Guyana News

Teachers and students at the Bartica Secondary School dormitory are in shock after they awakened on Thursday morning to find the body of a male teacher hanging in one of the dormitories.

It has been almost six months since the enforcement of parallel parking along some of the city’s most congested streets and so far 185 persons have been charged with breaching the new traffic rule, according to Traffic Chief Dion Moore.

Ranks of the Police Narcotics Branch have managed to score their biggest haul of marijuana in recent times.

A serving member of the Guyana Police Force was one of two suspects who police say confessed after being arrested on Thursday for the carjacking of a taxi-driver at Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara.

A Hampton Court man was killed on Thursday when a driver lost control of his car and crashed into him along the Exmouth Public Road, on the Essequibo Coast.

Acting on information received, police ranks recovered an unlicensed M16 Rifle and an unlicensed 20-gauge Shotgun at Apicka Landing, Middle Mazaruni, today.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Guyana Jaguars, replying to Trinidad and Tobago Red Force’s 210, were nine without loss in their first innings at the close on the opening day of their fourth round match in the Regional First Class Championship at Queen’s Park Oval today.

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Diligent investigations by the police led to the arrest of two suspects yesterday in connection with an armed robbery on a taxi-driver at Bachelor Adventure, ECD, on November 28, 2015.

About 2100h. last night, ranks of the Police Narcotics Section conducted a search on a motor vehicle on Mandela Avenue, Georgetown, during  which 76.6 kilograms of marijuana were found.

About 1630h. yesterday, the police say that motor cyclist Khemraj Singh, 20 years, of Hampton Court, Essequibo Coast, was riding his motor cycle along the Exmouth Public Road, Essequibo Coast, when the driver of an oncoming motor car allegedly lost control of the vehicle and collided with him.

A no-confidence motion is to be moved against Chairman of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Board, Clinton Williams when it meets this morning, sources say.

Guyana’s government has asked Venezuela to explain why one of its helicopters landed at an airstrip at Kaikan, in Region Seven yesterday.

The executive of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) is calling for the government of Guyana to grant those miners who have not been paying tributors’ tax an amnesty.

A Bent Street shopkeeper was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison after she was found guilty of drug trafficking by a city court.

Scores of members of the Rastafarian community yesterday staged a demonstration outside of the Attorney General’s office to protest against the “unjust laws” against the possession of marijuana, which they want decriminalised.

In light of the increased shopping during the holidays and poor quality goods on the market, the Consumers Affairs Division of the Ministry of Tourism has launched a campaign to educate consumers about their right to receive quality goods and services.

According to the caution statement admitted into evidence yesterday at the trial of Balram Singh, the accused confessed that he and another man murdered taxi driver Bhomeshwar Sukhdeo.

‘D’ Division (West Demerara) police have intensified their presence in commercial areas, such as markets, amidst heightened activity during the holiday season.

A Timehri teen was yesterday released on $100,000 bail by a city court after he pleaded not guilty to a charge of armed robbery.