Guyana News

Kendall Skeete, one of the 13 prisoners who tunneled out of a Lusignan pasture on Monday, was recaptured today.

A veteran pilot attached to domestic airline, Roraima Airways died yesterday afternoon after his plane crashed while approaching the Eteringbang airstrip in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).

Before being laid to rest, Odinga Wain Wickham, the Prison Warden who was gunned down during the July 9 Camp Street jailbreak, was yesterday remembered as a fallen hero who had been a role model to all.

A rank of the Major Crimes Unit yesterday testified that he had suggested that Andrif Gillard, the man who claimed he was offered money to assassinate President David Granger, be charged with giving false information to the police.

A Melanie Damishana labourer was in critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) up to last night after he was shot by police, who have since launched a probe into the shooting.

Up to press time last night 10 “hardcore” prisoners remain on the run.

The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) attributes about 90 percent of blackouts to “trips” in the distribution grid and says that it has already set plans in place to remedy the situation and give its customer uninterrupted power.

A   24-year-old farmer from Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne is in critical condition following an attack by a gang of seven men on Sunday.

Franz Paul, the former cadet officer who was charged with shooting the then 15-year-old Alex Griffith in the mouth in 2014, yesterday called his sister and father as witnesses when his trial continued.

A disturbance erupted yesterday morning at the new brick prison on Camp Street, hours after 86 prisoners were transferred there from the Lusignan Prison pasture but members of the Joint Services were able to keep the peace.

GTT yesterday said that vital  telecommunication infrastructure was on July 22, sabotaged for the third time in nine days, affecting over 20,000 customers and it announced a reward of $1m for information leading to the arrest of those responsible.

A city magistrate yesterday issued an arrest warrant for Shawn Harris, one of the prisoners still on the run after escaping from the Lusignan pasture holding area.

The home of television personality, Joel Ghansham was broken into on Saturday last, and bandits carted off approximately $7.5 million in cash, jewellery and other valuables.

The Board of Directors  of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on Friday announced approval of a grant of US$295,000 ($60.7m) to support climate-smart agriculture here.

A Guyanese man has been busted by the authorities in the United States for being part of a cocaine trafficking ring operating out of the JFK International Airport in New York.

A 31-year-old Guyanese man has been arrested in Trinidad and Tobago after he was accused of raping another man, according to a Newsday report.

The witness in the murder case of Number 70 Village carpenter, Faiyaz Narinedatt who was hospitalised with suspected poisoning, has been discharged from the hospital.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is again hosting the Subraj Foundation Transplantation Team on their 25th Mission to Guyana up to July 30th and corneal transplants are to be done.

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for a prisons restructuring consultancy.

The Bina Hill Institute’s  eighth graduation ceremony saw 34 youths graduating after being certified in 11 technical skills.