Guyana News

Sergeant Jewan and other ranks from Grove Police Station held a Community Outreach in the Grant Scheme area at Craig, East Bank Demerara, during which residents complained about noise nuisance, a release from the police said on Friday.

Residents of Four Miles, Port Kaituma, Region One are expected to start benefiting from potable water supply within another week.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday lauded an India-financed and built ferry for the northwest as a `game changer’.

The body of a 36-year-old woman who was allegedly abducted by her ex-partner was today discovered in a clump of bushes at East Canje Berbice.

Heavy rain today has flooded central Georgetown and other parts of the city.

The Ministry of Education today said that some city schools have been closed because of the heavy rain.

The PPP’s welcoming of  former mayor and PNCR member, Patricia Chase-Green, into its fold although she was critical of it and was a central figure in the controversial parking meter contract, is because it is a forgiving party and believes in giving second chances, party General Secretary  Bharrat Jagdeo says.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday morning issued bulletins for an Ogle man and woman who are wanted for questioning in relation to the murder of Police Constable Quincy Lewis on the East Bank of Demerara on June 19, 2020.

APNU and the PPP/C yesterday traded accusations of irregularities concerning the nomination process for the upcoming Local Government Elections, with both sides alleging that signatures of their supporters were forged on the list of candidates of the other party.

At about 4.30 am yesterday, ranks from the Port Kaituma Police Station acted on information received and went to Five Star Landing, North West District (NWD), where they searched the shop of a 24-year-old female for arms, ammunition and narcotics.

APNU yesterday apologised to Guyana Chronicle reporter Tamica Garnett for an expletive-laden volley which was aimed at her by party member Carol Smith Joseph and said that all journalists must be treated with respect.

On Wednesday, the Custom Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) seized a quantity of cannabis at Tuschen New Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo, with a street value of $11.5 million.

The mobile phone of Ministry of Home Affairs Permanent Secretary, Mae Toussaint Jr.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) last evening declared that Eid-ul-Fitr will be observed today, signifying the end of Ramadan.

Karamchan Mukunauth, a 39 year-old fisherman of Latchman Singh Housing Scheme, Lusignan, East Coast Demerara was on Thursday charged with the murder of a man.

Former Vice Chairman for Region Ten, Byron Lewis died on Wednesday night following a  crash on the Bee Hive Public Road, East Coast Demerara.

Luis Franceschi, the Assistant General Secretary of the Commonwealth, urged member countries at the 9th annual conference of the Commonwealth Caribbean Association of Integrity Commissions and Anti-Corruption Bodies (CCAICACB) to embrace the findings of investigative journalism as they work to stamp out corrupt practices in their country.

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday signalled a crackdown on vending on the Kingston sea defence reserve and the foreshore.

A 63-year-old man died in an accident on the Good Hope Public Road, East Coast Demerara yesterday after the vehicle he was in collided with a parked motor lorry.

Vincent Alexander, Chairman of IDPADA-G, says that the umbrella body will not tell its constituents not to take monies which the government intends to give them directly this year.