Guyana News

Dexter McDonald, a 35-year-old man, is wanted by police for questioning on armed robbery  and rape.

The ongoing March 2020 General and Regional fraud election matter which is before the various courts in the Georgetown Magisterial District was once again put off to April 18th by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan when the matter was called yesterday morning.

The police today said that four persons including a cop were robbed during an  armed attack at the Kamboat Restaurant on Sheriff Street on Saturday night and one was shot in the abdomen.

A 32-year-old Sergeant of Police, Jermain Semple is now in hospital after he was allegedly shot by Fawazz McRae, a 27-year-old building contractor of Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden, at about 21:30 hrs on March 12th, 2023, at the Crown and Anchor Grill and Bar in Linden.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says a US$34m deal for a national  electronic ID card among the Guyana Government, the UAE and a German company runs afoul of the country’s Procurement Act.

Preliminary data from the concluding Census 2022 have revealed significant shifts in the population, Guyana’s Chief Statistician, Errol La Cruez said while cautioning  that data collected to date is in the analysis and verification process.

Police detectives from Regional Police Division #4B are investigating the death of Brian Thomas, a 59-year-old resident of Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, who was allegedly murdered on March 8th, 2023, between 23:00hrs and 23:30hrs.

Since the establishment of the 12th parliament, the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources, has only met once and the purpose for that meeting was to appoint its Chairman and Vice Chairman.

Police are continuing with their investigations into a fatal accident which occurred at about 22:50 hours on Friday on Long Creek Public Road, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, after a driver lost control of his vehicle, causing it to flip several times.

A Bosai bulldozer operator is feared dead after the mining pit in which he was operating collapsed on Saturday.

As part of its transformative plans to make Guyana a centre for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) the Government of Guyana is encouraging Guyanese to register for the 150k Guyana Coders Initiative (GCI).

A team from the International Labour Organization (ILO) recently met with representatives from the Ministry of Labour in preparation for Guyana to host the 12th ILO Meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour in May 23-25th.

Secondary school students in forms four to six and from Regions Two, Three, Four, Five and Six, will today, benefit from the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) roadshow, being hosted by the Office of the Prime Minister’s Industry and Innovation Unit.

After serving the Guyana Police Force for almost 35 years, Woman Superintendent Cristal Robinson has retired.

By Aaliyah McFarlane Nelsion Nurse, who was adjudged the Designer of the Year in the Mashramani 2023 competitions, in an interview with the Stabroek News proclaimed his happiness at the competition’s outcome.

A 22-year-old man was today discovered dead in Angoy’s Avenue after he was involved in a fight on Friday evening and attacked last evening by relatives of the person who was injured in the earlier altercation.

US Vice President Kamala Harris’s Special Advisor for the Western Hemisphere, Joseph Salazar, and Deputy Director for the Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA), Office of Caribbean Affairs, Michael Taylor will visit Guyana from March 12-14, 2023.

Amid heightened complaints from businessmen about the unavailability of foreign currency, the Bank of Guyana (BoG) on Friday issued a circular to bank cambios which is intended to crack down on shadowy transactions.

After being hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant constriction of the global supply chain, the Region Nine Santa Fe Farm is preparing to resume work with its eyes set on assisting Guyana to cut its food imports by 2025, Farm Director Eldon Bremner said.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that the statements made on Thursday by executive member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Tacuma Ogunseye, were  made with the intention of promoting “hate, terrorism and racism” in the country and has since called on Guyanese to condemn such actions.