Guyana News

The police say that two men have confessed to murdering a Corentyne woman whose body was found in the backlands after she went missing on Thursday.

Work appears to have started on a second pump station project awarded controversially amid concerns over the eligibility of the contractors.

Joshua Rambarran, 28, is to appear in court on several charges including the distribution of child pornography and the luring of minors in contravention of the Cybercrime Act.

The police yesterday issued bulletins for two men over the murders last month of a miner and porter at Arimu Backdam in Region Seven.

“Impressive strides” are being made on the $1.7b New Amsterdam Prison complex, according to a release yesterday from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard, at approximately 6.30 am on Thursday, executed a successful rescue operation, saving five individuals from the cargo vessel AMAYA.

The teenager who was involved in a motorcycle accident on the Perseverance Public Road has succumbed to his injuries.

By Mia Anthony In various sections of the city, garbage piles and their accompanying foul odour remain a significant concern.

The investigation by the Ministry of Labour into the catastrophic boiler explosion at Hakh Rice Mill, Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice, in Region Five, on the afternoon of March 14 is  ongoing but the owner says an internal probe has found the cause.

(Reuters) – An Exxon Mobil arbitration case that could block the sale of one of its Guyana partners, Hess Corp, to Chevron could drag on until year-end, Hess said in a U.S.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has expressed its discomfiture with what it sees as the rising levels of crime in the country including at state-run institutions.

A 50-year-old driver, Nigel Hutson, was placed on $150,000 bail on April 9 on a charge of  causing the death by dangerous driving of Aaron Leitch, a 34-year-old District Crop Extension Officer attached to the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute.

The Parika Stelling linkspan bridge is back in operation following a successful $30 million repair job, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated on Friday.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) today announced the passing of 22258 Corporal Leroy Thom of 2 Infantry Battalion and of Blueberry Hill Linden who died last evening, hours after concluding a training exercise at the Colonel John Clarke Military School at Tacama, Upper Berbice River.

In addition to the agreement signed with Qatari power company, UCC Holdings, which has a strategic alliance in Latin America for the Turkish Karpower ship, President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that Cuba will assist with engineers to help manage the Guyana Power and Light’s electricity system.

By Antonio Dey Former PNCR General Secretary, Amna Ally has launched a searing attack on party Leader Aubrey Norton and says she is backing Roysdale Forde SC in the upcoming leadership contest.

Amaziah Hohenkirk, a  36-year-old labourer of Lot 1803 Unity Place, Festival City, Georgetown, died yesterday after he was allegedly stabbed by a 42-year-old housewife of Lot 3 Perry Street, Tucville, Georgetown.

Forty-eight-year-old Lee Holder, of Lot 661 Paradise, East Coast Demerara, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

(Reuters) – The United States yesterday announced an entry ban on former Surinamese President Desi Bouterse and six former military officials, citing alleged involvement in the extrajudicial killings of political opponents in the 1980s.

Over 1,000 Region Three families were allocated house lots yesterday in the new Wales Housing Development Scheme on the West Bank of Demerara, as the first ‘Dream Realised’ House Lot Allocation exercise for 2024 was held.