Guyana News

Two Beauty and Home System Inc (Avon) employees were yesterday robbed by an armed bandit of almost $7M as they were about to leave the Camp Street office for a city bank.

Police last evening issued wanted bulletins for 15 more persons for questioning in relation to a multi-million dollar fraud at the Accountant General’s Department of the Ministry of Finance.

A police vehicle was involved in a horrific accident on the Enmore public road yesterday which resulted in the death of a woman and injuries to four other persons.

Following the deaths of two babies from flu-like symptoms in Annai earlier this week, residents of the North Rupununi community are calling for a doctor to be stationed there.

School children yesterday afternoon stumbled upon the decomposing remains of an unidentified man lying in a Hadfield Street drain, behind the St.

The suspect in an armed robbery was shot by police yesterday.

A Linden construction worker died on the spot on the Sir David Rose Avenue, in the vicinity of Kara Kara, McKenzie, Linden, after being struck by a car yesterday morning.

Businessman Christopher Ramsarran, 23, who died on Thursday evening after the motorcycle he was riding crashed into a pick-up the Triumph Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD), had been speeding, according to police.

Stabroek News journalist Gaulbert Sutherland was yesterday declared the overall winner in the UNICEF/Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security’s (MLHSSS) Media Awards for Excellence in Journalism Coverage of women and children.

Courts Guyana Inc. has donated $1M to the National Parks Commission for the development of two benabs, which will be used for the public’s recreational benefit.

Vijay Seenarine, who escaped along with three other inmates from the New Amsterdam Prison on June 11, was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo.

Magistrate Geeta Chandan Edmond yesterday ordered the prosecution to close its case in the trial of Anand Narine, who is accused of circulating nude photos of his ex-wife, Babita Sarjou.

Presidential hopeful David Granger yesterday criticised the PPP/C for incompetence in ensuring road safety, saying that recent fatalities were a “shocking reminder” of how dangerous the roadways have become.

Uzair Khan, 19, who died on Wednesday along the Iwokrama trail, in the North Rupununi, was pinned after the accident occurred.

Guyana Elections Commis-sion (GECOM) Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally discussed the commission’s preparedness for the imminent general and regional elections during a recent meeting with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) says it experiences heavy losses due to leaks and damage to water mains and meters, at a two-day Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Workshop it hosted last weekend.

Two men, accused of a violent carjacking, were on Thursday remanded to prison by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The five men accused of cocaine trafficking after the Batavia drug bust now have a July 7 court date, at the Bartica Magistrates’ Court.

Loud applause resounded Thursday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court when Norman McLean and Evelyn Sita Ramlal were told that they had been discharged in the matter in which they were accused of forging an adoption order for a child.

Barama Company Limited donated a quantity of wood valued over $1M to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to help rebuild houses in Lethem that were damaged during the recent flooding there.