Guyana News

A Corentyne motorcyclist died  on Sunday after he slammed into a cow along the Nurney Public Road. 

A 14-year-old of the Sophia Care Centre in Dennis Street, Georgetown, died yesterday 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.

A mother of Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo, was arrested by police on Monday, after she chopped her 9-year-old daughter in an attempt to kill her.

-says wasn’t paid for extra work Mohamed’s Enterprise is disputing the $858.7 million bid the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB)  said it made for the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) Headquarters contract, saying its bidding and contract documents and receipts shows it bid $614 million and was only paid that amount.

Scores of rice farmers in Siriki, Region Two have called for improved drainage in their community and have also requested chemicals to combat paddy bug infestations. 

A suspect was arrested on Monday evening and is assisting with investigations into the murder of Evelyn Alfonzo Alves who was found dead with a bullet in her head.

-sets timeframe for decision to be made once relevant info submitted -urges `less emotive and combative discourse’ Contrary to contentions made by Banks DIH (BDIH) Limited, a High Court Judge has ruled that the Guyana Securities Council (GSC) did consider an application it had made to incorporate Banks DIH Holdings Inc.,

Police are investigating a serious accident which occurred on Monday at about 10.46 pm on the Railway Embankment road in the vicinity of the Aquatic Centre and the discharging of a gun by someone connected to the injured person.

The National Assembly on Monday  unanimously passed the Fugitive Offenders (Amendment) Bill, aimed at modernizing and streamlining the extradition process and bolstering international cooperation in combating transnational crime.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has maintained silence on the departure of  Prema Roopnarine from the position of Permanent Secretary.

Angelina James, a 16-year-old student of Wauna Secondary School and a resident of Whitewater Creek, North West District was discovered hanging from her family home yesterday about 07:30hrs. 

Raheem Benn, 29, of Lot 23 Meadow Brook Housing Scheme, Georgetown, appeared yesterday before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with armed robbery.

The government is preparing to invest nearly $200 million in upgrading vital roads within the communities of Rasville and Roxanne Burnham Gardens in South Georgetown, according to Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill.

Fifty-five-year-old Ingrid Thomas of Brittania, West Coast Berbice, appeared yesterday before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where she was charged with attempting to supply prohibited articles to a prisoner.

Following the multi-million-dollar robbery of the manager of Toucan Distributors Limited, in the compound of GBTI, one suspect is in police custody assisting detectives with the ongoing investigation and sum of the money has been recovered.

Twenty-nine-year-old Delon Jones of ‘B’ Field, Sophia, Georgetown, appeared yesterday before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with attempting to commit a felony.

From July 9-11, 2024, USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman will travel to Georgetown, Guyana.

Carletta Blake, a 35-year-old sales representative, was charged today with two counts of ‘Using a Computer System to Humiliate a Person’, Contrary to Section 19(5)(a) of the Cybercrime Act 2018.

The historic Criminal Law Procedure (Paper Committals) Bill 2024, which seeks to abolish traditional  preliminary inquiries (PIs) in Guyana’s criminal justice system was passed in Parliament yesterday.

By Shuntel Glasgow Two families were plunged into a state of mourning yesterday after the bodies of two cousins, who went missing during a swimming adventure at Unity Beach, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara were discovered.