Guyana News

A 35-year-old miner of Isseneru Village, Middle Mazaruni River, Region Seven, died in a boat accident on Sunday evening.

Residents of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam yesterday took matters into their own hands after a woman was allegedly attacked by her partner.

Denzel Smith, who was fighting for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital for over two weeks after he was struck by a motorcar on August 9 while crossing the Mocha to Diamond new access road, succumbed on Saturday night.

Marusia Persaud, a 44-year-old housewife of Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo, was arrested on Sunday for possession of 22 grammes of cannabis during an intelligence-led operation.

Forty-seven-year-old Faye Matthews, a hairdresser, of Lot 9 D’Urban Street, Lodge, Georgetown, and Parinna Jardin of Lot 356 Schoonord Village, West Bank Demerara, yesterday appeared virtually at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rhondell Weever where they were charged with using abusive and threatening language.

With a combination of years of experience and young leadership in the Chairman and Vice Chairman, the Canefield/ Enterprise Neighbourhood Democratic Council will be working around the clock to improve the villages that fall within the NDC with their main goal being to make the lives of residents as “comfortable” as possible.

Ricardo Ramsaroop, a 27-year-old barber from Bella Dam, West Bank Demerara, was arrested by Police yesterday after he was found to be in possession of suspected marijuana.

For the past week, police have been trying to identify the suspected male human skeletal remains discovered by a Stewartville labourer in an abandoned two-storey wooden building at Uitvlugt Estate road, West Coast Demerara on August 18th.

A fire that was caused by a leaking hose on a gas cylinder last Friday destroyed a bar at 270 Tabatinga, Lethem, Region Nine, leaving three persons homeless.

In an effort to help equip students with the necessary skills to survive and thrive in an increasingly data-driven world, the Bureau of Statistics hosted sixteen students from secondary schools across Georgetown at its first-ever Data Science Camp, a release from the Bureau informed yesterday.

President Irfaan Ali today met with the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,  Tony Blair at State House.

Commander of Region Six, Shivpersaud Bacchus this morning confirmed that the persons who were last week arrested in connection with the brutal murders of Melissa Arokium and her eight-year-old son, Anthony Arokium are no longer in custody.

The Ministry of Health has launched a complaints hotline where persons who did not receive satisfactory service or were told prescribed drugs were not available at health centres or hospital pharmacies can now call, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony has announced.

Stenson Roland, a 35-year-old miner was stabbed to death on Saturday night at a shop at Imbaimadai Landing while imbibing.

Three men died in a four-vehicle accident at Unity, Mahaica on Saturday night and two others were injured.

Four teenagers died after their car collided yesterday morning with a parked motor lorry on Resource Public Road, Canal # 2 Polder, West Bank Demerara (WBD).

The Upper Mazaruni District Council (UMDC) is expressing its support for the Chinese Landing Village’s call for the implementation of the recent decision by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in its favour.

Police are investigating an accident involving two motorcycles that occurred just after midnight yesterday on the No.

The Protected Areas Commission (PAC) on Saturday opened a new office at 56 Commercial Block, Lethem, Region Nine.

The University of Guyana (UG) says  that it has taken a number of steps to strengthen the management of sports programmes at the university, a release from the institution stated on Saturday.