Guyana News

Sharmo Jones,  an electrician, has been jailed for one year for the theft of street lights.

A New Amsterdam, Berbice woman died after she told police that she was fed a poisonous substance by another female while hospitalized in the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.

Tevin Baccus, a 26-year-old fisherman from North Sophia, Georgetown, was nabbed by a Police patrol unit with 31.1 grams of suspected cocaine in his possession.

A young East Canje Berbice fisherman is missing and feared dead after he reportedly fell off a fishing boat while plying his trade in Suriname.

Omar Cliffe, a 24-year-old plumber from William Street, Kitty, and Cort Williams, a 23-year-old AC technician from ‘B’ Field Sophia, were arrested at about 23:30 hrs on Wednesday after they were found to be in possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.

Last evening, at 18:27 hrs, a fire broke out at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Compound, Eve Leary, Georgetown.

-following fire Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) yesterday announced that it has successfully resumed operations at several of its facilities following last Friday’s fire in its power station at Plantation Diamond.

A 70-year-old man of  Lot 24 Novar, Mahaicony died on Tuesday after he was attacked by a swarm of bees while clearing some bushes on a plot of land opposite his home.

Donald Grovesnor, also known as ‘Black Boy’, appeared yesterday before Justice Navindra Singh at the Georgetown High Court where he pled guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter in the killing of Suraj Jailall, a cane harvester from Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara. 

By Khadidja Ba Special Projects Manager of the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC), Nikita Walters has denied allegations that she  was involved in irregularities with the agency’s accountant.

-scientists describe discovery as ‘improbable event’ that ‘defies rational explanation’ In what UK scientists have described as an “improbable event” that “defies rational explanation,” a new species of moth was discovered in a home in south Wales, after travelling thousands of miles from its native habitat in a photographer’s boot bag.

Sixth-form students at West Demerara Secondary School in Region Three are set to benefit from the addition of a new $27 million two-storey building which features five large classrooms and other essential amenities and will create a spacious environment for some 150 sixth-form students, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday.

-ministry in response to SN editorial The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) said on Tuesday that its agro-processing facilities have been performing well and over 100 items were added to the Guyana Shop in 2023.

-in New York Times interview Interviewed by the New York Times (NYT),  President Irfaan Ali said he sees an oil future for Guyana past 2050 but was pressed on the inherent contradictions with a low carbon economy and repeatedly dodged a question about taxes on the petroleum industry.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) yesterday said that as promised occupants of a section of Plantation Blairmont (Shieldstown), Region Five, are  having their land ownership documents processed.

Sixty-year-old Salima Heeralal succumbed to her injuries on Monday in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital following a vehicular accident on Sunday along the La Bonne Intention (LBI) Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara, which also injured two others.

A mother and her reputed husband were yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Tamieka Clarke after they appeared in the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court on charges relating to the sexual abuse of the woman’s young daughter.

The Marriott Hotel in Kingston, Georgetown, will be a hive of activity when it hosts the inaugural International Business Conference (IBC) 2024 from October 15 to 17 with over 550 businesses registered to attend.

The police yesterday said that on September 29, 2024, at around 22:20 hrs, a police sergeant, a corporal, and a constable were on traffic patrol duty along Hosororo Road, North West District, with motor pick-up PAB 3116 heading east.

Sabrina Bethune, a mother of three, was further remanded pending trial in the High Court when she appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Monday.  She was charged with attempted murder when she appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan on September 22, 2022, at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.