Guyana News

Following a social media post of two children being beaten and burnt, Zabar Khan, a 42-year-old spray painter of First Street, Foulis, ECD, was arrested on September 14 and charged yesterday by ranks of the Enmore Police Station  with attempted murder.

A one-year-old baby yesterday afternoon died of multiple head injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital, according to a police report.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha yesterday released an apology it  received from the Mr.

Another incident of violence unfolded at New Campbellville Secondary School last week when a 12-year-old schoolgirl was brutally assaulted by her classmates.

The PPP/C, while in opposition, had criticised the APNU+AFC government for its hesitancy to release information on naturalizations, but now in office, there has been a blackout on what those figures currently are, even as the number of persons applying for citizenship here continues to increase daily.

Thirty-six-year-old Odinga Spellen of Lot 4 Laing Avenue appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with arson.

The Attorney General‘s (AG’s) Chambers yesterday said that the lack of resources cited by a CFATF team referred only to the Treaty Office in the Ministry of Home Affairs and not the general money laundering fight.

Twenty-two-year-old Tracey Calder, a registration clerk employed at the Guyana Elections Commission, appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with forgery.

The preliminary inquiry into the 20 murder charges brought against a girl following the Mahdia dormitory fire is slated for October 19, 2023 at the Mahdia Magistrate’s Court, according to Attorney at Law Dexter Todd.

At about  5.35 yesterday afternoon, Police ranks were conducting a ‘stop and search’ exercise on the Weldaad Public Road, West Berbice, when one of the ranks stopped a motor car (PYY 1658), a white 212.

As the probe into the $50m robbery committed at the Regional Democratic Council of Region Six on Wednesday morning continues, the Guyana Police Force yesterday said that investigators are waiting to question the hospitalized suspect.

Yesterday the Ministerial Taskforce on Trafficking in Persons, supporting agencies, and the Organisation for American States (OAS) held a roundtable discussion on issues related to Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling.

By Joseph Allen Two months after the Bamia Primary School should have been completed under a controversial contract given to entertainers and sportsmen, the building has no roof and the RDC says  it would have terminated the deal  if the decision was up to it.

A nine-year-old Enterprise Primary School pupil was struck down and killed while on his way to church yesterday morning by a teen driver who had allegedly taken his father’s car without his permission.

The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) has identified several areas that Guyana needs to address to bolster its money laundering and combatting terrorism fight, key among them is equipping the Ministry of Home Affairs with the resources needed.

Headteachers at all schools will soon be able to focus on running their respective institutions effectively as they will no longer be required to teach, according to a circular published on Wednesday by the Ministry of Education, which also indicated that this and other changes outlined will be implemented gradually.

EKAA HRIM Earth Resources, a new mining company which opened a US$20 million quarry in Batavia, Region Seven, has committed to making quarterly lease payments on three different sections of the 1,080 acres of land in the village, along with several other benefits.

Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in the areas of Amelia’s Ward and Mackenzie in Linden, Region Ten about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

Three of Guyana’s top performers at the 2023 Carib-bean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, who all attended Queen’s College (QC) and spoke with this newspaper last month, are currently moving ahead with other academic pursuits.

Poet and entrepreneur Nia Williams is aiming to add attorney-at-law to her list of accomplishments.