Guyana News

While highlighting a staff shortage, personnel at all 24 dormitories across Guyana pointed out during a UNICEF study last year that students at the facilities needed health and behavioural counselling.

An Albouystown man who broke into a Brickdam house on Monday night was fatally stabbed during a confrontation with one of the occupants.

President Irfaan Ali and the Office of the Leader of the Opposition yesterday lauded Guyana’s election as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2024-2025.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI)  yesterday said that it’s high time the Canadian government includes Guyana on the list of Latin American and Caribbean states whose citizens do not have to acquire a visa to enter the North American country.

Two person are in custody pending investigation as approximately 223 kilogrammes of cannabis was found on Monday by Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers during an operation in the vicinity of a Koker located in Number 65 Village, Corentyne, Berbice.

Ex city policeman Clifton Pellew, who had been accused of raping a juvenile, has had the charge against him discontinued after the now-adult complainant indicated to the court that he doesn’t want the case to proceed.

The post-mortem examinations performed on 38-year-old Petrous Latchman and her 13-year-old daughter, Gabrielle Ross have not been able to determine their case of death.

The police of regional division # 3 have recovered $2,120,000 million in cash and arrested a 23-year-old man following a break and enter and larceny committed on a businessman’s office in Hubu, East Bank Essequibo, between June 5 and 6.

Less than 5 months after President Irfaan Ali walked the streets of Yarrowkabra and Kuru Kururu to listen to the concerns of residents, the PPP/C Government has invested $1.3b to enhance the communities’ road network, according to a release from the Ministry of Public Works.

With Local Government Elections (LGE) just days away, President Irfaan Ali yesterday urged Essequibians to keep advancing and he played up the projected halving of power costs when the gas to energy project gets going. 

On Monday, Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, along with the Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, turned the sod to commemorate the beginning of the construction of a new Health Centre located at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara.

Parents and guardians beamed on Monday morning at various locations in Region Two as the Ministry of Education commenced the distribution of its ‘Because we care’ cash grant in the region.

Voting in the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce’s Snap for Share 57 competition ends tonight at 11.59 pm.

For lifelong voluntary services in the United States of America, Dr Vishnu Bisram, scholar, writer and political activist was recently recognised by US President Joseph Biden.

A 26-year-old Mabaruma, Region One man identified as Terry La Cruz, went missing on Sunday night following an accident on the Aruka River involving his boat and another piloted by his father.

President Irfaan Ali today hailed Guyana’s election as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2024-2025.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 31-year-old Christopher Gonsalves called `Whiteboy’ of Lot 291 Independence Boulevard Georgetown at the hands of  two males who are currently hospitalized under police guard.

Yesterday, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Officers conducted an operation at Block V Herstelling, East Bank, Demerara.

The relevant parties were made aware of the findings from the Ministry of Education-commissioned UNICEF report on state dormitories which highlighted dire conditions and the need for fire safety just around a year before the May 22 blaze at a Mahdia facility that killed 20 children.

A four-lane bridge at Wismar, Linden and infrastructure for 2,500 housing units are to be financed by two loans for a total of US$150m signed yesterday in Georgetown between the Guyana Government and the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD).