Guyana News

A family from the village of Sand Creek in Region Nine is mourning the death of a teenager while at the same time hoping for a speedy recovery for another after both were struck by lightning while sitting under a tree. 

A Fly Always aircraft transporting passengers from Guyana to Suriname on Monday morning was forced to return to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) following the loss of pressure in one its engines, Head of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Retired Colonel Egbert Field confirmed.

Randy Smart, 19, of Lot 240 South Road, Lacytown, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus where he was charged with robbery.

A fire that was caused by a stove left unattended yesterday afternoon completely destroyed two homes at Mon Repos on the East Coast of Demerara leaving three squatters homeless.

Last Thursday, the National Assembly passed the Petroleum Activities Bill 2023 which provides for the exploration, production, storage and transportation of petroleum but  31 amendments by APNU+AFC MP David Patterson were rejected by the government.

Two persons are in custody after the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) discovered 180.6 kg of cannabis at No.51 Village, Corentyne.

Forty-three-year-old Delano Kendell, of 19th Street Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara appeared before Magistrate Rhondell Weever on Monday to answer to  break  and enter and larceny charges and was jailed for three years.

A 44-year-old Norton Street driver, Adrian Brandt was found on Sunday morning with an unlicensed weapon on his lap.

Stanley La Cruz, 59, of Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara was on August 10th charged with causing the death of his wife and three others, in a two-vehicle crash at Craig, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on August 7.

Devon Hubbard, 35, of Lot 91 Garnett Street, Campbellville, George-town on Monday appear-ed at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rhondell Weever to answer to the offence of break and enter and larceny which he denied.

Four low-income families from Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara and Sophia, Georgetown were yesterday presented the keys to brand new core homes.

Assistant Superintendent S. Harris, Sergeant Johnson, Sergeant Douglas and Lance Corporal Fordyce from Regional Police Division #3 on Monday spearheaded a community outreach at Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo.

Roy Lamazon, a 29-year-old miner from Hadfield Street, Wortmanville, was arrested on August 11th, 2023, by a rank from Providence Police Station and charged yesterday with possession of drugs.

Twenty-four-year-old Nashana Chapman of Lot 132 Albert Street Albouystown, appeared before Magistrate Rhondell Weever on 14th August 2023, to answer to two charges that were laid against her.

A mother and her son died in a fire at Good Hope on the Essequibo Coast this morning.

By Joseph Allen The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is closing in on its development of a framework that not only addresses the sourcing of labour but also skill specialization and certification.

The police are investigating the possible murder/ suicide of a couple whose bodies were discovered yesterday morning on a trail at Long Creek on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway with gunshot wounds.

In a scathing report, Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), Justice (retired) William Ramlal has accused  Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken (ag) of flagrantly violating the governing act and recommended that President Irfaan Ali put a stop to it.

By Deneita Fredericks The first meeting of the new city council following the June 12 Local Government Elections has agreed the need for a full-fledged audit of its operations.

BK Security Manager, Michael Bascom died yesterday after his vehicle toppled at Le Ressouvenir on the East Coast Demerara.