Guyana News

APNU+AFC Shadow Minister of Home Affairs, Geeta Chandan-Edmond has submitted a motion to the National Assembly calling for the Com-missioner of Police to address repeated instances of his ranks abusing their power of arrest and detention.

While recently boasting of  strides made by the judiciary, particularly in eliminating the case-backlog, acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings-Edwards also lamented the shortage of judges which continues to plague it. 

With a focus on its physicians being trained in tropical medicine to better able serve Guyanese specifically living in New York, US, Northwell Health—that state’s largest health care provider—has dispatched its first batch of medical residents to Guyana to work at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

A policeman who was granted bail on a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice, was yesterday freed after the virtual complainant decided not to give evidence in the matter.

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn yesterday said that the recent spate of road fatalities calls for renewed interventions such as heightened enforcement and increasing fines and sanctions.

A woman and her daughter were yesterday charged with unlawfully and maliciously wounding a relative during a scuffle at their home.

The lifeless body of a 57-year-old Bel Air resident was last Thursday found behind the Marriott Hotel, Kingston and an autopsy has confirmed that she drowned.

Two men were taken into custody on Tuesday following the discovery of $6.5 million worth in cocaine at Tucville, George-town.

Shirley Hollingsworth, the pedestrian who was injured in the fatal accident on the Agricola Public Road just over a week ago, has succumbed to her injuries in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The captain who was involved in the boat mishap on the Essequibo River on March 8 has had his licence suspended pending investigations that are currently being conducted by the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD).

A Corentyne businessman is now nursing injuries to his head and hand after he was attacked by three customers on Tuesday evening after he informed that he would be closing his shop earlier than usual.

Cosmetologists, beauticians and barbers will soon be operating their businesses from new concrete stalls that are currently being built at the Merriman Mall.

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) under its sustainable energy interventions at community/public buildings replaced the 9.6 kWh Battery Energy Storage System of the 0.5kWp Solar PV System installed at the Hackney Primary School located along the Pomeroon River. 

Two women who were arrested by Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers over the trafficking of $5.6 million worth of cocaine found in mats, have been charged and remanded.

The lifeless body of a 69-year-old pensioner was discovered floating in the Demerara River at about 5:48 pm yesterday, according to the Guyana Police Force.

A US-based man who visited Guyana to participate in his brother’s wedding died this morning after he was stabbed.

The 19-year-old driver of the motor vehicle involved in the fatal accident that claimed the lives of three persons on Monday night, was allegedly racing when he lost control of the car, police yesterday said.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) says  that the steady rise in fuel prices is negatively affecting its operations and if the trend continues then generating costs are expected to trump revenue earnings.

Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Shurwayne Holder yesterday said that former Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon has not officially resigned as a Member of Parliament rather he only signalled his intention to do so.

Rice farmers in Black Bush Polder, Corentyne  yesterday took to the streets to voice their frustration at the current reduced prices being given to them by millers for their paddy which they said are expected to take them into losses, however, millers are contending that due to the effects of the world market prices, the reduction is necessary.