Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 22:15 by Denis Chabrol Three juveniles were Wednesday charged with the murder of a teenaged boy at Patentia, West Bank Demerara, police said. The Guyana Police Force said the accused appeared at the Wales Magistrate Court before Magistrate Rhondel Weaver. They were remanded to the Juvenile Holding Center until 30th April, 2024. Seventeen ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 22:05 by Denis Chabrol Even as the Ministry of Health continued its chicken pox vaccination drive at the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) on Wednesday said there was no new case of the viral disease at that penal facility. “So far, there have been no new cases of ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 2:31 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s Attorney General, Anil Nandlall on Tuesday urged members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to condemn the Venezuelan government’s violation of international law by most recently passing a law to incorporate Essequibo as part of its territory. “While time will not permit us at this conference to collectively condemn ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 1:44 by Denis Chabrol The Dominican Republic (DR)-headquartered electricity company, InterEnergy Group (IEG), said it is ready to assist the state-owned Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) to manage its electricity supply including the 300 megawatts that would be generated from the natural gas-fired power plant being built at Wales, West Bank Demerara. ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 0:48 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Tuesday confirmed that an outbreak of chicken pox at the Lusignan Prison has afflicted 53 prisoners at that East Coast Demerara penal institution, but denied claims by the opposition coalition that nothing was being done to prevent the disease from spreading. The Health ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 23:55 by Denis Chabrol Three girls on Tuesday evening dr0wned in a fish pond at Massara Village, North Rupununi, the Guyana Police Force said. Commander of Regional Police Division #9, Senior Superintendent Raphael Rose said the children had gone to the Razor Grass pond in the village to swim. Those who perished were ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 12:37 by Denis Chabrol A Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) Councillor has been arrested in connection with allegedly firing a handgun in Alexandee Village, Georgetown on Monday- Phagwah, police said. Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department, Assistant Commissioner Wendell Blanhum confirmed that a report was made and an investigation was launched. He ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 10:30 by Denis Chabrol France has agreed to supply vessels to boost Guyana’s maritime patrol capacity, the two countries said Tuesday. “As part of the ongoing security cooperation, on March 25, 2024 Guyana announced the acquisition of maritime patrol assets from France. This is a further illustration of the commitment of the two ...

Last Updated on Monday, 25 March 2024, 23:34 by Denis Chabrol Guyanese who would like to visit European Union (EU) member-nations would from next year no longer have to travel to Suriname to obtain Schengen visas, as France would be doing so in 2025 when it opens an embassy in Georgetown, Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd said Saturday. Mr Todd ...

Last Updated on Monday, 25 March 2024, 15:26 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall I thought that civil society should be fearful, since its outspoken members and entities are the ones under constant attacks from the PPP Government and Bharrat Jagdeo’s round table.  Instead, the attackers are the frikkened ones.  Something has rattled their cage, whipped them into a frenzy.  ...