A police team has been dispatched to a mining camp at Akaiwanna, Cuyuni, Region #7 to investigate the murder of dredge owner Antonio Da Silva, 36, a Brazilian National whose body bore several suspected gunshot injuries.
Around 10 am today, six-year-old St Paul’s Primary School pupil, Glensean Skeete died after the goal post he was swinging on overturned.
Hilary Edwards, 29, and Obediah Nicholas Christopher, 19, both of Sisters Village, East Bank Berbice, were today charged separately with the murder of Berbice boy Leonard Archibald.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – As Puerto Rico struggles with a lack of fuel, water and medical supplies following the devastation of Hurricane Maria, it is pressing the Trump administration to lift a bar on foreign ships delivering supplies from the U.S.
The police say that the partly decomposed body of a female of mixed race was discovered about 9.30 pm yesterday at the Foulis Seawall Access Road, ECD.
BANGKOK, (Reuters) – Thailand’s Supreme Court convicted and sentenced former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra in absentia to five years in prison today for mismanaging a rice subsidy scheme that cost the country billions of dollars.
Amid reports of the dire conditions on hurricane-ravaged Dominica, Chairman of CARICOM Dr Keith Mitchell yesterday called for a revamped regional response to disasters.
President David Granger has discretion to reject an entire list of nominees for the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) as being unacceptable, but it is not “absolute,” according to Chief Justice Roxane George SC, who has also found that he is required to give reasons for his decision and his failure to do so already could be subject to judicial review.
Yesterday marked an emotional morning on the East Bank Berbice as relatives, friends and the community said their goodbyes to 13-year-old Leonard Archibald who was murdered after leaving home to collect his sisters from a birthday party.
(Reuters) – France’s Total has agreed to pay US$1 million for an option to buy a 25 percent stake in an oil exploration block offshore Guyana, its first foray into an area close to where ExxonMobil made one of the largest discoveries of the last decade.
Dynamic Airways is likely to be leaving the shores of Guyana in the coming days as plans are afoot to change its focus to an Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance (ACMI) operation.
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) yesterday said that a US$800,000 feasibility study for the Wismar Bridge was once slated for funding under an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loan, which is now being used for other projects.
President David Granger has reiterated his Government’s commitment to the course of action outlined by former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon regarding the Guyana-Venezuela controversy.
The 26-year-old driver who allegedly struck down and killed Mohamed Yussuff Ashraff on the Meten-meer-Zorg Public Road on Wednesday was yesterday placed on $300,000 bail after he was charged with three offences including causing death by dangerous driving.
The collapse of two connecting posts along the high span of the Demerara Harbour Bridge yesterday afternoon resulted in severe traffic congestion on both sides of the structure.
Residents of Tucville Terrace now have access to potable water in their homes following intervention by Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).
The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday said that Tiffini Collison who was wanted in connection with the intended posting of hammocks soaked in cocaine turned herself into CANU yesterday in the company of her attorney.
Approximately 7,500 tonnes of white rice is being exported to Cuba.
Scores of residents from Sophia turned out on Sunday for engagements with the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) on planned infrastructural upgrades in the communities.
On September 13, Minister of Social Protection, Amna Ally, paid a visit to the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) for a site visit and meeting with staffers and announced that five females had been pardoned.
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