Guyana News

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday suffered a trip on one of its transmission lines triggering outages in Demerara and Berbice.

A 51-year-old pedestrian is now battling for his life after he was struck down by a jeep on Monday at Turkeyen, Rupert Craig Highway.

A Corentyne fisherman was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of  attempted murder after he allegedly attacked a Number 79 Village, Corentyne resident with a knife.

A man who recently completed a jail sentence for a break and enter charge has been remanded for the theft of 11 firearms, valued $3.5 million, property of Adepemo Peters.

The trial of Rawle Munroe who is accused of fatally stabbing ex-soldier Edward Beveney back in 2018, is currently underway before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the High Court in Demerara.

Twenty-three-year-old Triston Telford who had been facing trial for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl back in 2018 has been acquitted of the charge.

Norris Sansculott, a 21-year-old barber of Lot 100 Burnham Drive, Wismar, Linden, was yesterday charged with the possession of a firearm without licence.

Chief Operating Officer of GTT’s Home Solutions & Fixed Networks, Eshwar Thakurdin , recently donated one year of free Fibre service, a desktop computer, printer, stationary and personal care items to the Hope Children’s Home in Enmore, East Coast Demerara. 

A Bushlot, Corentyne man is now in a serious condition after he was held down and stabbed multiple times on Saturday by two men – one of whom accused him of verbal abuse at work.

 An autopsy performed on the body of West Coast Demerara fisherman, Munaf Azeez, who was murdered on Monday, revealed that he died as a result of a perforated heart and lung due to stab wounds.

A 43-year-old man of Wismar, Linden, is now in a serious condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was chopped by his associate following a misunderstanding at Quartzstone Backdam, Cuyuni River.

The Rotaract Club of Georgetown Central hosted its 6th Wine and Art exhibition at the Booklands Gardens on March 25, 2023.

Residents of Samaroo Dam, Pouderoyen, Region Three were engaged yesterday afternoon by the Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal and a senior technical team of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA), including Director of Community Development  Gladwin Charles.

The Guyanese athletes, who recently participated in the CARIFTA games, were given a grand welcome home by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport – Guyana.

ExxonMobil handed its chief executive a 52% pay increase to $35.9m (£28.7m) for 2022 after the oil company reported its highest ever profits, the UK Guardian reported today.

GECOM Chairperson Claudette Singh continues to chair the Commission and cast her votes in a manner that (to quote Commissioner Vincent Alexander) “brings into question GECOM`s fitness for purpose as an impartial electoral body”, the Office of the Leader of the Opposition said today.

Two regional airlines – the Dominican Republic-based Sky Cana and Suriname’s Fly Always – will be offering flights from Guyana to Canada with the former set to begin service from June 1st.

Deonarine Bhikhari who murdered an Enmore father of four, Daniel Singh, in 2000 was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment and will have to serve 30 years before becoming eligible for parole.

After nearly three years of delays with excuses about poor weather and stone shortage, to equipment malfunctions, Minister in the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar yesterday  called for a $87m concrete road project at Mahdia (Potaro-Siparuni) to be terminated.