Guyana News

An Eccles man is upset after bandits raided the apartment of one of his tenants, just days after he himself was held up in the area.

A 31-year-old man is now admitted at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was stabbed last night in his abdomen by his child’s mother.

Villagers of Nappi in Central Rupununi, Region Nine showcased their culture at their Indigenous Heritage Month celebrations on Saturday and the government handed over bicycles and a brush cutter which had been previously promised.

Months after receiving an award for Best Male Gospel Artist at this year’s Guyana Music Awards, singer-songwriter Samuel Medas has been nominated for the Caribbean Gospel Music Marlin Awards in seven categories.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Two people were shot dead at a pre-dawn Caribbean heritage celebration in New York despite ramped-up efforts by police and community activists to prevent the violence that has plagued the annual event in years past, authorities said on Monday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC — Rookies Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell are set to make their international debuts after being named in a West Indies Twenty20 15-man squad to face Pakistan later this month.

Britain’s Prince Harry will make an official visit to the Caribbean later this year on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen and Guyana is among the countries he will be visiting.

A 48-year-old woman was found lying on her kitchen floor with stab wounds just before dusk yesterday and police have since taken a relative into custody.

With an appreciation for Guyana’s agriculture potential and a dream of one day establishing an expansive fruit orchard of his own, one overseas-based Guyanese has returned home to enhance the local agriculture industry with his own venture and is urging other Guyanese to do the same.

With the APNU+AFC government facing a barrage of questions over how he came to be single-sourced in a pharmacy bond deal, curiosity surrounds businessman Lawrence ‘Larry’ Singh.

Former Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Legal Affairs Ministry, Indira Anandjit said on Saturday that the non-renewal of her contract came as a shock particularly as a report by the Auditor General had exonerated her and she charged that a smokescreen was created by the Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams to have her removed.

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo has blasted the APNU+AFC government for having what he said was a lazy economic policy where it is sitting back and waiting on money that it is hoping to get from oil in a couple of years.

Horrific family violence that left a Better Success, Essequibo Coast man dead and his sister charged with killing him has once again placed focus on the abuse of alcohol and its deadly consequences.

State television anchor, Natasha Smith was reportedly pulled from presenting the daily “NCN 6 O’ clock News” because of her pregnancy and the matter is being probed by the Guyana Press Association (GPA).

Isaac Caesar, the 15-year-old boy who was listed as critical at the Georgetown Public Hospital after the fatal Regent Street accident two Saturdays ago, has been transferred from the Intensive Care Unit to the ward after he regained consciousness.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) plans to revive and strengthen Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) and student councils across the country in order to foster a community alliance that it hopes will help to improve the quality of education offered, especially in the hinterland.

By Gaulbert Sutherland in Hawaii   More emphasis needs to be placed on often overlooked nature-based solutions such as conservation to protect against the challenges of climate change and ensure sustainable development, according to a top United Nations climate official.

The police are still hunting the men who gunned down Mark Anthony in North Ruimveldt on Thursday night.

A farmer at Black Bush Polder, Corentyne was recently on a local television programme where he expressed his disapproval of a `stop off’ near an inactive koker at the trench located at the entrance to Black Bush Polder.

Dean Hassan of Tesouro Resources last week sent a team to six  orphanages around Georgetown to assist them with preparations for their return to school today, a release from the company said.