Guyana News

In 2016, Region Three only spent $86 million of $339.6 million allocated for drugs and medical services, bringing into question whether the region was ever really in need of the money in the first place.

Though they have announced their intention to begin operations in Guyana in December this year, major US carrier American Airlines (AA) has not yet formally sought permission from the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).

In the face of concerns that poor health is making him an ineffective Minister and a poor representative of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Dr.

The recent police killing of three  robbery suspects along the Kingston seawall, in Georgetown, on March 15th, is being labelled as unlawful after an explosive statement yesterday by a man who says he witnessed ranks beating one of the men and did not see any shootout as has been claimed.

Italian oil and gas company, ENI is the latest petroleum giant to formally signal interest in drilling for oil here.

After an inspection of Region Three’s contract awards raised questions about whether value for money was being sought, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday requested that an examination be conducted of the engineer’s estimates for 22 projects awarded in 2016.

Attorneys representing Troy Thomas, who is wanted in the United States for murder, yesterday argued that the magistracy has no jurisdiction to hear the extradition proceedings initiated against him.

Two men were yesterday found not guilty by the High Court in Berbice of the murder of a Whim Village businessman in 2012.

Three suspects, who lawmen were on the hunt for in relation to a recent armed robbery at Albion, Corentyne, which left a man hospitalised in the ICU at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, turned themselves over to the police yesterday.

The family of Jennifer Gill, the woman who died on Monday evening at the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) after delivering her third child, are upset over the treatment meted out to them by the hospital administration over the last few days.

A worker attached to the Neighbourhood Democratic Council in Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice was struck and killed by a lorry on Sunday around 6.30 pm.

A Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) rank last Friday testified that he saw drug trafficking accused Andre Gomes, also known as ‘Zipper,’ throw away a parcel containing cocaine.

The Mayor and City Council is to  clamp down on a farmer who is accused of rearing and slaughtering pigs inside of Le Repentir Cemetery.

Three youths were on Friday remanded to prison by a city magistrate on a joint charge that they stole several items valued at over $1.8 million.

An Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara miner was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with possession of almost 15 pounds of cannabis, which police say were found in buckets of oil in the interior.

Taking the stand yesterday to tell his story of how he was nearly killed, Deonarine Persaud recalled being chopped several times by his neighbour on the night of September 24th 2011.

A youth was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the attempted murder of a man, who remains hospitalised in a critical condition.

Three men were yesterday apprehended by police not long after allegedly committing a robbery on an Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara businessman.

In separate attacks, burglars robbed the Bedford Methodist Church and the nearby clergy house in Georgetown over the weekend.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison by a city court on a breaking and entering and larceny charge.