Guyana News

Deneve Ramzan, 32, of Kumaka WaterFront, North West District, appeared at the Mabaruma Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Lloyd Brummel (address not stated), appeared last week at the Georgetown Magistrates Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where he was charged with simple larceny.

Twenty-eight year-old Isaac Lopez was arrested for discharging four rounds in the air on Sunday morning at Parika, East Bank Essequibo.

People’s Progressive Party General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo said on Thursday that the Muritaro Primary School in Region Ten, will be raised above ground level to counteract flooding at the academic facility.

Twenty-one-year-old Ezekiel Deane, a technician of Lot 59 Princes Street, Lodge, Georgetown, appeared on Friday, at the Georgetown Magistrates Court, before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where he was charged with simple larceny.

Shawn Bobb (address not stated) appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates Court on September 8 before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where he was charged with robbery.

Navin Ali, 29 (address not stated), appeared last week at the Georgetown Magistrates Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where he was charged with simple larceny.

Farmers and residents in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region can expect improved infrastructure especially within the various Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDC) now that the region has received a brand new $35 million front end loader. 

The Guyana Police Force, through its Traffic Department, is moving to take stern action against reckless road users.

Mayor of Georgetown Alfred Mentore and members of the City Council’s International Relations Committee met with Deputy Chief of Mission Adrienne Galanek on Friday  to discuss matters of mutual concern and potential areas for collaboration, including city security, according to a release from the US Embassy.

President Irfaan Ali today expressed sadness over the deadly earthquake on Friday in Morocco that has claimed over 2,000 lives.

By Joseph Allen In a bid to ease the bottleneck in the supply of stone needed for the construction industry, a new quarrying company was declared open yesterday in Batavia, an Amerindian village in Region Seven.

Four persons including a schoolgirl died in a head-on collision in the area of De Hoop, Mahaica last evening.

At a press conference at State House yesterday, President Irfaan Ali disclosed that Guyana’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew mid-year by an estimated 59.5% while its non-oil economy rose by 12.3% during the first half of 2023.

Government is mulling lifting the income tax threshold and increasing the daily minimum wage but a decision would be based on the current analyses that are being undertaken by finance personnel, President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced.

Police are probing a fatal accident at Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara in which motorcyclist Andrew Alli, 51, died yesterday at about 11.20 am.

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton yesterday challenged President Irfaan Ali to produce correspondence to back up the claim that Ali had eight times formally reached out to him in an attempt to fulfill his [Ali’s] constitutional mandate.

Sugar workers who were arrested on Monday after they allegedly attempted to block the Canje Turn with wooden poles and structures to stop the free flow of traffic maintain that they were stripped down, photographed, and placed into lock-ups by police in Region Six.

Steering clear of a commitment to the confirmed appointments of  a Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chief Justice of this country, President Irfaan Ali yesterday said this will occur at the “appropriate” time.

Ashram Boodhoo, 50, also known as ‘Socks’, of Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara who was beaten in the head by his friend over a joke at a birthday party on July 3, died on Thursday after being discharged from the Infectious Diseases Hospital on August 20.