Guyana News

Moot Court Guyana (MCG) announced the launch of its first mooting competition of the 2024/2025 academic year with its International Law Mooting Competition (ILMC) which was held on Friday, a MCG release stated.

Police have issued wanted bulletins for two men in connection with the killing of Aubrey Richardson, who died from injuries sustained during a robbery on August 24, 2024.

bank accounts with $500M frozen By Shuntel Glasgow Justice Gino Persaud yesterday refused an application by embattled Assistant Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus and his pregnant wife Adonika Aulder, made by their Attorney Earl Daniels for Brutus to accompany Aulder to the US for medical attention in view of revelations that there are 240 charges pending against him for money laundering and other serious financial crimes.

The Ministry of Public Works, in collaboration with China Roads and Bridges Corporation (CRBC) and Sheladia Associates Inc hosted a stakeholder consultation on the East Bank Improvement Project on October 16, at Supply Primary School to allow residents between Relief and Soesdyke, as well as regular users of the East Bank Corridor, to share their insights on the project.

Guyana’s oil resources have seen it transition to a ‘high-income economy’, as the World Bank reported that while this country sits with high economy countries many parts of the Caribbean and the region are struggling to raise their income levels.

The taxi driver and alleged rapist who stabbed a 16-year-old girl in Region Two on Monday afternoon was hospitalized after consuming gasoline before being detained by police on Tuesday.

– publication of EPA tests on Noitgedacht road   Dr Vincent Adams of the Alliance for Change (AFC) has called on Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd to apologize for his remarks about the squatting culture in Linden.

– includes annual payout to citizens The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) have announced plans to implement a recurring cash transfer programme called the “Good Governance Dividend” if elected to govern.

The second annual Destination Guyana Now Business Conference got underway yesterday at the Marriott Hotel in Georgetown.

Lenroy Michael Forde, also known as “Biggie,” was on Thursday found guilty by a jury of the 2021 murder of Odingo Anthony Heywood.

The National Data Management Authority (NDMA) on October 16 and 17, conducted a transformative two-day “Cyber Road Show” in East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six), with more than 450 students across eight schools in the region benefitting from the initiative.

Samuel Charles, 27, was on Thursday sentenced to four years in prison by Justice Peter Hugh after he pleaded guilty to the charge of felonious wounding.

Sixty officers from the Guyana Prison Service have received their certificates after completing the University of Guyana’s Institute for Human Resiliency, Strategic Security, and the Future (IHRSSF), First Responders Course on Mental, Neurological, and Substance Abuse Disorders (MNS).

As part of the government strategy in the elimination of malaria, the Ministry of Health’s Vector Control Services convened a stakeholders’ consultation meeting at its Brickdam headquarters to discuss the development of the National Malaria Programme Strategic Plan for 2026-2030, a Ministry of Health release stated yesterday.

Head of the Strategic Management Department at the Guyana Prison Service, Rae-Dawn Corbin, has returned home from a successful training course at the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFEI), stated a release on Thursday from the Guyana Prison Service.

Justice Gino Persaud this morning barred embattled Assistant Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus from leaving Guyana even as the State revealed that there are over 240 charges pending against him.

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) today announced the introduction of a new service connecting Suriname and Guyana, starting November 03, 2024.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday warned that Assistant Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus’ recent move to the court against the Attorney General and the police chief was self- destructive as the government has files on him from when he oversaw the procurement system of the police force.

– will be done periodically The $100,000 per adult citizen grant will be done mostly by cheques to ensure better transparency and record keeping, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said as he announced that citizens can expect future periodic payouts.

Over 40 innovations and applied research projects are on display at the University of Guyana’s Institute for Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (UGIRIE) exhibition which opened yesterday at the university’s multipurpose centre at the Turkeyen Campus and ends tomorrow.