Guyana News

Twenty protesters were placed on $60,000 bail each after they were charged with obstructing the free flow of traffic, damage to property, unlawful assembly, and an act of terrorism when they  appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning.

Lloyd McKenzie, 52, appeared on Monday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus where he was charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

Police are investigating an attack on Sushil Nagasar, a 35-year-old fisherman of Lot 16 Coconut Walk, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, by four brothers, all from Unity, Mahaica.

Several ranks from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Guyana Prison Service successfully completed a two-day Conducted Electrical Weapon (CEW) training course at the Officers Training Centre on August 31st, 2023.

Guyana’s top Deaf models will be competing at the 2nd International Deaf Cultural Arts Festival 2023 according to the Deaf Association of Guyana Inc (DAG) in a release yesterday.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony on Monday met with a team from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to discuss strategies geared at eliminating Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), hepatitis, and Tuberculosis (TB) by 2030.

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers yesterday conducted an operation at Tuschen Public Road, East Bank Essequibo, which resulted in the seizure of approximately 7.8 kg (about 17.1 lbs.)

Shakel Thomas, an 18-year-old of Laing Avenue, Georgetown, was arrested at Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo, on Sunday and was charged yesterday for possession of a firearm without a licence.

Efforts to raise awareness and build capacity for the electronic Single Window Planning and Development System are continuing, according to a release yesterday from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA).

(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Lee was forming east of the Lesser Antilles and was expected to rapidly intensify into an extremely dangerous hurricane by the weekend, the U.S.

Up to August 28th this year, the number of traffic deaths has skyrocketed by 60.2% compared to the same period last year.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony announced on Sunday that a contract has been inked for a new hospital to be built in New Amsterdam which will also be equipped with a training centre and a section for psychiatric patients which will result in the eventual closing of the National Psychiatric Hospital.

Two years after being slapped with a $20m default judgment and filing a series of appeals in a bid to evade payment to former government Minister Annette Ferguson whom he had defamed, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has found himself back to having to honour that initial ruling and whatever award for damages will be imposed against him for libel.

Minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh on Sunday told reporters in Berbice that two international hotels are expected to be developed at Palmyra, as massive development continues at the location.

A 22-year-old paralyzed girl is now dead after a suspected heart attack, however, relatives believe that the New Amsterdam Hospital could have done better in offering care to the young woman when they visited on Saturday morning.

Twenty persons who were a part of the cane harvesters’ protest yesterday were arrested after they attempted to block the Canje Turn with wooden poles and structures.

Two men yesterday pleaded not guilty to an armed robbery at a Lusignan supermarket on August 29th and were granted $150,000 bail each.

As the police continue to work on solving the brutal murders of Melissa Arokium and her eight-year-old son, Anthony Arokium, investigators have re-arrested her older brother Cerrano Arokium and her neighbour Deo Naris for further questioning.

A man who was wanted in connection with robberies in Region Three was yesterday held by the police at Peters Hall on the East Bank Demerara.

President Irfaan Ali says that Islamophobia has adversely affected multicultural societies like Guyana and must be uprooted and condemned by all means.