Guyana News

With the aim of improving support for youth and strengthening their resilience to crime and violence, the United States Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has launched the Youth Resilience, Illusion and Empowerment (Y-RIE) programme, which will run for five years in Guyana, Grenada and Saint Lucia.

The Guyana Prison Service’s agriculture program is making great advances in its effort to rehabilitate prisoners and aid in the development of their agricultural abilities.

The police are seeking the public’s assistance to identify a man who was found hanging at the Houston, East Bank Demerara overhead bypass at 05:30 hrs yesterday. 

People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) Commissioner on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Vincent Alexander on Saturday levelled allegations of disenfranchisement of some 900 members of the joint services during Friday’s elections.

VIENNA, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will make a deep cut to its output in July on top of a broader OPEC+ deal to limit supply into 2024 as the group seeks to boost flagging oil prices.

President  Irfaan Ali (right) met with a team from the Saudi Fund for Development led by its CEO, Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Marshad today.

PPP General Secretary and Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo last evening announced at Corriverton that the government is looking to bring 40,000 acres under cultivation following a meeting with farmers at Crabwood Creek.

While finding common ground on matters such as reparations for historical atrocities, a government delegation and one from IDPADA-G differed significantly on the state of the African-Guyanese population here when they made presentations  recently at a UN forum.

Citing a conflict of interest surrounding two members of a panel, a court application has been filed by civil society activist Danuta Radzik challenging the hearing of an appeal of a decision not to require an impact survey for the proposed 300 MW gas to power plant.

The Office of Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton yesterday berated the governing PPP/C over the cancellation of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meetings with eight called off for this year so far.

The decision by former staunch APNU+AFC Member of Parliament, Barbara Pilgrim to switch support to the PPP/C has raised eyebrows and questions about the motivations behind the move.

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers while conducting an operation at Eliza Mary, Corriverton, Berbice, yesterday intercepted a Surinamese man with a quantity of narcotics suspected to be MDMA (ecstasy) and hashish.

The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Sundar Nandkishore, 58, of Herstelling Sea Dam who was found in his bed on Friday morning engulfed in flames.

Thousands of citizens are now benefitting from new arrangements that were implemented by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Traffic Department to ease congestion in Region Three.

An inquest is to be held in the Coldingen Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD) accident on February 17 that claimed the life of a pregnant woman, Bibi Mohammed and and left her sister seriously injured.

On the 2nd of June 2023, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers conducted an operation at the Charity stelling where a search of a boat in the presence of the sole occupant revealed a box containing a number of parcels suspected to be cannabis.

The police are continuing to probe the death of two miners,  Osborn Fredricks and Collis Fredricks on Friday on the Fourteen Miles Issano Trail, Maza-runi after a truck turned over and pinned them.

The “Chinese Bridge” language competition that is part China’s efforts to share its culture around the world, has come to Guyana.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security today said that it ensured over 400 of those affected at Hillfoot on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway received support.

Digicel Guyana, today announced Deonarine Gopaul as its new Chief Executive Officer.