Guyana News

A man brought before the court for sexual activity committed on a child has been remanded to prison.

The Guyana Police Force is awaiting advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on how to proceed in the killing of Anthony Pakanram, who was stabbed by his former partner on Sunday.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday said that two men are at large following a shooting at Meadow Brook Gardens.

The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday continued to hear arguments both supporting and opposing its jurisdiction to hear the appeal filed by the main opposition APNU+AFC to the dismissal of one of its two petitions challenging the March 2nd, 2020 General Elections.

Fifty-seven-year-old Clyve Lewis, who is accused of exposing himself, was on Wednesday charged with the offence.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) today said that as July 28, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) says it is working to identify what led to a fire this morning at Lot 136, Fifth Street Alberttown, Georgetown which resulted in the deaths of foreign nationals 25-year-old Maria Lina Texidor Alonso and 44-year-old Maria Alejandra Patiño Benjamin.

One week after she was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), a 26-year-old first- time mother gave birth to the country’s third set of triplets to be delivered at the facility over the past six years.

An investment of US$200 to US$600 million has been proposed for the nearly 1,000-acre Best Village, West Bank of Demerara, oil and gas shore base development, a project summary by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states.

The two captains of the boats which crashed in the Mazaruni River back in 2013 claiming the lives of 10 persons, blamed each other for the collision when they led their respective defences yesterday.

The events that preceded her being shot by an intoxicated Karl Singh, the Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Nine, have left 25-year-old Gladys Benedict unsure if Singh had fired the gun intentionally.

Jamaica-based business process outsourcer (BPO) itel says it has acquired the Emerge BPO here.

A sales representative was yesterday charged with causing the death of Stephen Bishop on Sunday in an accident at Providence.

`We got to be more skilled, we got to be more confident and we got to be more courageous’ Saying that the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has to be “capable, aware, trained and engaged” in addressing its existing challenges, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn said that efforts are underway to boost the capacity and capability of the organisation including enhanced public awareness and prevention measures.

A University of Guyana student was on Tuesday charged with causing the death of Kenneth Smith, who was struck down while on his way to purchase a lottery ticket at De Willem, West Coast Demerara.

With the repaired flash gas compressor system re-installed on the Liza Destiny Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) platform, oil production has returned to normal, Chief Operating Officer of Hess Corporation, Greg Hill has said.

Arguing that the President is immune from suit, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC has filed an application asking the High Court to exclude President Irfaan Ali who has been listed as a respondent in the action brought by the Police Service Commission (PSC) regarding the annual promotion of police officers.

Home Affairs Minister,  Robeson Benn has created a National Team that will address trafficking of firearms and ammunition.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the Construction of the Bamia/Amelia’s Ward Primary School in Region Ten.

Construction of the 190 low-income homes in the Cummings Lodge scheme remains on schedule.