Guyana News

The government is considering the installation of a further 3,000 to 6,000 photovoltaic home systems over the next three to six months in rural and hinterland areas.

A woman gave birth to her baby in the compound of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) late on Thursday night, after she said she was denied entry by a security guard on duty.

Harry Saran Ramsaroop, who has been synonymous with the Dharm Shala ‘Home of Benevolence for all races,’ passed away on Tuesday at the age of 97. 

A teenage girl is missing and feared drowned after she jumped out of a moving speed boat, which was travelling along the Berbice River yesterday morning.

Rajpati Latchmisingh, also known as Sandra Singh, has been ordered to pay an outstanding balance of $9,244,124 in taxes owed to the Georgetown City Council by Magistrate Faith McGusty.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 71-year-old Robert Marvin Wright, who is reported to have shot himself dead at the Kitty Seawall yesterday afternoon.

Home Safe Security and Domestic Services yesterday signed a $1.6B contract with government for the provision of security services for the coastland Regional Democratic Councils (RDCs), and for which it has been asked to address concerns over frail and disheveled guards at sites.

Local bankers and manufacturers are the latest groups to appeal for political unity for the urgent amendment of the anti-money laundering laws, while warning that possible sanctions for failure to act could put a squeeze on bank transactions and cause the contraction of the business sector.

Chinese Communist Party media controls are increasingly constraining news outlets based outside China, according to a report by Freedom House, which notes a culture of secrecy and lack of transparency by Chinese officials, companies, and local regulators in countries like Guyana.

Several rounds of ammunition, consistent with what was missing from the Guard Room of the Colonel John Clarke Military School at Tacama, Upper Berbice River, were recently found.

Maharanie Parmanand, found dead on Wednesday after an alleged beating at the hands of her common-law partner in Lusignan, died of brain hemorrhaging that resulted from blunt force trauma to her head, an autopsy revealed yesterday.

A post-mortem examination (PME) has found that two-year-old Kimanie Watson, who died under mysterious circumstances, succumbed as a result of haemorrhaging and shock caused by multiple abdominal injuries.

Graduates of the Early Childhood Development Programme were urged to remember their duty as childcare workers in the shaping of children’s personalities.

The 25th Annual Exhibition of the Guyana Women Artists’ Association (GWAA) is now open at Castellani House, which is featuring over 50 displays from 13 female artists.

Local government elections and effectively functioning local government bodies are needed to address several environmental problems, including solid waste management, air pollution and marine litter, says main opposition APNU.

The Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) is launching the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Vision 2020 initiative at an event planned for the Seawall Bandstand on Sunday as part of its 40th anniversary programme.

Nine US Coast Guard members, who are part of a newly-formed Technical Assistance Field Team (TAFT), completed a two-day visit earlier this week during which they met with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and its Coast Guard leadership.

A Brazilian national was yesterday morning shot and injured at Karesparo in the Potaro area and up to late yesterday afternoon efforts were being made to transport him to Georgetown for medical attention.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison on a narcotics trafficking charge after police found a quantity of cannabis during a search on his property.

A Cuban national was fined $30,000 yesterday after he pleaded guilty to entering Guyana illegally.