The water ambulance which operates the Orealla/Siparuta route yesterday afternoon caught fire while returning to the area resulting in the captain and eight occupants having to jump overboard to safety.
Chief Citizen Alfred Mentore yesterday blasted City Engineer Colvern Venture for not issuing a cease order on works underway for a Qatari Hotel on disputed lands along Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown and he also signalled that court action is imminent.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd on Friday chaired a meeting of the Multi-Agency Coordinating Committee to address the influx of Migrants from Venezuela and said that the long-term objective was to integrate them into Guyanese society.
GTT says that in partnership with WANSAT it has successfully backhauled cellular traffic from the hinterland to Georgetown via an international satellite and fibre connection.
A contract for the construction of special education needs school at Cotton Field in Region Two valued at $94,78,725 was signed yesterday between the Government of Guyana through the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) and Builder’s Engineering & Architectural Constancy.
In its March 1st Communique following the meeting of Heads of Government in Georgetown from February 25 to 28, CARICOM deplored what it described as “significant Venezuelan military border activity” but noted a lowering of tensions.
A 26-year-old businessman of Bel Air village, East Coast Demerara died on Sunday after he collided with a truck on the Mc Doom Public Road, East Bank Demerara.
Daniel Greenidge, an 18-year-old unemployed resident of Budhan’s Housing Scheme, West Canje Berbice was yesterday charged with the wounding of Fay Samaroo, the mother of the Deputy Regional Officer (DREO) of Region Six.
Two prison officers from the Mazaruni prison are currently in custody as police step up their investigation into the double murder of a mother, Nellie Gomes, 75, and her son, David Gomes, 49, both of D’Urban Street, Wortmanville, at Saxacalli, Essequibo River, allegedly by prison escapee, Akeem Wong.
The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport yesterday announced the results of this year’s Mashramani competition and the winner of the full costume Large Bands contest is Muneshwers/GYSBI while Olympia Small-Sonaram has been named designer of the year
The winners of the Mashramani 2024 Costume and Float Parade Results are as follows:
Residents of Dochfour, Demerara-Mahaica, have been assured that any damage to their properties due to the ongoing road construction either on the Railway Embankment (Sheriff Street to Orange Nassu) or on the East Bank Public Road to Mahaica, will be compensated once proper verifications are done and checked against the contractor’s initial pre-conditional survey.
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Chevron CEO Michael Wirth is facing a head-to-head match with Exxon Mobil with his US$53 billion bid for Hess and its stake in oil hotspot Guyana, and could wind up trapped in a dispute between two of South America’s biggest energy rivals.
Vice President and General Secretary of the PPP/C Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday told challengers of the governing party that they need to “come right” as Guyana approaches the next general and regional elections in 2025.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday urged Guyanese to examine deeply the motives of those who are claiming they can offer better leadership than the PPP/C, stating that social and economic justice includes the building of national wealth which is being done by the current administration.
Determined to meet the March 31st deadline for the free movement of nationals within the bloc, Caricom’s Legal Affairs Committee last week met and signed off on the draft document so that Heads can finalise it when they meet again this week.
It has been four months since the tragic helicopter crash which claimed the lives of five army men and Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill said that the investigation is still ongoing.
Although the government of Suriname had promised in 2021 to issue 150 SK fishing licences to Guyanese fishermen, following an agreement between the two countries this has not yet been done and Suriname’s President is now saying that further discussions have to be carried out.