Guyana News

Relatives of patients at the Skeldon Public Hospital, Corentyne and a clerk there yesterday morning clashed over alleged preferential treatment at the medication desk and the police had to be called in.

A man was robbed of over $1.5 million in cash and other valuables by two armed bandits early yesterday afternoon at his D’Urban Street home.

A man is feared dead after he fell off a jet boat at the Bartica Stelling on Wednesday afternoon.

Weeks after the attorney for army Captain Orwain Sandy requested to have an independent psychiatric evaluation for his client, who is charged with murdering his common-law wife Reona Payne, he told a court yesterday that they are prepared to proceed with the case.

The Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association has welcomed the ruling by acting Chief Justice Roxane George to compel Attorney General Basil Williams to bring the long-delayed Judicial Review Act (JRA) into force by the end of July.

A Region Five APNU+AFC councillor was on Wednesday found guilty of a wounding charge at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court.

The attorney for accused Andre Gomes yesterday maintained that his client is innocent of the cocaine trafficking charges he is currently facing as he presented his final submissions to Georgetown Magistrate Leron Daly.

In a second day of protest, bus operators from the East Coast of Demerara flocked the Lusignan Market tarmac yesterday to voice their frustration with the increased fuel prices.

Attorney Glenn Hanoman yesterday presented written submissions in the trial of his client Carvil Duncan, the former Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) director who is accused of conspiring to steal $27.7 million.

A family of seven lost their Windsor Castle, Essequibo Coast home in a fire yesterday.

A man was yesterday placed on bail after he denied stealing items valued over $1,000,000 in a break and enter attack.

As part of preparations for the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE), the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has started a new cycle of continuous registration.

White Water Primary School has now officially been gazetted, according to a release yesterday from the Ministry of Education.

(ESPN) A star-studded West Indies line-up proved too powerful for their World XI counterparts on an entertaining if one-sided evening at Lord’s, as a quartet of cameos from Evin Lewis, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin and Andre Russell set up a hefty 72-run victory in the one-off Hurricane Relief T20 Challenge.

GRAND ANSE, Grenada,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The onset of hurricane season this week could prove disastrous for Caribbean nations that were slammed by storms last year and are still struggling to rebuild in the face of funding shortfalls, said regional leaders.

The Corentyne boat owner who was remanded over two robberies on the sea in 2015 and 2016, was yesterday charged with the murder of a fisherman in the horrific April 27, 2018 piracy attack off of Suriname.

Former Ministry of Agriculture engineer Hanniel Madramootoo was arrested yesterday morning upon his arrival at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri and later charged with defrauding the Government of Guyana.

Two prison officers, who were held earlier this week for narcotics possession were yesterday remanded to prison after they denied the allegation.

A 50-year-old businessman and his son were yesterday charged jointly with the murder of Brain Dwarka, the young labourer who was  stabbed early Sunday morning while attending a barbecue at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara.

Rawle Munroe, the man who is accused of stabbing ex-soldier Edward Beveney during a confrontation over a bicycle on Independence Day was yesterday charged and remanded to prison.