Guyana News

A man wielding a machete yesterday morning invaded the Roxanne Burnham Gardens Nursery School, where he assaulted a teacher and terrorised students while demanding that they hand over a “laptop.”

Juvenile offenders who enter the justice system will now be kept at a $37.6 million holding centre, which was formally opened yesterday afternoon.

Prison and jail conditions here remain poor and deteriorating with the Georgetown Prisons holding twice its capacity, the US State Department says in its latest Human Rights Report.

Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and US Chargé d’Affaires Thomas Pierce yesterday signed a Letter of Agreement to establish and support projects aimed at countering money laundering and narcotics operations over the next three years, under the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI).

PNCR Presidential Candidate David Granger yesterday said his party in government would ensure that citizens live in safety, while saying that the two armed robberies that occur every day under the current administration are unacceptable.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) yesterday staged a protest in front of the Homestretch Avenue offices of the National Communications Network (NCN) over its refusal to broadcast a “development ad” by party councillor Michael Carrington.

Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday dismissed suggestions by the AFC that the work of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is being affected by government delays in clearing funds and said that the Commission has not made such a complaint to the administration.

Transport Minister Robeson Benn has deployed big buses to service commuters free of charge, in a bid to contain hikes by private minibus operators.

Floodwaters in the Mahaica and Mahaicony creeks have remained stagnant for several weeks, leaving residents uneasy about their future.

Police are looking for a man who gunmen are believed to have used as “bait” to draw Brian Chung from his well-secured yard before they shot him in the head on Thursday evening.

A Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice died in a Jet Ski accident in the Corentyne River yesterday.

East Canje scrap metal dealer Rooplall Roopchand, his wife and two children came under gunfire during a pre-dawn attack by robbers who were trying to break into his house.

A female University of Guyana (UG) student was on Thursday evening dragged by a car during a robbery.

After being faced with a shortage of basic drugs for sometime, the Mahaicony Hospital received a US$2M emergency shipment from the Guyana Medical Relief (GMR).

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison, and another released on $60,000 bail, after they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged with cultivation and possession of ganja.

A mason was yesterday sentenced to three months in jail after admitting that he stole a nursery school teacher’s cellular phone.

A Columbian accused of forging an extension of stay stamp was yesterday refused bail by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Police are seeking help to identify a man who they fatally shot on Saturday at B Field, Sophia while responding to a report of break and enter.

Guyanese journalist Perry Woolford is considering a legal challenge to the non-renewal of his contract with Radio Broadcasting Foundation Suriname (SRS), which is pulling his services because he cannot speak Dutch.

A male psychiatric nurse on Thursday pleaded guilty to the murder of his Guyanese-born girlfriend who burnt to death in her north London home last year.