Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 23:04 by Denis Chabrol A 36-year old man of Craig Street, Campbellville, Georgetown is dead and a seven-year old boy injured in a collision on Tuesday night, police said. The accident occurred at about 9:15PM  on Homestretch Avenue in the vicinity of Help and Shelter. Police say Brian Mitchell was pronounced dead on ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 22:56 by Denis Chabrol Twenty-thousand residents of West Demerara are to benefit from improved water supply when two new wells are drilled before this yearend, authorities said. The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) says one of the wells will be drilled in Lust-en-Rust, Parfaite Harmonie , West Bank Demerara to serve Lust-en-Rust, Recht door ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 22:47 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) says damaged conductors and connectors that caused a complete shutdown of the Demerara -Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) on Monday April 12 have been repaired. “The damaged conductors and connectors resulted in an overload of two Wartsila engines at Garden of Eden, which ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 22:40 by Denis Chabrol The Pirara bridge along the Linden-Lethem Corridor is open to light vehicular traffic following emergency remedial works, the Public Works Ministry said Wednesday. The Public Works ministry in a statement said that vehicles ten tons and under only are allowed to cross the bridge at this time. The ministry ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 22:27 by Denis Chabrol ExxonMobil, the American operator of the Liza Phase One well, has reduced oil production offshore Guyana by 90,000 barrels per day, putting output at a mere 30,000 barrels per day due to faulty equipment aboard by the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, Liza Destiny. ” We have ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 16:41 by Denis Chabrol Former Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton, was on Tuesday charged with misconduct in public office by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) related to the rental of a pharmaceutical bond,, the Guyana Police Force said. Dr. Norton appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 16:21 by Denis Chabrol In the wake of almost daily COVID-19 deaths. the Citizenship Initiative (TCI) political party is recommending increasing the curfew once again from 6 pm to 6 am and a total lockdown of non-essential activities. The TCI  also called for the broadening of the National COVID-19 Task Force to include ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 15:07 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Court of Appeal on Tuesday set aside the conviction and 18-month sentence for possession of explosives against Donald Rodney- –the brother of Guyanese politician and historian Dr. Walter Rodney who was killed in a bomb blast 40 years ago. “We will  allow the appeal and set aside ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 10:59 by Denis Chabrol A man’s wrist was severed in Annandale, East Coast Demerara while waiting to collect money owed to him by an acquaintance who goes by the name “Dul Dul”. Police say Rayon Adams is now hospitalised awaiting surgery after his wrist was severed Saturday evening. Investigators were told that Mr. ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 10:52 by Denis Chabrol Two prisoners of the Lusignan Prison are hospitalised after they wounded each other last night during a heated argument Authorities say those injured are Gerald Jones, who is housed in Holding Bay 2, and Kaley Robert in Holding Bay 1. Jones allegedly left his Holding Bay and went to ...