Guyana News

The body of missing Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) officer, Patrick Ramkellawan, who went missing after a collision on Saturday night in the Pomeroon River was recovered on Monday.

Miss Guyana Universe Katherina Roshana is grateful for the support she continues to receive from the public as she wraps up preparations here for the Miss Universe pageant set for Moscow, Russia on November 5.

A bilateral agreement between the governments of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and Guyana has paved the way for five SVG students to commence several agricultural related programmes at the Guyana School of Agriculture, while a team from Guyana is attached to the Ministry of Agriculture on that island.

The Venezuelan Attorney General’s Office today charged Ukrainian captain Igor Bekirov for allegedly violating Venezuela’s exclusive economic zone onboard the oil exploration ship Teknik Perdana, which was intercepted by Venezuelan authorities on October 10.

The police today said that Junior Anthony Henry called ‘Oswald’, 22, is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Michael Hamilton which occurred at Sparendaam Squatting Area, ECD, on October 07, 2013.

Three staffers of China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) – the corporation executing the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project – were attacked by cutlass-wielding individuals who robbed one of them of a cell phone on October 12, a release from the Ministry of Public Works said.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – The Malaysian company that owns a U.S.-hired oil survey ship detained last week by Venezuela in a territorial dispute with neighboring Guyana said today the boat and its 36-member crew had been released.

Even as the foreign ministers of Guyana and Venezuela are said to be arranging to meet this week with a view to hammering out an agreement on the release of the captain and crew of the research vessel Teknik Perdana, a Venezuelan newspaper is reporting that the captain is to face charges in that country.

Two Corentyne brothers were yesterday charged with murdering Hampshire businessman Devindra ‘Dave’ Deodat, who was shot dead during an armed robbery at his home last week, while a third suspect remained on the run.

Romario Gouveia, the lone survivor of three men who allegedly engaged in a “shootout” with police on Saturday night, succumbed in hospital yesterday and family members are demanding an independent autopsy as they suspect foul play in his sudden death.

A 48-year-old Sophia farmer was chopped to death over a land dispute yesterday by his stepson, who later turned himself in as the police were leaving the crime scene.

The main opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has condemned Saturday’s fatal shooting of three Albouys-town youths by lawmen and it is urging the police force to be guided by professional standards in the arrest of armed criminals.

Knowing how to use a fire extinguisher to effectively control a small fire in case of emergency may be the difference between saving lives and property or losing them.

Days after a fire ravaged the Beepat’s warehouse and a house at Temple Street, Ogle residents of the area are still affected by smoke emanating from the bond site, and are upset that at the fire service’s lack of attention to it.

Police are still on the hunt for the third suspect in the October 3 attempted murder of Industry resident Linda Phillips, even as the two women involved were charged.

The private sector is calling on government to consider its list of proposals for the revival of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) in the wake of its Chairman’s dire summation of the state of affairs in the social security organisation.

Sailors from HMS Lancaster have dealt a further blow to the drugs trade after seizing cannabis and cocaine with a combined street value of £58 million while on operations in the Caribbean, according to a release from the Royal Navy.

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) remains firm in its stance of not allowing gay men and members of other groups deemed to be at high risk of transmitting sexual diseases from donating blood.

Over 35 prospectors were beneficiaries of a two-day course at the introductory level on the extractive industries, conducted by the Guyana Mining School and Training Centre in partnership with the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Associa-tion (GGDMA).

Kumar Mangru, 17, and Nazim Azimulla, 42, of Johanna, South Black Bush Polder along with Rajesh Singh, 38, of Lesbeholden, North Black Bush Polder and Carlton Chaitram, 37, of Mibicuri, South Black Bush Polder have been