Guyana News

Almost two months after businesswoman and newspaper columnist Ryhaan Shah was carjacked at gunpoint outside of her residence, the police have arrested three persons who were allegedly found in possession of the vehicle, which was repainted.

The body of an unidentified man was pulled from the trench at the junction of Mandela Avenue and Hadfield Street, Lodge yesterday.

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has filed an application to set aside the recent ruling by Justice Gino Persaud that the Bel Air Park Community Playground be used specifically for community purposes and no other.

The Guyana Responsible Parenthood Associa-tion (GRPA) on Wednesday launched a video competition to encourage young people to speak out against gender-based violence (GBV).

The six persons held for questioning in relation to the murder of Port Kaituma fuel dealer Khemraj were on Wednesday released on station bail.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of a miner, which was committed nearly 18 months ago, at Perseverance Backdam, North West District, Region One.

An herbalist and a shop owner were yesterday both remanded to prison on charges that they had over 150 drug pipes as well as quantities of cocaine, hashish and methamphetamines, which were found in a house at the Port Kaituma Water Front, in Region One.

Seven students from the South Ruimveldt Secondary School were held at gunpoint and robbed by two bicycle bandits yesterday.

Thirteen persons were arrested following raids by lawmen in Georgetown and on the East Bank of Demerara yesterday.

Pump attendants at the Shell Gas Station at McDoom were robbed at gunpoint last evening by a lone gunman.

On November 04, 2017, Irving Street, Queenstown, Georgetown resident Ryhaan Shah was robbed of her Toyota Allion motorcar by three males as she was about to drive into her yard.

The Private Sector Commission on Wednesday lauded the UN referral of the border controversy with Venezuela to the International Court of Justice and it commended the government over this development.

-forum hears Citing the Philippines’ case against China, Ambassador Cedric Joseph last evening stated that Guyana can unilaterally present to the World Court its case on the border controversy in the absence of Venezuelan participation.

Saying that the Lindo Creek Commission of Inquiry (CoI) was unilaterally established, the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Wednesday warned that such an approach would scare off persons with vital information and could also result in its own non-participation.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has announced the appointment of Albert Gordon, a Jamaican as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with effect from yesterday.

A farmer, who police say reportedly walked into the path of a Route 42 bus along the Sarah Johanna Public Road, on the East Bank of Demerara, succumbed on Wednesday night, Persaud Hari, 61, of Sarah Johanna, was struck around 4.45pm by the minibus, BVV 852, which was proceeding north along the western carriageway at a moderate speed.

Former murder accused and the owner of D and D Pawn shop Andre Gomes, also known as ‘Zipper,’ who was wanted last year for questioning by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), was yesterday charged with the possession of 2.1 pounds of cocaine for trafficking.

More than 200 Wales cane cutters and supporters rallied outside of the Ministry of the Presidency yesterday to protest the non-payment of severance pay to workers by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

The Region Six Regional Democratic Council (RDC) yesterday passed a motion to finance the transportation to school for the children of severed sugar workers.

Minister of Public Security,  Khemraj Ramjattan on Wednesday convened the first meeting of the National CariSECURE Task Force which is aimed at bolstering evidence-driven crime prevention.