Guyana News

A taxi-driver has been sentenced to six years in jail after he admitted to committing a series of armed robberies.

A 6-year-old boy, who was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour months ago is in need of life-saving surgery and his family along with non-governmental organisation Saving Hands Emergency Aid (SHEA) is seeking help in raising the funds to have the procedure done overseas.

In the issue of  Stabroek News of October 11, 2021, in an article entitled `Guyanese woman faces expensive court battles after bid to end abusive relationship in Mauritius’, a number of allegations about Mr.

An Albouystown resident was on Friday fined $20,000 after he admitted to a noise nuisance charge.

An unvaccinated Region 10 man, 46, is the latest COVID-19 fatality and a record-breaking amount of new cases – 1016 were recorded yesterday.

A 25-year-old bus driver of Anna Regina, Region Two was arrested yesterday and is currently in custody at the Anna Regina police station.

The Ministry of Health today said that 1016 new COVID-19 cases have been reported over the last 24 hours.

The PNCR yesterday threw down the gauntlet to its partners in APNU+AFC, insisting that its new Head Aubrey Norton should become the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament but there was immediate resistance to this call which threatens an embarrassing public showdown that can also drag in former President David Granger.

Two months after government announced that a contractor has been selected for the construction of the new Demerara Harbour Bridge, negotiations are still ongoing, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill said yesterday.

Inspectors attached to the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) were yesterday assaulted while attempting to seize substandard electrical fittings from a West Coast Demerara hardware store.

Two unvaccinated persons are Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatalities. This was revealed yesterday by the Ministry of Health in a press release which noted that the country’s total deaths as a result of the virus increased to 1,066.

Autopsies on Nicholas Low-a-Chee and Elizabeth Sasha Low-a-Chee, the couple discovered dead in their Sarah Johanna, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home earlier this week confirmed that they both died as a result of gunshot injuries to their heads.

A Venezuelan national was yesterday charged with the murder of a man he reportedly bludgeoned during an argument over raw gold at Arau mountaintop, Cuyuni River, Region Seven. 

While Tulsieram Sookdeo also known as ‘Naresh’ of Bonasika, Essequibo River is still coming to grips with losing his wife and a child after his house at Bonsika Creek collapsed Thursday last, he has made efforts to move  his two remaining children.

Even though the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is yet to state its position on the granting of the environmental permit for ExxonMobil’s Yellow-tail development project, the Government is forging ahead with preparations for the offshore development.

The prominent attorney, who is accused of offering a witness in a murder case a “large” sum of money to have her alter her statement was contacted by the police and has since denied the allegation.

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Aubrey Norton has justified the actions of  Opposition Parliamentarians after their attempt to seize  the Speaker’s Mace in an effort to derail the passage of the Natural Resource Fund Bill on December 29.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is seeking the assistance of the public in locating a Wortmanville, Georgetown resident who is wanted for the offence of bigamy.

The son of 78-year-old hit-and-run victim, Veronica Lewis, is calling on the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to do more so that justice can be served for his deceased mother.

A Berbice man has been charged over the killing of Deon Delph almost four years after the fatal stabbing occurred at Buxton.