Guyana News

A 36-year-old Linden woman is now hospitalised with a gunshot wound after she was shot in an attack allegedly carried out by her ex-husband.

A young woman who was caught while attempting to smuggle cannabis into the Lusignan Prison in a bag of soaps was on Tuesday fined and ordered to do community service.

A man who police say pointed a gun at a constable outside of a Burger King restaurant has been freed of the charge after the prosecution took too much time to locate the case file.

Two men are now due to face charges after they posed as Guyana Power and Light (GPL) workers and attempted to rob a housewife at Covent Garden, on the East Bank of Demerara on Monday.

Investigations are being conducted into the fatal shooting of Sydel Bourne, 16 years, of Agricola, EBD, that occurred about 1420h today  at the Stabroek Market Square, Georgetown.

The Ministry of Health today expressed shock at the passing of Dr Colin Roach.

The Guyana police Force has issued a wanted bulletin for the former head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (S.O.C.U)

Well known clinical physician Dr. Colin Roach was found dead in his Kingston office last night.

With no bids received for the Ogle to Eccles four-lane highway project, government will be retendering with help from India to attract interest from a wider pool of contractors.

Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) Lenox Shuman has written President Irfaan Ali to register his concerns over the non-consultation with Indi-genous Peoples as it relates to Guyana’s participation at the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Guyana’s climate change plans are not matters on the agenda that will be discussed at the current United Nations Climate Conference, according to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, who has said all citizens will have a chance to have their say.

With global temperatures continuing to rise at an unprecedented pace, President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday told a United Nations climate summit that Guyana intends to reduce its carbon emissions by 70 per cent over the next nine years.

As his trial neared its conclusion, Nigerian national Uche Raymond Okoye yesterday buckled and admitted that he indeed defrauded a woman of over $6 million under the false pretense of having a package for her.

A cyclist is now dead after he was struck by a car along the Vryheid’s Lust Public Road, on the East Coast of Demerara, on Monday night. 

Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony on Tuesday announced that authorities have noticed a recent decline in COVID-19 cases across the country.

Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley called out the powerful nations for their inaction when it comes to combatting the effects of climate change while highlighting the fact that the slightest rise in global temperatures continues to have devastating effects on the frontline countries.

Justice Franklyn Holder on Monday ruled that the government’s failure to circulate the proposed budgets for constitutional agencies to the National Assembly back in 2020 was in breach of the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act (FMAA).

A New Amsterdam, Berbice woman is now a remanded prisoner in Grenada after she was charged with non-capital murder in connection with the death of her partner, whom she is accused of poisoning.

A probe has been launched into the death of a Corentyne man, who was found hanging in the Springlands police lock up yesterday afternoon, one day before he was expected to appear in court for allegedly threatening his wife and three-year-old daughter.

A motion by government’s Chief Whip Gail Teixeira to limit the statutory sittings of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to once a week was successfully passed on Monday, after weeks of back and forth on whether there should be two weekly sittings.