Guyana News

Along with heightening its presence and establishing a local office in Guyana, the French Government is also prioritizing allowing Guyanese to have easier access to the Schengen Visa when the office here is fully ‘up and running’ instead of them having them travel to neighbouring Suriname.

Two years after she copped the runner-up position in the 2020 Regional Recognition Awards Programme organised by the Association of Caribbean Commisisoners of Police (ACCP), Superintendent Nicola Kendall on Tuesday received her trophy.

Police yesterday busted a 29-year-old man with 335.9 grammes of cannabis at the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling.

Fire victim, 64-year-old Gavin Joseph of Riverview Ruimveldt, Georgetown, who is unable to walk properly, received a four wheel rollator walker on Tuesday from ranks of the Ruimveldt Police Station through the Men on a Mission (MOM) initiative to assist him in moving around.

An Essequibo man was on Tuesday fined $28,000 after he pleaded guilty to a drug trafficking charge when he appeared at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Esther Sam.

On Monday, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Officers intercepted a motor car bearing Registration number PZZ 2006 with a male occupant in the vicinity of Hill Street between D’Urban and Norton Street, Lodge.

Kelon Fredericks, a 21-year-old of Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo, and also of Onderneeming Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast, appeared at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Esther Sam, where he answered to an attempted murder charge.

A motorcyclist and a pillion rider are now dead after the rider lost control of his motorcycle and collided into the front of a motorcar along the Number 79 Public Road last evening.

With the supervisory firm for the New Demerara Harbour Bridge on site on the West Bank Demerara (WBD)  and the commencement order issued last week, work has officially begun by Chinese company, CRCCL on the highly anticipated crossing scheduled for completion in 2024.

Outsourcing company, Teleperformance, opened a second branch at a newly-constructed office block at Middle and Thomas streets, North Cummings-burg, Georgetown, yesterday afternoon.

Eighty-four haemodialysis patients yesterday received cheques valued at $600,000 each, to help subsidise their treatment expenses, a release from the Ministry of Health said.

For alleged maladministration and poor accountability, Regional Executive Officer (REO) for Region Four, Donald Gajraj, yesterday had a No-Confidence Motion passed against him by APNU+AFC Councillors.

The murder charge brought against 30-year-old Aquiella Abrams in October of last year over the death of her reputed husband, Michael Wilson, was yesterday withdrawn and a manslaughter charge was instead instituted.

The increasing number of valid complaints from consumers engaged in the purchase of vehicles has prompted the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) to alert consumers to have the vehicles they intend to purchase thoroughly checked by a mechanic of their choice before signing off on the final agreement. 

A man has been charged with wounding a secondary school student after his son made a complaint to him.

Minister in the Ministry of Public Works Deodat Indar on Monday afternoon honoured his pledge to residents of Tower Road, Yarrowkabra with the distribution of 60 water tanks to households in the squatting area.

The Kitty businessman who was ordered to stay 1,000 feet away from his daughter for life now awaits sentencing after he was found guilty of the offences of inflicting grievous bodily harm and assaulting the 25-year-old woman.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) last week began distribution of Starkey Evolv hearing aids to persons across the country.

Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) Fazil Karimbaksh yesterday said that the eight persons wanted for questioning in relation to money laundering have turned themselves in.

On Monday,  Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony met with a team from Donation and Transplant Institute (DTI) Barcelona and the Pan American Health Organisation/ World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) Headquarters (HQ) at his Brickdam office.