Guyana News

Three fishermen remain missing after their boat capsized in the Atlantic on Saturday morning and the government has convened a seven-member team to report on the incident within 14  days even as criticism mounts of Noble House Seafoods’ handling of the matter.

A Chinese national is now on remand after being charged with possession of  8.8 kilogrammes of liquefied cocaine to be shipped from Guyana to China via a courier company.

The police yesterday issued bulletins for two men over the murder of a Linden handyman at Mahdia.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) last Friday dismissed an appeal in which a Guyanese  woman, her daughter and her daughter’s husband were seeking adverse possession of a portion of land.

Thirteen Dental Surgeons recently graduated from the University of Guyana’s School of Medical Sciences with their Bachelor’s in Dental Surgery.

An East Canje, Berbice poultry farmer died  after he lost control of his vehicle and slammed into the New Amsterdam arch located along Main Road during the wee hours of yesterday.

The Council for Technical and Vocational Education Training (CTVET), Learning Corp and ExxonMobil on Friday announced that the three entities have developed a partnership to train lecturers, instructors and students from various technical institutions on basic industrial safety.

A man who was arrested by Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri has been remanded after he denied trafficking cocaine which was found in fried rice.

Justice Sandil Kissoon yesterday sentenced the two remaining convicts in the 2016 Black Bush Polder triple murder to life in prison without parole.

Pascal Smith who had been accused of the 2017 murder of John Houston, was on Friday discharged of the capital offence after Justice Brassington Reynolds upheld a no-case submission in his favour.

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison after they were charged with damage to property and simple larceny over the raiding of a tomb at Hampshire Cemetery, Corentyne.

Two unvaccinated persons are the latest fatalities from COVID-19. This takes the death toll from the pandemic to 1,213.

The Chairman and Board of Directors of Banks DIH Limited on Friday announced the recent appointment to the Board of Directors of Banks DIH Limited, of Gavin Todd, as Operations and Engineering Director.

A variety of medical training programmes targeting young Guyanese will soon be commencing.

Lloyd’s Register (LR) and MatPal Marine Institute Inc. yesterday announced that they have entered into a Memorandum of Under-standing (MoU) to jointly support safe maritime training in Guyana.

JR Ranch Inc., a local company that has interests in the construction, security and real estate sectors, has announced a name change to Condor Consortium Inc.

A mason was yesterday sentenced to six months in jail after being on remand for a robbery he confessed to last September.

The police in Berbice have arrested two men who are accused of stabbing two other Corentyne men outside of a wedding house in Number 69 Village, Corentyne, during the wee hours of Sunday.

A Mon Repos Market jeweller was yesterday robbed of a quantity of gold jewellery by three bandits, one of whom was armed with a firearm.

SBM Offshore on Thursday announced that Guyanese business and finance specialist Martin Cheong will be appointed to the post of General Manager of SBM Offshore Guyana, effective March 1, 2022.