Guyana News

Rafeek Ally who pleaded guilty to unlawfully entering the La Bonne Intention Masjid, East Coast Demerara, is to be sentenced tomorrow.

Senior teachers were locked out of the Berbice Educational Institute yesterday when they visited to sort incoming Grade 10 students into their respective streams.

Police have arrested a man who is accused of discharging a loaded firearm at Aremu Backdam on Saturday.

The motorcyclist who died in the Linden accident on Sunday has been identified as Adrean Andries.

The police are currently pursuing two suspects in connection with the murder of Nelson Thomas, the miner who was stabbed to death during a robbery last week in Kaneville, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Dwayne Samuel called Dwayne Scott, of Lot 87 East La Penitence, was denied bail last Friday after a City Court heard that he escaped from lawful custody.

Tenders were on September 7th opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the supply and delivery of Medical Equipment.

Seon Isaacs, 28, a security officer of Lot 21 ‘C’ Field Sophia was released on $120,000 bail after being charged with aggravated robbery.

In a post on her Facebook page, Barbados Prime Minister  Mia Mottley has questioned the decision by West Indies selectors to have all rounder Jason Holder as only a reserve player for the T20 world cup.

The Ministry of Health says that as of September 12, 2021, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) today expressed alarm at the rising number of deaths from the COVID-19 virus and infections.

The operationalisation of the newly installed Instrument Landing System (ILS) at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) is expected to significantly reduce flight diversions and delays by 90 per cent, Minister with responsibility for the aviation sector Juan Edghill announced yesterday.

The Malaysian-owned Barama Company Limited yesterday reported that it is well on the road to financial recovery and is preparing to get back into the lumber business with a $1 billion (US$5m) plan.

Three men are presently in police custody over the fatal stabbing of a twenty-three-year-old prisoner on remand at the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara.

Sixteen-year-old Angel Hope who was involved in an accident a week ago at Byderabo Public Road, Bartica, on Saturday succumbed to her injuries at the Infectious Disease Hospital at Liliendaal after contracting the COVID-19.

As the COVID-19 deaths continue to rise locally, the Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday informed that nine more persons have lost their lives to the disease as the country recorded another 194 new cases.

A miner was killed on Saturday following a misunderstanding between two men at Quartzstone Landing, Cuyuni River, Region Seven.

Guyana will write nations that recently mediated an agreement between Venezuela’s government and opposition objecting to the claim in the pact to this country’s county of Essequibo.

A 22-year-old Pomeroon labourer was killed after he crashed into a tree in the vicinity of Dredge Creek, Upper Pomeroon, in Region Two.

Koabe Grant, the suspect who admitted days ago to murdering Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal Daniel Fraser and his girlfriend, Shanicka Forde in Sophia will appear in court today, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum informed this newspaper.