Guyana News

Damien Bissoon, also known as ‘Brother’, appeared before Justice Peter Hugh at the High Court in Demerara for his trial regarding the March 2018 murder of Taj Anthony Jarvis.

Police are currently investigating the shooting of Jianqing Chen, a 50-year-old Chinese businessman.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has come out in support of the recent decision by the New Amsterdam Mayor and Town Council to suspend one of its members citing the need for councillors to exhibit professional behaviour while performing their official duties, a PNCR release stated yesterday.

Nations Incorporated is partnering with US-based Core Group Resources (CGR) to create Core Nations – a majority owned Guyanese company – which will see graduates of Nations and others, being employed in the oil and gas, maritime, construction and mining industries, and further develop the Guyanese labour market through training and staff development, a Nations release announced yesterday.

The Ministry of Public Works has mobilised engineers to repair the traffic lights at the intersection of UG Road and the Rupert Craig Highway.

-in partnership with Greater Guyana Initiative The University of Guyana, in partnership with the Greater Guyana Initiative (GGI), yesterday launched two cutting-edge molecular laboratories.

Keith Jeffrey called ‘Pugga’, a 58-year-old labourer from Enmore sea dam, East Coast Demerara, has been charged with the murder of Theodore Baynes, which occurred on September 30, 2024, at Haslington North, East Coast Demerara.

Police are investigating the alleged discharging of a loaded firearm by Michael Thomas, a 50-year-old businessman of Bachelor’s Adventure, ECD, which occurred at about 8.20 pm on Monday at Avenue of the Republic, Georgetown, in the vicinity of the Route 44 minibus park.

-was previously arrested on ganja farm A New Amsterdam bandit who was fatally shot by a businessman during a robbery at his jewellery store along the Main Road in New Amsterdam on Tuesday has since been identified as Terrence John.

Cameras around the city are being reviewed as part of the Guyana Police Force’s ongoing investigation into the abduction of Joshua David.

Andrew Austin and Vickram Lakeram were each sentenced to 18 months imprisonment last month after pleading guilty to two charges of break and enter and larceny.

George Scott appeared last month before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on charges of fraudulent conversion.

-cites old grievances Jamaul Cornwell appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the George-town Magistrate’s Court last month where he was charged with simple larceny.

Keith Jeffrey called ‘Pugga’, a 58-year-old labourer from Enmore sea dam, East Coast Demerara, was arrested and charged with the murder of Theodore Baynes, which occurred on September 30, 2024, at Haslington North, East Coast Demerara.

-says hard currency flows expected to adequately cover imports Total foreign exchange transactions for the first half of this year increased by 39.0 percent to US$9,889.1m  compared to the first six months of last year and the Central Bank is assuring that the exchange rate for US dollar is expected to remain “relatively stable” and flows to the market are expected to adequately cover imports.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday commissioned a $100 million Soil Chemical Services Laboratory at the National Agricultural Research and Extension institute (NAREI) at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara.

-customer nursing bullet wound A bandit died yesterday after he was shot by a Berbice businessman during an attempted robbery at his jewellery store along the Main Road in New Amsterdam.

-man held after exchange of gunfire, pilot escapes In the South Rupununi, the police on Sunday intercepted a plane which may have been smuggling mercury for gold mining and one man was arrested during an exchange of gunfire while the pilot of the craft managed to escape to Brazil.

`It’s very stressful and frustrating that this entire saga has been swept under the rug and life just goes on as if nothing ever happened because we are not the entitled ones.

Residents of Santa Aratack in Region Three have received a modern communal kitchen for the first time.