Guyana News

The University of Guyana (UG) on Thursday launched a two-day symposium aimed at developing approaches to address the underperformance of boys in the education system.

Francisco De Mattos, the miner accused of the fatal stabbing of a Venezuelan national at Black Water Landing last Saturday, has been charged with murder.

A Cornelia Ida fisherman was yesterday charged with the attempted murder of his ex-partner, whom he allegedly stabbed on Thursday.

The reading of a new misconduct charge brought by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) earlier this month against former Minister of Finance Dr.

A father of seven, who police say conned a woman out of $5 million by pretending he could get a murder charge against her husband dismissed, was yesterday charged with obtaining money by false pretense.

Dear Editor, I note with considerable interest that a PAHO team is in Guyana to address the mercury clean up at the GGMC complex.

A miner was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the rape of a woman.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Thursday heard arguments in the action mounted by a group of transgender women, who say that the law against cross dressing discriminates against them.

President of the United Minibus Union (UMU) Eon Andrews has questioned the government’s sincerity in addressing the challenges faced by operators, who have proposed hikes in fares, following the scuttling of a planned meeting on Wednesday.

A new $45 million building housing the Oncology Department of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and the Institute of Health Science Education (IHSE) was yesterday hailed as another step forward in the hospital’s delivery of better healthcare and the advancement of research and health science education opportunities.

The Small Business Development Finance Trust Inc. (SBDF) granted $279 million in loans last year, a decrease of almost $28 million, according to its 2017 Annual Report.

The Lindo Creek Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Thursday announced that former President Bharrat Jagdeo, former Prime Minister Samuel Hinds and the former Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee had refused two separate invitations to appear before the Commission.

The Guyana Court of Appeal will on July 25th  hear the  challenge to the decision by acting Chief Justice Roxane George to uphold the appointment by President David Granger of retired Justice James Patterson as Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Passengers departing Guyana were among the first to test one of the new air bridges at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) yesterday.

The Guyana Court of Appeal will on July 25th  hear the  challenge to the decision by acting Chief Justice Roxane George to uphold the appointment by President David Granger of retired Justice James Patterson as Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Courtney Benn Contracting Services Limited (CBCSL) received hundreds of millions of dollars in advance payments dating back to 2008 from the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) and up to last year had not provided the requisite services, the 2014 audited Financial Statements of the DHBC stated.

With a perfect score of 529 marks, Naila Rahaman, of the Westfield Preparatory School in Kingston, Georgetown, is this year’s top performer at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).

Although passes in English at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) saw a rise to 60%, it is the only subject in which a pass rate was recorded above 50% as only 46% of the 14,145 students who sat the exams in March earned passes in Science and Social Studies, while a mere 38% passed Mathematics.

A husband and wife and a businesswoman were yesterday all charged with trafficking Venezuelan nationals for sexual exploitation.

Ramon Gaskin's challenge to the licensing of Exxon’s partners was yesterday sent back to the High Court.