One week after a female security guard from Affiance on the Essequibo Coast died after she was dropped home by a taxi driver, the driver has been charged with the woman’s murder. The accused 62-year-old, Kirk Beaton appeared before Magistrate Esther Sam at the Charity Magistrate’s Court this morning and was not required to enter…
A 28-year-old man, who left the coast in search of employment, died of unknown circumstances in the Suewanda Backdam, Region 7 (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). Police say the man, Kerwin Sobers of Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD) was employed at a mining operation owned by Oswald Wilson. The police statement quoted Wilson saying the now-deceased man fell…
The Guyana Police Force is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a man who died on Friday after he was involved in an accident on the Herstelling Public Road, East Bank Demerara. According to police headquarters, the man- a pedestrian- was involved in an accident with motor lorry GWW 9210.The man is slim built, presumably…
The Public Accounts Committee is set to meet next week to consider names of persons who will be appointed to the next Public Procurement Commission. Members of the PPC are nominated by the Public Accounts Committee. The Public Procurement Commission monitors and reviews the functioning of all public procurement systems to ensure that those systems…
SEERAM Jainarine, also known as Akash, a 28-year-old canter truck operator from Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) was on Sunday last electrocuted as he rendered assistance to a stranded driver. The incident occurred on the Zeelugt Public Road, EBE. A police statement confirmed that Jainarine was contacted by 70-year-old Orlando Braithwaite whose pickup truck suffered a…
Malaria, the disease that plagues the hinterland regions, has been detected among the Venezuelan migrants who have settled in Anabisi, Port Kaituma, in the North West District, Region One (Barima-Waini). “We were able to detect among the group several cases of malaria and again, they were given treatment based on the conditions they were in,”…
The aviation community in Guyana was thrown into mourning this morning as news broke of the death of the founder of the Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School, Captain Malcolm Chan-A-Sue. Mr. Chan-A-Sue was hospitalised for the past three weeks after being involved in a vehicular accident in the city when a speeding…
WHILE police and fire officials have started their investigation into the massive fire that gutted the Kingston building that houses two key offices in the justice system, the fire department disclosed, today, that Saturday’s fire started in the living quarters of police ranks. “The fire is reported to have begun on the top floor of…
By Vanessa Cort THE stereotype has long been established of men as the strong, silent types – not talking too much, not inclined to ‘flights of fancy’, not given to ‘wearing their hearts on their sleeves’ and generally not emotionally demonstrative. Although this ‘picture’ has been modified somewhat over the years, the notion still exists…
THE Government of Guyana is pursuing the reconstruction of the Ogle Fire Station, at an estimated cost of $85.6 million. Last Friday, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued an invitation for contractors to bid for the project. According to the public notice, electronic bidding for the project will not be permitted and contractors have until…
