Guyana News

A West Coast Berbice (WCB) pedal cyclist was struck down and killed on the Lovely Lass public road last night after visiting his sister in another village.

The girlfriend of Melvor Jeffrey, the teen who was recaptured by the police after he had escaped from lawful custody while under guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), is said to be one of the two women held by the police in connection with harbouring the fugitive.

Fifty-six persons living with disabilities in regions Four and Ten on Friday graduated with skills in Information Technology, Computer Repairs and Cosmetology following the completion of eight months of training.

Two Venezuelan women, who said they came on a quest for food and medication for their families, were yesterday ordered deported for illegally entering Guyana.

A policeman, accused of corruptly obtaining money, had the charge against him dismissed yesterday after the complainant opted not to give evidence.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo this evening expressed concern over the escape of 13 prisoners from a Lusignan facility today.

Three shotgun bandits early this morning entered the home of a Corentyne family and carted off an undisclosed amount of cash and gold jewellery, during which the family of three fled their home by jumping off a shed, the police said today in a release.

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan  says that 13 prisoners who escaped from the Lusignan facility today did so by digging a tunnel into the backlands.

The authorities have released the names of the thirteen men who escaped from the Lusignan facility sometime today.

The prisons crisis besetting the government worsened today with news that prisoners have fled from the Lusignan compound where they were being held.

Fourteen days after a chilling breakout from the Camp Street jail which also saw its demolition by fire, four dangerous escapees remain on the run and the authorities appear clueless.

The Public Procurement Commission’s (PPC) investigation into the over $632M emergency drug purchase  by the GPHC has been completed and the report will be handed over to the National Assembly before it goes into recess on August 11th , 2017, PPC Chairman Carol Corbin says.

An 18-year-old Sophia man was hacked to death by a colleague after a confrontation over the former’s girlfriend.

A businessman is now nursing a gunshot wound at a private medical institution after he and his wife were attacked and robbed by armed bandits early Sunday morning at Success, East Coast Demerara.

A Corentyne rice farmer was yesterday placed under arrest at the Springlands  Police Station, after a report was filed alleging that the man on Friday night discharged a round from his shotgun at the house of a witness in the murder case of Number 70 carpenter, Faiyaz Narinedatt.

A fire of unknown origin yesterday destroyed two living quarters located in the squatting district of Riverview, Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

A West Coast Demerara (WCD) jeweller was yesterday afternoon robbed at gun point of over $4 million in jewellery and $135,000 in cash while at his business establishment, which is located in the Hydronie, East Bank Essequibo market.

A sixteen-year-old pedestrian was killed in a  vehicular accident last night on the Parika Public Road and the driver of the vehicle is in custody assisting with investigations.

The owner of the $200 million, two-storey building which collapsed in Lethem, Region Nine on Wednesday last, maintains that the collapse was due to flooding in the area at the time and not the failure to ensure proper building codes were followed.

Tullow Guyana B.V.has commenced an approximately 2,550 km2 3D seismic survey on the Company’s Orinduik Block offshore Guyana.