Guyana News

Commentator Ralph Ramkarran has called for the expungement from the constitution of sweeping immunity provisions for the President.

A biker and his pillion rider died yesterday morning at Diamond after the motorcycle crashed into a utility pole.

The Institute of Private Enterprise Development Limited (IPED) announced on Wednesday, through the release of its 2023 Annual Report, that it had disbursed of a total of 4,881 loans valued at $4.3 billion, which contributed to the creation and maintenance of 8,655 jobs, a release from the company stated.

GPL is unable to meet its current peak demand of 180 MW as generators have broken down and instead of sourcing new ones the government was preoccupied with the gas-to-energy project, according to APNU+AFC MP David Patterson.

Thirty-two-year-old Linden taxi driver, Evon Barker called ‘Baby,’ has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for raping an 11-year-old girl in 2022.

The Gibraltar/Fyrish Neighbour-hood Democratic Council is likely to undergo an audit as the new Chairman, Davindra Sewnauth is pushing to ensure transparency at the local arm.

Twenty-one-year-old Wisroc Housing Scheme, Linden resident, Joshua Lawrence has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars for the rape of a teenage girl.

Introduction There are five parts to Nagamootoo’s Dear Land of Guyana but none of these identifies the theme or what the reader can expect of the chapters within those uneven parts.

Holly Monderson, a 51-year-old clothes vendor of  Lot 9 Norton Street, Lacy-town, Georgetown, was robbed and beaten on Tuesday night at her camp located at Issano Landing, Middle Mazaruni, where she operates her business.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday rejected allegations that had been made against it by Melissa Atwell.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) on Friday hosted a lottery in Bartica, Region 7 for medium-scale mining properties.

Police are investigating a shooting incident yesterday at the Two Brothers gas station located on the Eccles Public Road, East Bank Demerara.

The file concerning the shooting incident which claimed the life of 18-year-old Jared Jagnandan on March 21 has been returned to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), according to information related by police to the Sunday Stabroek yesterday.

Two Georgetown men were last  week remanded to prison after they were charged with being holders of unlicensed ammunition in Region Five.

Two men were last week remanded to prison in Region Five after they were charged with the offence of burglary.

The Zoo Restoration and Enhancement Project has been launched by the Protected Areas Commission (PAC) under the theme, “Wildlife Warriors: Unite for Conservation” and is part of a rehabilitation drive to enhance the structures and surroundings of the Georgetown Zoo and Botanical Gardens.

The Guyana Girl Guides Association today celebrated 100 years of empowering girls and young women all across the country.

The Ministry of Health yesterday launched the Malaria Mass Net Distribution Campaign in Aishalton Region Nine, in efforts to reduce the transmission of malaria.

-says typographical error was made -both companies set for court on GRA summons ExxonMobil yesterday distanced itself from the huge inflation of an invoice detected by the GRA and pointed to its former broker which it did not name and both are set to appear in court next week over the matter.

-warns of significant losses due to smuggling The Demerara Tobacco Company Limited (DEMTOCO) has announced an after-tax profit of $2.27 billion for 2023 while noting a “significant” rise in cigarette smuggling which it estimates could cost the local economy some $1 billion annually.