Guyana News

Fawazz McRae, a 27-year-old businessman/contractor of Lot 1231 Central’s Amelia’s Ward, Linden, was on Wednesday charged with the murder of 32-year old Police Sergeant Jermaine Semple, who was shot in the head.

Hard Rock® Cafe Guyana yesterday announced a $2,000,000 presentation to Help and Shelter in celebration of International Women’s Month.

Residents of Sisters Village, East Bank Berbice now have easier access to their farmlands, following the construction of a timber bridge by members of the 4 Engineers Battalion of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

The police today issued a wanted bulletin for Working People’s Alliance (WPA) activist Tacuma Ogunseye over statements he made on a political platform.

Thirty Guyanese each received approximately $1 million through the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports – Cultural and Creative Industry’s Grant programme to further boost the creative arts industry, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.

The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday signed a number of contracts to the tune of $1.13 billion as part of its 2023 capital programme.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC has justified government’s sole-sourcing of the US$34 million e-ID project contending that the sensitivity of the data it would contain requires world class security features from trusted companies and an “open market” opens the floodgates to data being compromised.

The Ministry of Education is to establish a secondary school in Jawalla, Region Seven.

By Joseph Allen While Police Commander of Region 7, Dion Moore says that the security situation at Eteringbang is under control, a shop owner yesterday vehemently disagreed.

The construction and operation of the Gonsalves Hotel on Sheriff Street will not significantly affect the environment and therefore no impact assessment is required for the project, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined.

Still focussed on addressing the complaints by businesses about access to foreign exchange from the banking system, President Irfaan Ali says that his government is “not sitting” on the issue.

Four persons are in police custody after a Mabaruma, Region One man died while receiving treatment for his injuries at the Mabaruma hospital.

State prosecutors as well as the defence attorneys and their clients, are all awaiting the new court date to hear two of the Magistrates at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court pronounce on whether the 30-plus election fraud charges will be tried before one Magistrate instead of the three who are currently presiding over the matters. 

A New Amsterdam labourer was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with attempted murder. 

An 85-year old man of Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, whose sister placed an advertisement in the Stabroek News yesterday to find him, reconnected with her yesterday morning.

Andy Jainandan appeared before Magistrate Dylon Bess in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday and pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

The Carnegie School of Home Economics yesterday held its graduation exercise for the class of 2022 at the Marriott Hotel, Georgetown where 55 persons graduated in five disciplines.

In what would be seen as a cheap political gimmick, PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo on Sunday hailed a former arson accused and step-relative of Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton for joining the party.

The United States Embassy in George-town has notified  US Citizens that it has increased its security protocols due to unspecified threats to US interests. 

After surviving a ‘shoot-out’ with the police, 23-year-old, Ronaldo Chapman, called ‘Packie’, of Half Mile, Wismar, Linden was  yesterday charged with the possession of a firearm without a licence, possession of ammunition without a licence and the possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.