Guyana News

As part of its mission to ensure that youths are provided with access to essential eye care services and correctional treatment, Courts Optical, a subsidiary of Unicomer (Guyana) Inc, has announced its annual community programme, “Brighter View”, which focusses on providing a free pair of prescription eyeglasses for children ages 6 to 18 years old.

Michael Calvan, 32,  of Phase 2 East Ruimveldt, was arrested and charged on 2024-04-30 by the Police with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

A delegation from Guyana comprising Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, and  Saheed Sulaman, Deputy Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is currently attending the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)’s 3rd Global Implementation Support Symposium (GISS) in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

The police today announced that they have acquired a brand new Mercedes Benz fully equipped crime scene vehicle.

In a landmark move to bolster regional security and defence, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana yesterday signed a security Common Master Plan.

With two successful business delegations visiting in 2022 and 2023, Jamaica’s Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Aubyn Hill says that his country is now preparing  a 75-member private sector group to visit here next month.

Police are investigating the murder of a 38-year-old labourer, who was stabbed multiple times on Sunday night during a scuffle at Andy’s Bar on Norton Street, Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara.

A 32-year-old technician, who alleged stabbed a man to death after referring to him as gay, was yesterday remanded to prison by acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus on the indictable charge of murder.

-Town Clerk clashes with City Mayor The Ministry of Local Government yesterday denied a claim by the Mayor of Georgetown, Alfred Mentore that it was involved in the removal of vendors on Sunday from outside Demico House and the Discount Store.

Thirty-two families from Laing Avenue, Georgetown, each received a voucher worth $250,000 for building materials through the ‘Laing Avenue Housing Grant’ from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).

Residents in the vicinity of the controversial Pouderoyen Pump Station project on the West Bank of Demerara are being affected by flooding owing to tubes installed by the contractor to keep excess water out of the construction site.

The mother of a Christ Church Secondary School student is demanding justice for her 14-year-old son who was beaten with a belt by another male student, of the same age and school, while on his way home last Friday.

Vendors who plied their trade around the Discount Store on Regent Street were in a saddened state yesterday, one day after they were removed on Sunday by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) following two High Court orders.

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Officers yesterday conducted an intelligence-led operation which led to the discovery of one  9mm sub-machine gun with twenty  matching rounds, one AK-47 magazine with twenty 7.62 x 39 rounds and a bulky parcel which contained a quantity of leaves, seed and stems suspected to be cannabis.

Three female President’s College (PC) students were  injured early yesterday morning from jumping through a window after catching sight of flames coming from the boys’ dormitory.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack, SC, last week discontinued the charge of discharging a loaded firearm with intent against businessman Mohamed Fawaz Bacchus, who last year had allegedly fired at a man, his son and his daughter-in-law.

Workplace deaths have risen this year compared to the same period last year, according to Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton.

Masked men last Friday robbed a Cevons Waste Management employee as she was paying salaries to workers, shooting a driver of the company in his leg during the commission of the crime.

A man who appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus on Wednesday charged with robbery under arms, pleaded guilty, but offered an explanation of acting in self defence, evidence of which, he claimed, was captured on CCTV.

-Region 10 Chair says as town week launched As the mining town of Linden celebrates its 54th Anniversary, Region 10 Chairman Deron Adams urged residents to celebrate the community’s week of activities with pride and nostalgia.