Guyana News

Daniel Watson who in 2018 held his reputed wife’s head under water, causing her to suffocate, was yesterday sentenced to 18 years behind bars for her killing, after pleading to the charge of manslaughter.

The Rose Hall Sugar Estate yesterday hired 113 persons and the process will continue today with a total of around 200 to be taken on.

Forty-nine-year-old Wazir Potter was yesterday afternoon sentenced to 18 years behind bars for the rape of a 12-year-old boy in 2018.

Neither of the boats involved in the deadly 2013 Mazaruni River crash was licensed at the time of the tragedy which claimed the lives of 10.

With climate change a growing concern, especially following the devastating floods that heavily impacted Region Seven, the Upper Mazaruni District Council (UMDC) has repeated its call for their land rights to be legally recognised.

Aiming to meet its requirement to have 450 cane transporting punts in time for the 2022 opening of the Rose Hall Sugar Estate, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) yesterday signed contracts with two companies for the supply and delivery of assorted materials.

The case file on the investigation into the shooting of a 25-year-old woman by Region Nine Regional Executive Officer Karl Singh has been sent to the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.

The two Brazilian men who were remanded after they were busted with close to 1,000 pounds of cocaine when their plane crash-landed at Orealla, have been released on $3 million bail each.

Following the conclusion of a second trial, Stephen Mc Curdy was yesterday found not guilty of the charge of rape.

The Charge d’ Affaires of the People’s Republic of China’s Embassy,  Chen Xilai, yesterday donated US$50,000 to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to aid Guyana’s flood relief efforts.

While in Linden yesterday to launch the Government of Guyana’s Because We Care cash grant programme at the Christianburg/Wismar Secondary School, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand urged residents to take the COVID-19 vaccine so that schools can safely reopen for face-to-face teaching.

Superintendent Dion Moore, the Commander of Region Seven, has said Guyanese vessels are being attacked by sindicato and guerrilla gangs along the Cuyuni River, resulting in the Joint Services increasing their patrols.

The University of Guyana’s College of Medical Sciences (CMS), on Tuesday  launched its Bachelor of Science in Mental Health Nursing Programme.

An off-duty policeman and his passenger were on Wednesday arrested after police recovered 231 grammes of marijuana that was thrown from their vehicle at Stanleytown Public Road, West Bank Demerara.

A contract to the tune of $144.5M for the procurement of a pontoon barge and two long-reach hydraulic excavators was yesterday signed by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA).

The Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) has completed the application process and is encouraging applicants to be on the lookout for emails to confirm that they have been awarded a scholarship.

As the country’s COVID-19 inoculation programme continues, the Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, has reported that authorities currently only have both first and second doses for the Sinopharm and AstraZeneca vaccines.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of July 21, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Five companies on Tuesday presented proposals for consulting services for a cost recovery audit and validation of Guyana’s Profit Oil share.

A man who was being robbed at gunpoint managed to apprehend his robber by chasing after him, the police yesterday said.