Guyana News

Sixty-year-old Trevor Smith of William Street, Campbellville, Georgetown is what one would refer to as a veteran kite maker.

The Ministry of Health yesterday handed over fifteen  ATVs, four  ambulances and three boats purchased under the Regional Health Services programme to support the transportation needs of the hinterland regions.

Yonnic Gilpin, a 27-year-old of Lot 67 Russell Street, Charlestown was today charged with murdering his grandmother Patricia Bovell between the 18th and 19th March 2023 at their Russell Street home.

British Airways (BA) yesterday made its inaugural scheduled flight to Guyana from the UK as it commenced its twice-weekly operations.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) yesterday clinched a US$22m loan from the private sector arm of the IDB which will allow it to boost output of milk and juice while also diversifying its energy mix.

Twenty-five-year-old Region Nine resident, Russell Allicock will have to carry on daily duties in the future without an arm after he was attacked by caimans in the Takutu Pond while fishing with some friends.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday commissioned two new boarding bridges at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

The driver of the container truck that crashed into a religious crusade on the Victoria Public Road, ECD on Friday, injuring four persons and damaging nine vehicles appeared at the Vigilance Magis-trate’s Court on Friday where the charges of dangerous driving and refusing to consent to a breathalyzer test were read to him.

Two masked bandits wearing hoodies and armed with a gun robbed a Chinese Supermarket, Tanyuan Meng, situated at 13th Street Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara last Friday night.

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) held the inaugural meeting on Guyana’s One Health Initiative yesterday at the Pegasus Suites and Corporate Centre.

Kevin Persaud, a 27-year-old real estate agent of Lot 307 7th Street Martyrs Ville, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, was last Friday charged with attempted murder.

Schlumberger Guyana Inc’s application for the operation of a source storage and calibration building, which includes radio-active source storage, at Houston, East Bank Deme-rara, is still being reviewed by the Environmental and Protection Agency (EPA).

By Aaliyah McFarlane The fast approaching Easter period is Marvin Cole’s busiest, as it is during this season that he puts his creativity to work, putting out some of the more artistic kites which are sought after even though there are  cheaper ‘bird’ kites on the market.

With questions left unanswered as to what may have happened to Canada-based Guyanese woman, Roma Dookeran, the Guyana Police Force through the Major Crimes Unit has now held a taxi driver in connection with her murder.

The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) and the Barbados Coalition of Service Industries (BCSI) on Thursday last signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will see Guyana benefiting from ways to improve its tourism products, including accommodation, food and management.

As the Guyana Police Force continues to probe two recent shootings in Sophia that may be linked to two murders, no suspect has been arrested.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has questioned Attorney General Anil Nandlall’s interpretation of the Companies Act and it has also provided a series of answers that he sought.

Two out of three men who appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday were charged with simple larceny and damage to property and remanded to prison while the third was granted bail on the charge of receiving stolen items.

The Government of Guyana’s aim to become a regional arbitration hub took a step closer to reality with thirty attorneys-at-law recently completing an arbitration training exercise.

Ryan Messiah, a 26-year-old security guard of Lot 4 Bel Air Village, East Coast Demerara, was  last Wednesday charged with simple larceny committed on Leila Jagdeo.