Guyana News

By Deneita Fredericks The first meeting of the new city council following the June 12 Local Government Elections has agreed the need for a full-fledged audit of its operations.

BK Security Manager, Michael Bascom died yesterday after his vehicle toppled at Le Ressouvenir on the East Coast Demerara.

Two persons died in a fire at Silvertown, Linden last night.

Two children, ages 9 and 11, who were being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the mosquito-borne dengue infection, have passed away, Public Relations Representative, Chelauna Providence, confirmed yesterday.

The Ministry of Health yesterday commissioned the Fort Ordnance Health Centre in Region Six.

The police yesterday identified the three children who perished after a boat capsized in the Rupununi River early Saturday morning.

Joshua Martin Archer called ‘Joshie’, a 22-year-old labourer of Robert Road, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara was arrested on August 5, 2023, by Deputy Superintendent Dufu and charged yesterday with the murder of Olato Sam, 53.

Having played a major role in the development of  a 44-acre artificial island in the Demerara River over eight months, the  dredger M.V.

Fifty ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and one rank of the Guyana Prison Service recently completed the GDF’s Skill-At-Arms Course (SAAC).

The driver of motor pickup GAD 2943, Kissoon Paul, was proceeding along the St Cuthbert’s Mission Access Trail at around 19:20 hrs on Sunday evening when he lost control, and the vehicle toppled.

Roylyn Berkshire, 29, of Lot 23 Two Friends, East Coast Demerara, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Rhondell Weever on 14th August 2023, to answer to the charge of fraudulent conversion.

After a three-year hiatus, one hundred and sixty-four youths participated at the eleventh Republic Bank Pan Minors Music Literacy Programme, held in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport.

Twenty-two persons have graduated from the Ministry of Health’s Phar-macy Assistant Programme in Region Two.

The police are investigating a suspected murder/suicide involving Ajay Budhan, a 26-year-old farmer of Long Creek Soesdyke/Linden Highway and Ashley Singh, an 18-year-old female from Soesdyke, which occurred between 00:30 hrs and 06:30 hrs today on a trail at Long Creek.

Joshua Martin Archer called ‘Joshie’, a 22-year-old labourer of Robert Road, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara was arrested on August 5, 2023, by Deputy Superintendent Dufu and charged today with the murder of Olato Sam.

Police are investigating a fatal accident at about 10.45 last night on the Montrose Public Road, East Coast Demerara, where two 19-year-olds, Michael Pierre and Daniel Durant, lost their lives.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Friday intercepted a boat at Sandaka Creek, East Berbice-Corentyne with cannabis and two men were held.

The large scale mining contract that Australia-headquartered mining company, Troy Resources, has with Guyana stipulates that it must legally comply with a land reclamation process and other environmental obligations, as set out by the Environmental Protection Agency, before leaving the country.

 Three children died after a boat capsized in Region 9 early Saturday morning, the police said.

The planned retreat later this week for CARICOM Heads of Government initiated by its Chairman and Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has been cancelled.