Guyana News

On June 10, members of the United States Embassy and the non-governmental organization, Guyana Medical Relief, conducted a medical outreach for residents in Matthews Ridge, Region 1.

While it won a big majority of the NDCs and seven of 10 municipalities, the ruling PPP/C was easily defeated in   Georgetown and Linden where it had invested much in a high-profile campaign and attracted well- known crossovers from the main opposition APNU in a bid for a historic shift.

Joshua Parris called ‘Stewie’ of Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara has been arrested by police in relation to the murder of  Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lieutenant, Rondel Anthony Douglas.

Despite losing its bid for the township of Linden, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has made inroads in the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) stronghold.

A 13-year-old boy from Onderneeming in Region Two died after he was run over on Monday by a canter driven by the businessman he was employed with.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has managed a slim win in its stronghold of New Amsterdam, staving off an all-out campaign by the ruling PPP/C to eject it from control of the council.

The three persons who are accused of carrying out a brazen robbery at the Eureka Laboratory on Thomas Street, North Cummingsburg, were arraigned at the George-town Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) have secured an equal number of seats in the Bartica municipality in what represents a major advance for the ruling party.

A ruling is expected to be delivered soon, in the action brought by the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) against Government’s refusal to pay its $68 million monthly subvention.

Junior Public Works Minister, Deodat Indar has found himself at the centre of controversy after a video of him embroiled in a confrontation at the Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara  polling station on Monday surfaced on social media.

The PPP/C has won the municipality of Lethem in District 9 as it ran unopposed and APNU Leader Aubrey Norton reasoned that this was because the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) did not give a reprieve to its complaints that its district representative had his vehicle vandalized and all the Party’s documents were stolen.

(www.offshore-energy.biz) ExxonMobil Canada Properties, a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered energy giant ExxonMobil, has launched an investigation into the root cause of a near-miss incident at the Hebron platform offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.

Promising “this will not be the end of my political career.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Guyanese national was granted bail in the sum of $15,000 by a Justice of the Peace (JP) after he was charged with one count of Possession of a Forged Document.

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) yesterday said that it employs multiple security measures to safeguard the integrity of its examinations and scripts and it adverted to plans for e-Assessments as another measure.

A Corentyne man died on Monday after a piece of wood from his shed fell on him after an argument with his son in defence of his daughter-in-law.

Former President David Granger on Sunday made a last-ditch effort to mobilise support for APNU at Monday’s Local Government Elections (LGE) and attracted a stinging response from the ruling PPP/C which challenged his record.

Having observed the voting process in five Administrative Regions at over 250 Polling Places for Local Government Elections (LGE),  the Ethnic Relations Commission, (ERC)  yesterday said that it found it to be free, fair, transparent and conducted in an atmosphere of peace.

Fifty-nine year old Bridgilall Harilall appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on June 12th, 2023 before Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel-Isaacs Marcus to answer to the charges of malicious wounding and using threatening language.