Guyana News

Four ‘romance scammers’ were on Monday charged by the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) with twenty-one  counts of conspiracy to commit a felony and three counts of forgery.

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) yesterday said that it is deepening its engagement with Indigenous Peoples across the Caribbean and strengthening its response to issues affecting them.

The police say that William De Abreu for whom a wanted bulletin was issued on May 17, 2023 died yesterday following a confrontation with the police.

Under increasing scrutiny over the time it is taking to provide advice to the police, the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) yesterday said that all of the statements and evidence in the rape allegation against Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall must be considered.

By Shuntel Glasgow Vendors and residents of Plaisance staged a protest on the main access road just opposite the entrance of the primary school on Tuesday evening following the letters received from the Ministry of Public Works to vacate the Railway Embankment reserve.

The Upper Mazaruni District Council (UMDC)  yesterday restated their position  that proper consultations on carbon trading were not conducted in their communities, neither was their free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) given to sell carbon from their customary lands.

The winners of the World Refugee Day 2023 Migrant Art Competition received their prizes during a prize-giving ceremony at the Ministry’s 26 Brickdam office.

A 52-year-old pedestrian was on Monday struck down and killed by a speeding car on the La Grange Public Road, West Bank Demerara.

The USAID Eastern and Southern Caribbean office yesterday announced the launch of the Water for All Pitch Competition, seeking entrepreneurs in the  region to submit game-changing innovations that focus on the water sector. 

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) yesterday said that it had not invited Guyana to become a member of the group.

The Minister of Public Works of Suriname Dr Riad Nurmohamed will visit Guyana from tomorrow to attend the second High-Level Decision Makers (HLDM) Meeting on the planned Corentyne River bridge.

The Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) yesterday said that the complainant in the rape allegation against the Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall had not been denied legal counsel.

APNU has expressed dismay at the government’s draft Petroleum Activities Bill and said that it should address  direct spending from cost oil.

Murder accused Wayne Chester is now awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of the 2017 murder of Guyanese, French Guiana-based clothes vendor, Purcell Moore, who was shot dead during a robbery.

By Shuntel Glasgow Vendors along the popular hangout known as ‘Plaisance Line-Top’ who had been on the Railway Embankment for years were issued letters to vacate their spots within seven days for a four-lane road expansion.

The police in Region Two have confirmed that the businessman whose canter ran over and killed 13 year-old  Rovin Williams has been discharged from the hospital and is on station bail.

The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for convicted escapee, Ronaldo Parris, 23, following his flight from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara on 20th June, 2023.

Top Cop Clifton Hicken yesterday said that the police force is still to receive feedback from the DPP on the file it submitted on the rape allegation against Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall.

The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) and representatives from several district councils on Saturday met with the verifier of a controversial carbon credits scheme under which this country is to receive US$750m over 10 years with 15% of the monies to go to Indigenous communities.

Curtis Edwards and Basdeo Sukoom appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to the charge of larceny from several vehicles which they denied.