Guyana News

Beginning May 2022,the High Commission of India in Guyana will once again be accepting applications for on-site training in India, under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme, after a stoppage due to Covid-19 pandemic according to release yesterday from the High Commission. The

Thirty-six-year-old Linden resident  Corwyn Arthur who attacked and beat a 16-year-old girl with a knife before brutally raping her on a lonely road on the night of December 17th, 2013 heard from her impact statement, the psychological and other trauma his actions continue to cause her almost a decade later.

Prominent Guyanese jurist, Dr. Arif Bulkan has been appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal of Belize.

Eighteen young professionals from the mining town of Linden, Region Ten will soon be moving into their new homes, having finalised the documentation process for the units, a release from the CH&PA said yesterday.

The US$200 million (which equates to some $41.7 billion) from Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF) held in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, was transferred on Wednesday to this country’s Central Bank and will be subsequently deposited into the Consolidated Fund for spending, this newspaper understands.

A man died following an accident in the vicinity of Splashmins Resort along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway at about 5.30 am yesterday.

Forty-eight-year-old Route 42 (Georgetown-Timehri) minibus driver Sherwin Reynolds who had been accused of raping a differently-abled woman back in 2018, was acquitted by a jury yesterday afternoon.

World Migratory Bird Day is being celebrated across the world today and  Environmental Management Consultants Inc.

After Stabroek News published an article about a Princess Street man who was seeking the help of the public to purchase an electric wheelchair, his plea was answered yesterday when businessman, Azruddin Mohammed, donated a mobility scooter.

A total of thirty-six new COVID cases were recorded yesterday by the Ministry of Health.

President Irfaan Ali and Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton met for the first time today at which a number of preliminaries were clarified on appointments to constitutional commissions.

The five men accused of murdering Danian Jagdeo, a phone card distributor, on February 8, 2017, at Adventure, Corentyne, during a robbery were this afternoon  found guilty following a trial at the High Court in Berbice.

Cummings Lodge businessman Manohar Singh was last night robbed outside of his residence.

After more than five decades, Guyana is once again preparing to export manganese as the Chinese-owned Guyana Manganese Inc (GMI), is currently loading ships in Region One with the ore for export.

CARICOM members are still discussing the possibility of boycotting the upcoming Summit of the Americas that is set to take place in Los Angeles, California, from June 6, according to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.

Local consortium, PCG Incorporated says it will be in a position to offer its pipe coating services to the oil and gas industry by early 2023, in time for ExxonMobil’s fourth and largest project offshore Guyana – the Yellowtail development.

A family is now mourning the loss of their son who died in an accident yesterday along the Bushy Park Public Road at Mahaicony on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD).

More than a month ago, the government had announced the removal of the excise tax on fuel and this led to a decline in prices, however, as of yesterday there has been another rise particularly in relation to diesel. 

Paul Cheong was yesterday re-elected as Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) when elections were held at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and will serve another term from 2022-2023.

A man succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday night at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), after he was involved in an accident along Mandela Avenue in Georgetown.