Guyana News

A United States-based Guyanese man is now dead after a driver allegedly fell asleep and crossed into his path as he was driving, resulting in a head-on collision in Gatesville, Texas, last Friday. 

3D printing could soon be the new norm in the construction of local homes, saving builders time and money while offering higher quality, according to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Black Buffalo 3D, Michael Woods.

As she seeks to raise funds to offset the cost of a needed surgery, a young woman is clinging to hopes that she will one day realise her childhood dream of becoming an environmentalist and also be able to once again play the sports she was so active in before cancer began ravaging her body.

The Health Ministry on Saturday announced that a 96-year-old woman, from Region Four, has succumbed with COVID-19, becoming the country’s latest COVID-19 fatality.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Republic Bank Limited (RBL) for the financing of 500 low-income homes at Leonora, Region Three, the Department of Public Information (DPI) has reported.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has issued a missing person’s notice for Roscoe McIntyre, 31, the man who had been accused of setting fire to the Arakaka Police Outpost in 2020.

The Ministry of Education is inviting parents of students attending St.

(Barbados Nation) The Guyanese woman who was shot and killed at Bush Hill, St Michael, on Friday night has been identified.

The police today issued a missing person’s  notice for Roscoe Mc Intyre, 31.

Among the many attractions at the International Building Expo is a 600-square ft house built by local company South Atlantic and its Colombian partner Cana Dulce.

3D printing could soon be the new norm in the construction of local homes, saving builders time and money while offering higher quality, according to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Black Buffalo 3D, Michael Woods.

President Irfaan Ali last night announced a slate of government measures, including the provision of free building materials and the reduction of mortgage interest rates for the working class, to accelerate his administration’s housing drive.

The opposition APNU+AFC has moved to the court to challenge the decision of the National Assembly’s Committee of Privileges to recommend the suspension of eight of its MPs over a tumultuous bid on December 29 last year to stop the passage of the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) bill which saw the forcible removal of the parliamentary mace.

With the promotion of members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) by the new Police Service Commission (PSC) having taken place in spite of his efforts to prevent any such move, retired Assistant Commissioner of Police and immediate former Chairman of the Commission Paul Slowe has had to withdraw his application for an injunction.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall on Thursday tabled a bail reform bill that once passed would require police to consider the granting of bail within 24 hours of taking persons into custody for non-serious offences.

Lance Corporal Rickland Edmondson, the policeman who was assaulted after trying to apprehend an alleged errant driver, has lost his right eye as a result of the attack.

Mark Royden Williams, called “Smallie,” is now awaiting sentencing after a jury on Friday convicted him of the 2008 shooting death of Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank Ivor Williams.

The body of an unidentified man was found in the wee hours of Friday morning along America Street, in Georgetown.

A family of seven is now without a home after their Kuru Kuru house was destroyed by a fire, which was caused when a curtain was accidentally set alight by a candle.

Police on Thursday found a gun that may be linked to the recent shooting outside of the Mantra Bar in Georgetown.