Guyana News

The Commonwealth Secretariat today issued a statement of support for Guyana in relation to the latest moves by  Venezuela over Essequibo.

A boat crash in the Moruca River, Region One (Barima-Waini) yesterday claimed the lives of two teachers of St Bede’s Primary School, while another individual and a baby have been hospitalised.

Alliance for Change (AFC) Executive Member David Patterson has lambasted the government for what he termed “lack of foresight and strategic planning” as it relates to the frequency of power outages.

By Antonio Dey The government is looking at establishing a customer service hotline for citizens who receive poor service at healthcare institutions and would like to file complaints.

Sarah Browne and Vikash Ramkissoon whose appointments as parliamentary secretaries were nullified by the Court of Appeal, are challenging that ruling before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

Sixteen-year-old Anjalie Khemraj who was hospitalised in a critical condition after being struck down by a car at Grass Field, Enmore Access Road on Monday, succumbed to her injuries yesterday afternoon.

Ex-policeman Prince Reid has been handed a life sentence with the possibility of parole, only after serving 23 years, for the killing of two men into whom he had driven his minibus during a gaming fracas at Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Demerara, back in 2017.

A security guard who told the police he was ‘trying a hustle’ will soon face the court on a charge of trafficking in marijuana while another man will also be charged with possession of a small amount of the said drug he said was for his personal use.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is moving ahead with its crop extension plans, President Irfaan Ali told workers attached to the Blairmont Estate during a recent meeting.

As a result of a prolonged drought, Guyana is now battling an increase of wildfires countrywide, and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday stressed that the livelihoods of communities are being affected with farmers even requesting the help of accessing irrigation water.

A 23-year-old man was on Thursday arrested at his Good Hope, East Coast Demerara home with some 107.32 grammes of marijuana.

Thirty-year-old Joel Benjamin of Queenstown, Essequibo Coast, was on Thursday charged with attempted murder when he appeared before Magistrate Tamieka Clarke at the Suddie Magistrate’s court.

In an effort to improve the country’s literacy initiatives the Ministry of Education recently organised a specialised training session on Scholastic Guided Reading for officers of the National Literacy Department and regional literacy coordinators. 

The construction of the first 100 young professional homes has commenced at Silica City, as part of the area’s first-phase development, a Ministry of Housing and Water release stated recently.

The Guyana Police Force last evening cautioned motorists using the Soesdyke-Linden Highway to be careful as there were two motor lorries that were immovable due to ‘cut out’ springs.

US Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot, accompanied by a representative of the Regional Security System (RSS), Regional Security Officer (RSO), Mayah Shih, on Thursday morning paid a courtesy call on acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken at his Eve Leary, Georgetown office, a release from the Guyana Police Force stated.

During the University of Guyana’s hosting of a discussion on intellectual property (IP) rights yesterday, Professor Leyland Lucas of the School of Entrepreneurship Business and Innovation (SEBI) highlighted the importance of understanding and protecting intellectual property in a rapidly growing economy like Guyana.

The Guyana Defence Force today informed of a tragic incident relating to a collision between a Coast Guard vessel and a civilian vessel in the Moruca River, Region One (Barima Waini), resulting in loss of lives.

Police are investigating the murder of Edward Bramnarine, also known as Eddy, a 49-year-old ‘vagrant’, whose body was discovered at about 11.20 last night on Water and Holmes streets, Georgetown.

The government and the opposition yesterday condemned Venezuela’s latest activation of legislation to annex Guyana’s Essequibo region, noting that it violates the Argyle Agreement signed in December last year.