Guyana News

The Guyana Police Force today said that consequent to allegations of financial impropriety levelled against Deputy Commissioner (ag) Calvin Brutus on social media and by “established media houses”, he has since requested permission to proceed on annualised vacation leave with immediate effect to facilitate an investigation in the best interest of the Guyana Police Force.

Detectives in Regional Division 4’A’ are probing the murder of a 28-year-old man, Shawn (only name known at this time) of Grove, East Bank Demerara, which occurred at about 2 this morning  at King Street and South Road, Georgetown.

Two brothers died yesterday in a bloody confrontation with a miner at St Lawrence, East Bank Essequibo (EBE).

-President tells criminal justice reform conference President Irfaan Ali yesterday underscored that crime does not exist in isolation but is deeply embedded in societal, economic and environmental contexts.

-Ali tells regional business forum The Caribbean Investment Forum 2024  opened yesterday with President Irfaan Ali charging the region’s private sector to tap into the many business opportunities available in the bloc and help to bridge the investment gaps as it is impossible for states alone to do it.

-opposition objects Amid a flurry of objections from the opposition, the government on Tuesday morning used its majority in Parliament to affirm the University of Guyana (UG) Amendment Order 2024 to expand UG’s council.

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday cited a “possible typographical error” as being behind the $858 million bid that had been listed for Mohamed’s Enterprise for the construction of the Guyana Fire Service Headquarters on Homestretch Avenue.

Police are investigating a shooting incident that occurred on Tuesday about 19.45 hours at Charles Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, which left a 6-year-old hospitalised with a gunshot wound to the head.

The file concerning Jonathan Gomes, a 27-year-old of Canary Street, Tucville, Georgetown, who died in a collision on the Columbia Public Road, in Mahaicony, will be forwarded this week to the Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.

Belize’s Chief Justice Louise Blenman yesterday underlined progress that had been made in  the criminal justice system of the Central American state following the groundbreaking Needham’s Point Declaration of last year September.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips has assured the residents of Region Two that government will continue to make the needed investments for their overall well-being and for the development of the country as a whole, a release from the Office of the Prime Minister stated yesterday.

Although it missed the second-quarter timeline for issuance, Prime Minister Mark Phillips said that the government’s eID project was “coming along” and would be delivered, but he could not give a new timeframe. 

As part of its efforts to raise the standard of education across Guyana, the Ministry of Education (MoE) announced plans for its Secondary Sector to intensify its oversight of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) curriculum.

Yesterday,  Dr. Leslie Satruken Ramsammy presented his Letters of Credence to   Tatiana Valovaya, the Director General of the United Nations Office in Geneva (UNOG), accrediting him as Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the UNOG.

The Guyana Police Force in a release yesterday confirmed that Joel Adams, a 14-year-old of the Sophia Care Centre in Dennis Street, Georgetown, died on Tuesday afternoon after attempting a somersault on the springboard in one of the pools during a training session at the National Aquatic Centre located in Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown.

Three men were yesterday remanded to prison after a ganja bust at Stanleytown, New Amsterdam on Sunday.

Police are investigating an armed robbery where the victim, Hudson Thompson, 28, of Albouystown, Georgetown, was robbed on Tuesday at about 7 pm, of a gold and diamond chain valued at $2 million.

Yesterday, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies facilitated a role-play tabletop exercise called “KRISIS!”

ExxonMobil yesterday commissioned a brand new capping stack to be housed here, saying it is demonstrative of its commitment to address any offshore spill eventualities, although it hopes to never have to use the well-sealing equipment.

Yesterday at 12:40 pm,  the police said that an inter-agency intelligence operation led to the arrest of three Chinese nationals — two males and one female.