Five prisoners were up to early Monday morning still at large, after distracting prison wardens by setting the overcrowded Georgetown Prison ablaze , authorities said. “The fire actually served as a distraction which resulted in the prison break. This is still to be confirmed,” Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels told a news briefing at the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN). ...

A prison officer succumbed to a gunshot injury while receiving emergency treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital. He has been identified as Odinga Wickham. Nine other persons were injured during Sunday afternoon’s fiery unrest that destroyed the maximum Georgetown Prison, officials said. There are no immediate reports of deaths. Chief Executive Officer of the Georgetown Public Hospital, Retired Brigadier George ...

  As Sunday night falls, further chaos erupted at the Georgetown Prison and its environs, fire and prison officials have confirmed. Numerous shots rang out as police and soldiers sought to prevent several of the prisoners who were moved to the officers mess from the burning jail as a holding area. A number of the inmates also burnt the prison ...

The newly implemented drug procurement system requires successful suppliers to register all drugs with the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD). This is to ensure that quality drugs and medical supplies are acquired through the procurement system. This was highlighted during a presentation by Technical Advisor to the Ministry of Public Health on the Global Health Supply Chain Management, ...

More than 14 kilogrammes of marijuana were seized in Berbice and East Coast Demerara on Saturday and a total of seven persons were arrested, police said. The Guyana Police Force said an intelligence -led operation in New Amsterdam, Berbice Saturday morning has resulted in the arrest of six persons with 7.5 kilogrammes of cannabis. Those in custody include a husband, ...

The Guyana Police Force on Saturday announced promotions to the rank of Corporal to Sergeant, Lance Corporal and Constable to Corporal and Constable to Lance Corporal. Those promotions have been approved by the Commissioner of Police with effect from July 08, 2017, on the occasion of the Guyana Police Force 178th Anniversary. Please read the list by clicking here:

The Guyana government has to hire a “top accounting firm” to help assess the value of assets of the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) to be sold, and GYD$130 million have been allocated for a Special Purpose Unit to spearhead the sale. The announcement was made Thursday in the National Assembly by Finance Minister, Winston Jordan during consideration of a financial ...

Four Haitian children and one young adult were injured early Friday morning when the hire car they were travelling in toppled several times after hitting a donkey on the Number 53 Village Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice. The driver, who is a member of the Guyana Fire Service, has been detained, and tests so far show that he was not under ...

The constitutionality of Guyana’s State Assets Recovery Act (SARA) is being challenged in the High Court with the aim of having the law scrapped altogether. In what is believed to be the first ever legal action in Guyana against an entire law, citizen Ramon Gaskin on Friday filed court papers citing 37 grounds to have the SARA Act be deemed ...

Guyana lacks the capacity to deal with an expected huge influx of invoices from the United States (US) oil giant, ExxonMobil, is set to begin submitting in the coming months, even as industry experts on Thursday said invoices and payments by international oil companies must be examined in detail. Finance Minister, Winston Jordan is already on record as saying that ...