Guyana News

A Sisters’ Village, West Bank Demerara father of three, was on Wednesday murdered following an argument with another man.

Several persons including the director of the Ministry of Health’s Diamond, East Bank Demerara drugs bond, Cecil Jacques,  who were arrested by the police earlier this week in relation to the theft of supplies from the facility have been released from police custody.

Police are probing the death of a 68-year-old West Bank Demerara vagrant who is believed to have died sometime between Wednesday night and yesterday morning.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has launched a site at the Giftland Mall for the submission of tax returns and the registration of taxpayers. 

A Garnett Street man, who has pending larceny charges before the court, was on Wednesday remanded to prison after being accused of new crimes, including stealing a motorcycle and cell phones.

The arts and entertainment community is mourning the death of veteran actor and comedian, Henry Rodney, who passed away yesterday following hospitalisation at the Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Centre in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

A man was on Wednesday charged in a city court with assaulting a woman.

The Ministry of Health on Thursday once again reported 11 new COVID-19 cases out of 1,059 tests that were done.

Actor Henry Rodney has died after being hospitalised in the United States according to his family.

Acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken yesterday told his Regional Commanders to “put your houses in order” by Monday in order to effectively serve the nation, according to a statement yesterday from the Guyana Police Force.

After months of speculation and intrigue in APNU+AFC, Aubrey Norton and Volda Lawrence are to be sworn in as MPs on Wednesday and this will pave the way for the former to be elected as Opposition Leader.

A 49-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with the murder of truck driver, Pitamber Sharma who was strangled allegedly during a misunderstanding at his workplace last week.

A sub-committee of CARICOM Heads is to meet with the two regional nominees for the post of Commonwealth Secretary-General (SG) amid another embarrassing division in the community over foreign policy.

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack SC has decried the outmoded paper-based system still being used for the filing of cases and made an appeal for a digital transformation.

Opposition Parliamentary Chief Whip Christopher Jones and Trade Unionist Norris Witter, have filed an action challenging last December’s passage of the controversial Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill.

A special investigation by the Auditor General’s office on procurement procedures within the Region Six, East Berbice-Corentyne Regional Democratic Council revealed that the Region’s engineer during 2018 utilised information from a bidding contractor to prepare the Engineer’s Estimate.

An Ulverston, Corentyne fisherman is feared dead after he reportedly fell overboard while fishing in the Corentyne River on Monday evening.

An Interim Management Committee was this month set up to manage the Linden Utility Cooperative Society Limited (LUCSL).

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers yesterday conducted an intelligence-led operation at 259 Indepen-dence Boulevard, La Penitence, which resulted in the discovery of one 9mm Glock 17 pistol with a magazine containing four 9mm rounds.

Two persons were yesterday charged with assaulting police officers, resisting arrest and behaving disorderly in public.