Guyana News

Police Corporal Shavon Marks, who allegedly aided in the smuggling of an AK-47 rifle out of the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) Compound, at Eve Leary, was yesterday read charges of illegal firearm and ammunition possession.

A taxi driver was yesterday remanded to prison after being read multiple charges, including the attempted murder and armed robbery of a BK International supervisor who was attacked outside the compound of the Ministry of Finance on Main Street last December.

Five high-powered rifles, including four AK-47s, which were recently recovered by police at different locations, have not been linked as yet to any recent crime, according to preliminary checks.

  Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital has enhanced its medical services with the introduction of its Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) examination, which is the first of its kind to be offered in Guyana.

The Iwokrama International Centre and its joint venture partner, the local firm of Farfan and Mendes Ltd.

A prisoner has been hospitalised after being involved in a fight with another inmate at the Camp Street Prison on Sunday.

A Somalian national, who claimed he used a forged British passport to enter the country in search of asylum, was yesterday fined and ordered deported.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended that an inquest be held into the death of Shane Scipio who was shot by police seven months ago outside the Georgetown Prison.

Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan will join a team of traffic and transportation practitioners from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure and the Guyana Police Force on a week-long transportation study tour, which will take place in Mexico and Colombia from next week.

The effects of the storage of toxic chemicals in close proximity to city public health workers and near the city’s nursery school, day care, and health centre received the attention of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday at its statutory meeting.

Bids in the millions of US dollars were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the Sheriff Street – Mandela Avenue Roadway Enhancement Project under the Ministry of Public Infrastructure.

Puruni miners on March 11 took part in a training workshop by the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) where environmental issues were at the forefront.

The Alliance For Change has made undisclosed monetary donations to four persons who suffered significant losses in a recent conflagration in Kitty, Georgetown.

The Indian Action Committee (IAC) in collaboration with the Viraat Sabhaa Guyana held its first Phagwah Mela ‘Rang Barse’ at the Helena No.

Officials from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) yesterday met with local suppliers of stone and other items to facilitate a link between them and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Modernisation Project.

A ship reportedly destined for Venezuela on Wednesday last sank just off the Essequibo Coast after it encountered problems.

A teenage dental assistant of Alness Village, Corentyne, drowned on Sunday afternoon while on a swimming trip with friends.

A Port Mourant,  Corentyne man is now dead after the car he was returning home in slammed into a utility pole at Borlam Turn, Corentyne on Sunday evening.

The long delayed Local Government Commission (LGC) is no closer to being realised as both government and opposition have made no steps to resolve a stalemate over its composition.

A house at 125 Cummings Street, Buxton, East Coast Demerara, belonging to overseas-based Guyanese Cecily Dover was last evening destroyed by fire in a suspected act of arson.