Amid concerns by sections of the public that the three men, who were Friday arraigned for the murder of the Henry cousins last September, were facing trumped up charges because the police were under increasing pressure, top police officials insisted that investigators have incontrovertible evidence. The police sources said the Major Crimes Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) have ...

Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony on Friday said Guyana is on high alert for the Brazilian coronavirus variant of concern that could spready much faster and pose serious problems for the country. He said health officials in Region Nine (Upper Takatu/ Upper Essequibo), which is much closer to the border with Brazil, are monitoring the situation in that Portuguese-speaking nation. ...

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday promised that his administration would build 1,000 houses in Region 10, 50 of which will be for young professionals by this October, and already A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) has said the announcement was in response it its call and that it would ensure government keeps its promise this time, The plans, ...

Investigators have been advised to charge three men with the murder of the Henry cousins inn West Berbice in early September, 2020, according to well-placed sources. Sources said the advice was provided by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Chambers earlier Thursday that Vinod “Magga” Gopaul and Anil “Tampoie” Sanchara be charged jointly with the murder of Joel and Isaiah ...

A 26 year old woman met a fiery death Wednesday morning when fire destroyed her family home at Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara, Fire Chief Marlon Gentle said. The woman was identified as Krystle Chung, the elder of three siblings. Her parents, younger brother and sister escaped with minor burns. Eyewitnesses confirm that they saw smoke coming from the building and ...

Total and Apache Corp. have made a new significant oil and gas discovery at the Keskesi East-1 well, in Block 58 off the coast of Suriname, Oilfield Technology reported. This follows previous discoveries at Maka Central, Sapakara West and Kwaskwasi, The well was drilled by a water depth of about 725 m and encountered a total of 63 m net ...

An Indian company and the Transport and Harbours Department of the Ministry of Public Works on Wednesday signed an agreement to build an ocean-going vessel at a cost of US$ 12,733,403 to ply the Georgetown-North West District route, the Indian High Commission said. The Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRESL), a Government of India Undertaking under the Ministry of ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has hired an American lobbying firm to target a United States Congress, other key American government agencies, including the National Security Council, and international organisations and financial organisations to impress upon them the importance of doing business with Guyana and preserving democracy. According to the filing with the United States (US) Department ...

The Guyana Police Force on Tuesday rejected claims that appeared to have been made by Argentine Forensic Anthropologist, Dr. Luis Fondebrider that he was never offered forensic reports and videos of the autopsies conducted on the bodies of the Henry cousins and Haresh Singh who were killed in early September. However, the police force and the Home Affairs Ministry did ...

Two fuel tankers trucks were Tuesday morning destroyed by fire of unknown origin at Parika-Salem, East Bank Essequibo. Police say the tankers belong to 39-year old Nazhir Khan of Tuschen New Scheme, East Bank Essequibo One of the truck drivers, 40 year-old Zahir Villa, was burnt to his hands. Mr. Villa in an effort to save one of the motor ...