Guyana News

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr.

Anthony Charles, aka ‘Skiddle’, of Leopold Street, Georgetown was yesterday gunned down and police are currently searching for a silver-grey Allion motor vehicle which was used in the getaway.

Describing the events following the March 2, 2020 elections as a “ruckus”, former Deputy Commissioner of Police, Maxine Graham yesterday recounted the events leading to the sacking of the Region Four Commander.

President Irfaan Ali says that Guyana is embracing a diaspora integration model which flows from the belief that the country’s émigré communities should not be treated as “entities peripheral to nationhood”, but rather as an integral part of the nation.

The body of Cam Thomas, an 18-year-old student of Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden was recovered at Blue Lake Creek, Mackenzie, Linden yesterday at 11:15 am after he went missing in the waters on Sunday.

What has been heralded as a historic carbon credits deal for Guyana is now the source of a pitched battle between the government’s climate office and some Amerindian activists over whether adequate consultations were held.

Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Information Technology (IT) Officer, Enrique Livan, who is accused of attempting to change figures on some Statements of Poll (SOPs) in Region Four and is facing elections related charges yesterday invoked his right to remain silent when he appeared before the ongoing Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the March 2020 elections.

President Irfaan Ali and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday held bilateral discussions following the inauguration of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

Raymond La Fleur, a 46-year-old rice farmer of West Canje Berbice and Roshan Alie, a 42-year-old farmer of Johanna North, Black Bush Polder were arrested on January 6th at Black Bush Polder and charged yesterday with the following offences: * Possession of a firearm without a licence; * Possession of ammunition without licence.

The U.S. Embassy yesterday announced the 2023 cohort from Guyana for the U.S.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) yesterday certified Brass Aluminium and Cast Iron Foundry Limited (BACIF) –under the Made in Guyana Certification Programme.

Delvoy Williams, age 25, and Joshua Archer, age 22, both of Robert Road Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, were arrested on January 6th by ranks of the Beterverwagting  Police Station and charged jointly yesterday with possession of a firearm without licence, possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking and possession of ammunition without a licence.

The National Accreditation Council (NAC)-Guyana is hosting its annual staff retreat at the Regency Hotel, Hadfield Street and tertiary education is in focus.

A 42-year-old man was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail on the charge of forging 28 US$100 bills.

A fire started on Sunday around 9:00 pm at Vivaanta Ayurvedic Spa and Hair Salon of Lot 3 Church Street Georgetown but it was quickly put out.

Colwin Barnwell, a 34-year-old vendor of Lot 22 Vigilance, East Coast Demerara, was charged yesterday with the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition after the police allegedly found a Glock 17 pistol and two live 9mm matching ammunition on his person for which he did not have a licence.

A man was gunned down in the vicinity of D’Urban and Smyth streets this morning.

Detectives in Linden are probing the suspected drowning of Cam Thomas, an 18-year-old Linden Technical Institute student who resided at Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden.

A 28-year-old Good Hope, East Coast Demerara man was chopped to death last evening following an altercation at a shop in Laluni Village, Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

As negotiations continue with some land owners in the pathway of the Wales Gas to Shore project, the majority have accepted proposals put to them with some choosing relocation instead of monies, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC says.