suspected of carrying out the murder is still  on the run.

STEMGuyana is hopeful of continuing its winning ways as it breaks the mould by sending its first all-female team to compete in an upcoming robotics competition which will be held in southeast Asia.

The one-month-old “In Motion” Programme pilot  has provided support to 20 business owners (13 females and seven males) in Anna Regina through capacity building and one-on-one technical help.

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers yesterday conducted an operation at Sandaka Creek, East Berbice-Corentyne, where they discovered several bags, containing parcels of suspected cannabis in clumps of bushes along the creek.

Kevin Blair appeared virtually on Friday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with using threatening language and malicious damage to property.

Fazal Mohammed, called ‘Wrong turn’ appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday where he was charged with simple larceny.

Amos Jack, a 21-year-old handyman of Zeelugt Squatting Area, East Bank Essequibo, was arrested and charged on Friday  under Section 187 of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act Chapter 8:01 for Larceny in Dwelling House, committed on a 76-year-old of Canal #1, West Bank Demerara, which occurred between July and August 2023.

Nineteen-year-old Leon Cameron, of Lot 12 Wismar Housing Scheme, Linden, appeared on Friday before Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond/Grove Magistrate’s Court to answer to a charge of simple larceny.

Twenty-four-year-old Stephen King appeared on Friday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to the charge of simple larceny.

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha today commissioned a cutter head dredge at Little Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara.

Ranked in the top ten globally, Guyana’s suicide rate is said to have been consistently occupying that position, with pesticide poisoning being the method used by persons whose suicide is described as having been triggered primarily by interpersonal conflict.

Akali Moore, 33, appeared virtually yesterday at the Georgetown Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to the capital offence of murder.

Antonio Headley, 20, appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where he was charged with robbery under arms.