Guyana News - Stabroek News (2024)

Shaun Anthony Simon, known as ‘El Hooper/Coil Bottle’ a 28-year-old trans woman, of Grove, East Bank Demerara, was shot dead yesterday morning at King Street and South Road, Georgetown.

– Vincent AlexanderOpposition Commissioners at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) say that while the body has no power to remove The New Movement’s (TNM) Asha Kissoon from Parliament, it can “stop puss*footing” and address the issue as it relates to who is the real Leader of the List of her party and that she is illegally occupying the seat.

The Government of Guyana has written to the United States Department of Justice for information it said it needs on the sanctions placed on businessmen Nazar Mohamed, his son Azruddin, and Permanent Secretary Mae Toussaint Jr Thomas.

Bibi Fareena Joseph called Christine, a 33-year-old housewife from Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo, was arrested on 2024-07-07 and charged yesterday with attempting to murder her daughter, 9.

By Mia AnthonyRyan Fredericks, a 25-year-old father of three, remains hospitalized in a critical state following a bloody confrontation on Wednesday which left two brothers, Ellis Joseph and Marvin Joseph dead.

A three-month-old boy, Leroy Archer died in a fire yesterday at Enmore.

A security guard attached to the Shaveh Restaurant and Lounge along the Corentyne Public Road in Portuguese Quarters was yesterday remanded to prison after he allegedly beat a Corentyne man outside of the night club on Sunday evening.

Jason Isaacs, who was wanted in connection with the murder of an overseas-based Guyanese businessman back in 2021 at Reliance, East Canje Berbice and was arrested earlier this month was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with several counts of armed robbery.

A Corriverton taxi driver was on Wednesday evening busted along the Corentyne highway with his motorcar heavily packed with packages of cannabis which amounted to close to $35m worth.

Squatting is illegal and comes with known consequences including the reality of structures being demolished by landowners, Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy, stated in a Department of Public Information (DPI) release yesterday.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) has expressed discomfort at the visible differences in education outcomes as evidenced by the recent National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) 2024 results and holds the view that there is need to re-align Guyana’s education policy as well as engage in poverty alleviation.

-residents say masked men were involvedBy Mia AnthonyDozens have been left homeless at the Sarah Johanna squatting area, East Bank Demerara after their homes were demolished when the reputed owner of the land moved to the court to have them evicted.

The sons of Berbice journalists Malisa Playter Harry and Nafeeza Yayah Sakur came out as top performers at their respective schools on the Corentyne at the National Grade Six Examinations leaving their families proud.

The Guyana Police Force today said that consequent to allegations of financial impropriety levelled against Deputy Commissioner (ag) Calvin Brutus on social media and by “established media houses”, he has since requested permission to proceed on annualised vacation leave with immediate effect to facilitate an investigation in the best interest of the Guyana Police Force.

Detectives in Regional Division 4’A’ are probing the murder of a 28-year-old man, Shawn (only name known at this time) of Grove, East Bank Demerara, which occurred at about 2 this morning at King Street and South Road, Georgetown.

Two brothers died yesterday in a bloody confrontation with a miner at St Lawrence, East Bank Essequibo (EBE).

-President tells criminal justice reform conferencePresident Irfaan Ali yesterday underscored that crime does not exist in isolation but is deeply embedded in societal, economic and environmental contexts.

-Ali tells regional business forumThe Caribbean Investment Forum 2024 opened yesterday with President Irfaan Ali charging the region’s private sector to tap into the many business opportunities available in the bloc and help to bridge the investment gaps as it is impossible for states alone to do it.

-opposition objectsAmid a flurry of objections from the opposition, the government on Tuesday morning used its majority in Parliament to affirm the University of Guyana (UG) Amendment Order 2024 to expand UG’s council.

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday cited a “possible typographical error” as being behind the $858 million bid that had been listed for Mohamed’s Enterprise for the construction of the Guyana Fire Service Headquarters on Homestretch Avenue.