Guyana News

Two men were yesterday charged with the murder of security guard, Garfield Newton who was shot on Christmas Eve night.

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand has said that as of this year, her ministry is looking to have all teachers across the country trained.

A man, who was arrested on Sunday in the Springlands, Upper Corentyne Area in connection with a fatal accident in August, 2016 was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged.

The Central Corentyne Chamber of Com-merce on Friday condemned what it termed, “the shocking and ugly behaviour” of Opposition Members in Parliament last Wednesday.

On Friday,  Senior Officers of the Ministry of Education led by the Chief Education Officer, Dr.

Police have arrested a man after he was allegedly found in possession of an unlicensed firearm at Campbellville, Georgetown yesterday afternoon.

Two men have been charged with the Christmas Eve murder of martial arts instructor and bodyguard Garfield Newton.

A fire on New Year’s Day destroyed Guyana’s lone public Echocardiography (ECG) Laboratory at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) leaving some $25 million worth of damage behind.

While acknowledging that the proposed amendments to the Representation of the People Act (RoPA) are a start in the process of electoral reform, civil society group ERG is contending that the proposal to divide Region Four – Guyana’s largest electoral district – into sub-districts is provocative and unjustified.

In a bid to ensure vessels are operated safely in Guyana waters, the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) has announced that all vessels will be required to have a bottom inspection at least twice every five years.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of January 1st, 2022, one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died and a whopping 281 new cases of the virus have been reported.

A logger was injured on New Year’s Day by an arrow let loose during a boat chase on the Demerara River.

Prompt action by the Region Two police resulted in the capture of two men believed to have robbed a Charity businessman and his wife on New Year’s Day.

A Grove Squatting Area man is in a critical condition following an altercation at his residence on New Year’s Day.

A Queens, New York man of Guyanese heritage was stabbed to death on Tuesday last in a street robbery.

A man was yesterday arrested in the Springlands, Upper Corentyne Area in connection with an accident which happened in August, 2016 and resulted in the death of an occupant of his car.

The Insurance Association of Guyana (IAG) on Saturday extended congratulations to the  Guyana Government on the passing of the landmark local content legislation by Parliament.

Steve Persaud, 21, of Belle Plaine, Wakenaam, Essequibo River  was stabbed on New Year’s Day after declining to repair a motorcycle.

Joel Rose, 23, of Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown was slashed on his face on New Year’s Day with a beer bottle.

The police today said that a woman of Belvedere Village, Corentyne, Berbice, Meliene Magalie reported that that she had been beaten by her husband on Old Year’s Night and her abode later set afire.