Guyana News

A 55-year-old man was yesterday ordered to serve 40 hours of community service after he pleaded guilty to illegally having cocaine in his possession.

A man who claimed that he was intoxicated when he stole a woman’s phone and sold it, was yesterday sentenced to six months imprisonment after admitting to the charge of larceny.

Two of the five accused charged with robbing Kaieteur News in October of last year changed their pleas to guilty last week and were sentenced to 50 months and 40 months imprisonment.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says that at its statutory meeting held today it approved the work plan for the conduct of Local Government Elections (LGE).

Swift action by Police ranks in Regional Division 4’A’  has resulted in the recovery of a motorcar that three men hijacked during an armed robbery on Camp Street, Georgetown yesterday.

At approximately 9:20 am today the Guyana Power and Light said that some customers experienced an interruption in their power supply due to a network disturbance.

At around 9:30  this morning, the police say that this man came into contact with a high-voltage electrical wire while doing construction work at the top of a multi-storey building on Regent Street, Georgetown.

Police constable, Shane James, appeared at the Mahaicony Magistrate’s Court on January 25th, 2023 to answer two charges of manslaughter over the New Year’s Day killings of fellow cop Dwayne McPherson and fisherman Kishan Budburgh.

Following two incidents where roads were blocked and debris burnt by residents, Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken has issued a warning against such acts.

In further testimony before the elections inquiry,  former Region Four Police Commander, Edgar Thomas yesterday insisted that ex-Top Cop, Leslie James had instructed him to clear the Ashmins building on March 5th, 2020.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday said that legal advice was given to institute charges against two parents who assaulted two teachers at two city primary schools last month.

The Government of Guyana is not opposed to entering into mediation with the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) over its subvention, Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday said.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday said that a thorough investigation has been launched into the torching of a car at Hopetown, West Coast Berbice following an accident that injured two persons.

A newly commissioned $26.5 million water supply system will benefit in excess of 200 residents of Taruka, Region Eight.

A spanking new Police Divisional Headquarters at Fort Wellington, West Coast Berbice was commissioned by Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn yesterday.

Schlumberger Guyana Inc, which has rebranded itself as SLB globally, yesterday confirmed it has submitted a new application to the Environmental Protection Agency for the operation of its RA source storage and calibration building that include radioactive source storage at Houston, East Bank Demerara.

An Essequibo youth died on Sunday after he lost control of his motorcycle and ended up in a trench.

With its baggage scanner still out of operation, the management of the Eugene F.

In a memo to GECOM Chair Claudette Singh on March 19th  2020, then Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO), Roxanne Myers denied any orders from her to evict elections commissioners on March 5th 2020 and March 16th 2020.

Bids were on Tuesday opened for the procurement of dry and fresh rations for inmates and officers in Lots 1-4  for the Guyana Prison Service and some of these run into billions of dollars.