A pump attendant attached to the M. Ali GUYOIL Service Station in New Amsterdam, Region Six is in a critical condition after he was shot to his neck during a brazen robbery on Friday. Yadram Rooney was shot in his thyroid area; he had been employed at the gas station for the past eight years.…
Three more persons have succumbed to the deadly COVID-19 virus, increasing Guyana’s death toll since March 2020 to 1,179. The Ministry of Health reported on Friday that the three victims were all male and were unvaccinated. They are: – a 61-year-old of Region Three who died on February 3 – an 82-year-old of Region Four…
Opposition Member of Parliament with responsibility for the security sector Geeta Chandan-Edmond has condemned the government for using the Cybercrime Act for going after its critics, saying that was never the original intention of the legislation. She said the argument that the Act was passed under the coalition is outdated. According to the Opposition MP,…
About one month after it was announced that COVID-19 samples were collected and would be sent to Trinidad to confirm the presence of the Omicron variant here, Health Minister Dr. Frank noted that those samples have not yet been shipped abroad. At the end of 2021, a rapid increase in cases was recorded and health…
Despite a spate of recent fires with many of them being blamed on arson, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn told the National Assembly on Thursday that the prevalence of fires is actually on the decline in the country. On the issue of the fire that gutted the Brickdam Police station, the Minister said it…
One day after he escaped from the Lusignan Prison, 18-year-old Kavin Singh was recaptured on Friday. Prison authorities in a statement said Singh was recaptured in a cane field at Good Hope, East Coast Demerara by a Joint Services team. The inmate, who was on remand, had escaped through a detached chain link fence while…
Days after being busted with over $1million worth in marijuana by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit(CANU) in a Corentyne house, three persons were taken before the Court today to face drug trafficking charges. Appearing in the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court were 54-year-old Veronica Walker, 34-year-old, Neshella Walker, and 30-year-old Simeon Lawson. The Magistrate was told…
Quincy Lewis, a police constable of Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara disappeared without a trace in June 2020 and his mother continues to hope that someone will come forward with information. Lewis was attached to the Agricola Police Station on the East Bank of Demerara and left his home on June 19, 2020, for work…
The Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party and Joinder List representative in the National Assembly, Lennox Shuman has commended the Government on its 2022 budget, indicating that under the budget, he believes that the country’s indigenous people will see a better life. The Opposition MP applauded the Government on its move to support more…
Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC on Friday confirmed the beginning of construction of several new Magistrate Courts this year along with the completion and extension of others. With the judiciary receiving some $3.5 billion in the 2022 budget, Nandlall told the National Assembly during his budget debate that construction is set to commence on new…
