Guyana News

Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum this afternoon told Stabroek News that the complainant in the rape allegation against Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall has given a `no further action statement’ to investigators.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Guyana as part of his first official trip to the Caribbean, a statement from the US Embassy said today.

Fire Chief Gregory Wickham this morning disclosed that three persons perished in a fire at Drysdale Street, Charlestown today.

Guyana’s foreign policy agenda continues to be very active and a number of programmes implemented have arisen from the relationships forged during engagements with over 60 world leaders, President Irfaan Ali last evening stated.

Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo has criticised as  “callous” a decision of the Ministry of Public Works which had sent notices to some 50 vendors on the Plaisance Railway Embankment ‘Line Top’ on the East Coast Demerara, instructing them to remove within seven days.

Police are currently investigating the death of 34-year-old labourer, Dellon Waterman, called ‘Puppi’ of Lot 2 (c) Riverview, Ruimveldt, Georgetown, on Wednesday evening.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday refuted claims by attorney-at-law Jerome Khan that a 23-year-old pregnant client of his was maltreated while in custody, kept beyond the 72 hours legally mandated, released on her own recognizance and told to later return to the unit’s Lethem office.

Police are investigating a fatal accident that claimed the life a 27-year-old motorcyclist on the Kara Kara Public road yesterday morning.

The police have reported that the body of  Palmer’s Point, Lower Mazaruni boat captain, Carl Subratie, 61, who was reported missing on June 18, 2023 was found yesterday.

The widespread infectious flu-like symptoms that have been circulating in different areas for the past three months have raised more questions than answers, as many have been severely affected and it has been more severe than COVID-19. 

Outgoing United States Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch, underscored the potential for transformational change from oil and gas, even as she adverted to inclusivity and compassion.

By Subhana Shiwmangal Squatters at Hill Foot, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, whose homes were demolished on May 31 following a court order, held a small protest on Sunday to express their dissatisfaction with how the Ministry of Housing is handling the issue of turn-key houses and lands promised to them.

Region Four Health Officer (RHO), Dr Gavinash Persaud, in an interview with Stabroek News on Wednesday, said that he has received the report concerning the reported mistreatment of Rawndel Clementson’s family at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre.

The government on Wednesday welcomed the discovery of oil at the Wei-1 exploration well in the Corentyne Block, undertaken by CGX Energy Incorporated and Frontera Energy Corporation.

Two men are currently in custody over the firing of a weapon at  a businessman.

Orlando Cort appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate‘s Court on Tuesday, before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where he was charged with unlawfully and maliciously wounding Isaiah (only name discernible) so as to cause grievous bodily harm.

Akeem Lewis appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where he was charged with robbery with aggravation.

Trinidad-based consultants, WSP Caribbean, have designed and proposed a two-section bridge connected by an island in the Corentyne River to link Guyana and Suriname. 

Corriverton resident, Durn Hunt, who last month pleaded guilty to murdering his girlfriend Itashia Frank back in October of 2018, has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars for the crime.

For what the State described as “gruesome” treatment unleashed on his victim/survivor, Corentyne resident Broan Luke has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for raping a woman at knife-point after breaking into her house.