Guyana News

State Minister Joseph Harmon has said that the National Assembly’s Appointments Committee, headed by Dr.

The University of Guyana (UG) has set aside land for the creation of a Yucatan Centre for Greening Research, Information and Sustainability and has approved the establishment of a Centre for Behavioural Studies.

The man who was found dead in a room at the K&VC Hotel on South Road, Georgetown last week, has been positively identified as Micheal Rajnauth, a 74-year-old resident of La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara.

A gold miner was arrested yesterday morning after he was allegedly found in possession of an unlicensed semi-automatic firearm and a quantity of matching ammunition.

GNNL Board Statement Regarding reports of the decision taken by the Editorial Management of the Guyana Chronicle to discontinue the columns of Dr.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) says it is extremely disappointed with regards to the appointment of the representative of business on the Council of the University of Guyana.

Accelerating production of oil from Guyana’s first offshore well is important to rebuff any claims Venezuela may make in court in relation to the area, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman said yesterday.

The Gaming Authority has signed an agreement with Jamaican lotteries company Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) that is expected to see it setting up gaming operations in Guyana.

Chair of the Guyana Chronicle board, Geeta Chandan-Edmond last night said that there will be an emergency meeting today on a decision by Editor-in-Chief of the state newspaper Nigel Williams to discontinue columns from political scientist Dr.

The intelligence that led the Joint Services to the Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins gang was fed to then president Bharrat Jagdeo by a supporter of the gang, newspaper columnist Freddie Kissoon testified yesterday.

The young mother of Number 59 Village, Corentyne, who ingested a weed killer last week Friday, has succumbed at the Skeldon Public Hospital, while her one-year-old son remains hospitalised.

Police in Berbice are investigating the alleged rape of a 15-year-old boy by his stepmother.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday criticised government for its failure to make public the action plan for the reform of the security sector crafted by British expert Lt Col (rtd) Russell Combe.

A couple lost their West Ruimveldt, Georgetown home in a fire of unknown origin yesterday morning.

With duplexes being a key component of its housing strategy, the CH&PA yesterday held an Open House Event at Perseverance, East Bank Demerara in bid to whip up interest in the purchase of the units.

A Guyanese man drowned while plying his trade as a fisherman in Albina, Suriname, sometime between Sunday and Monday.

The family of Susana Culpepper, the 17-year-old Charity girl who was allegedly burnt by her ex-boyfriend over a month ago, is seeking the public’s assistance to cover the cost for her medical treatment overseas.

The Guyana Bar Association (GBA), in collaboration with the leadership of the Judiciary, yesterday held the first ever local oil and gas conference aimed at exploring the role of the legal fraternity in the country’s burgeoning oil and gas sector.

Alvin Reid, known as ‘Satan,’ the accused in the murder of a 14-year-old girl at Hope, East Coast Demerara, in 2016, was freed on Wednesday after Magistrate Peter Hugh dismissed the charge due to insufficient evidence to link him to the crime.

Annandale Primary bested host Diamond Secondary to take home the top prize at the biennial Region Four Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Fair.