Guyana News

Carpenter Koabe Grant was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the murders of Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal Daniel Fraser and his girlfriend Shanicka Forde, who were gunned down in Sophia.

An emergency meeting of the board of the Guyana Office for Investment (G-Invest) was convened yesterday in the wake of reports that confidential information had been misused by a person close to the  agency to boost their business.

Following a protest at the Square of the Revolution, executive member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Aubrey Norton and several others were yesterday detained after Police claimed that they attempted to lead an illegal procession down Regent Street.

A construction worker died on Friday after he was struck in the head by a wire at an H.

The Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) yesterday announced that an additional and later daily departure from both Supenaam and Parika will be available commencing Friday, September 17, 2021.

Arrivals at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) are up by 68% since the reopening of airports back in October last year, Chairman of the Board of Directors Sanjeev Datadin said on Sunday.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) probe into what caused the fuel starvation that resulted in a Roraima Airways’ Britten-Norman Trislander aircraft crash-landing at Eccles, East Bank Demerara last month, is still ongoing, Director General Lieutenant Colonel (Ret’d) Egbert Field has said.

A carpenter attached the City Engineer’s Department sustained a broken wrist yesterday after he accidentally stepped on a rotted board and fell while he was engaged in repair works.

A 43-year-old woman was yesterday robbed by four men at her Lamaha Park, North Ruimveldt residence.

A father of five was yesterday charged with harbouring one of the men who is wanted by police for questioning over the gold heist carried out last month at the Wallison Enterprise, Gordon Street, Kitty.

Fire Chief Kalamadeen Edoo was yesterday released on $10,000 bail after a private charge was filed against him by a firefighter, Neville Cumberbatch, accusing him of acting in a discriminatory manner by removing Cumberbatch’s name from a promotions list.

An Anna Regina businessman was on Sunday evening robbed and beaten by two unidentified armed men at his shop.

A worker attached to the Queenstown Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), Region 2, was found dead in a trench at Queenstown on Sunday.

Lide Maureira, a Venezuelan national, was last week released on $60,000 bail after pleading not guilty to two charges.

With challenges in the shipping industry due to the global pandemic, the completion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Expansion Project will likely not meet its yearend deadline, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill said on Sunday.

Four unvaccinated women are the country’s latest COVID-19 fatalities and a further 123 new cases of the virus were reported yesterday.

A businessman was on Wednes-day released on $300,000 bail on a robbery under arms charge.

Underscoring the need for a Town Clerk to the functioning of the Municipality, High Court Judge Jo-Ann Barlow has refused the grant of an injunction barring acting Town Clerk Candace Nelson from performing duties.

The police are working to locate a man who allegedly stabbed a peacemaker in the chest before fleeing the scene at Kildonan Village, Corentyne, Berbice.

The driver involved in the hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of Ishwar Mohan on Saturday night along the Diamond to Mocha bypass was yesterday charged with failure to stop and failure to render assistance.