Guyana News

Two men were on Wednes-day placed before the Lethem Magistrate’s Court on narcotics charges with one being sentenced to three years imprisonment and the other fined.

Devon Thomas was this afternoon sentenced to 12 years behind bars for the 2013 Mashramani Day killing of Enterprise businessman Kumar Mohabir; but will spend just about a another two, after deductions were made for his pre-trial remand and his guilty plea.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of December 01, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A container with rum which originated from Guyana was discovered in the Netherlands to also contain 1100 lbs of cocaine but CANU says checks before departure had revealed no contraband items.

Yesterday’s statutory meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was brought to an abrupt halt as a result of a power outage while the government and Opposition-nominated Commis-sioners were engaged in a battle over the experience of Vishnu Persaud to serve as Chief Election Officer (CEO).

Amid heightened scrutiny and criticism of its conduct, the Envi-ronmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday said it was strengthening its processes and adherence to the Act governing it.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday said it believes that  “cruel, inhumane and possibly illegal treatment” by the police of 18-year-old rape complainant, Tonika Calder led to her subsequent suicide.

A 78-year-old woman died after a hit and run on Monday on Lamaha Street in the vicinity of Waterloo Street, North Cummingsburg, Georgetown.

As the Sheriff Street/Mandela Avenue road expansion project nears completion, additional sums will be required, Public Works Minister Juan Edghill yesterday disclosed during a visit to the site.

The section of Merriman Mall where fruits and vegetables are sold was yesterday cleaned up in a campaign spearheaded by the City Council’s Solid Waste Department.

With the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) 21st Biennial Delegates Congress just days away, contender for the office of Party Leader Dr Richard Van West-Charles is hoping for a transparent process as the Party, for the first time, conducts simultaneous elections across the country.

The assault charges against the trio who were accused of attacking Tiffany Hinds, a teacher of St Agnes Primary in an incident that stemmed from a fight involving two pupils, were yesterday dismissed in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Aiming for underground mining by mid next year, Zijin Mining Company has embarked on infrastructural works, Director of Cor-porate Office, Compliance, and Government Relations, Ragunauth Ramsaroop said.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) yesterday opened its doors to the people of Region #8, with a new sub-office located in Mahdia at one of the Regional Democratic Council’s (RDC) buildings.

A five-year-old boy is among Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatalities. This was reported by the Ministry of Health in a press release which stated that two more deaths were reported and this increased the country’s total fatalities to 994.

The body of a twenty-one-year-old construction worker was yesterday pulled from the Hope Canal on the East Coast of Demerara by a party of policemen after he went missing on Monday.

A five-year-old Region Four boy has died from COVID-19. According to a statement from the Ministry of Health, he passed away on November 29.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) suffered a shutdown this afternoon.

The Guyana Human Rights Association today condemned the Guyana Police Force over its handling of a rape complaint which was followed by the complainant dying by suicide.

Two years after ferocious Atlantic Ocean waves battered the Mahaicony shoreline, destroying millions of dollars’ worth in rice and livestock, over five kilometres of rock-armoured sea defence has been constructed to defend against a possible recurrence.