Guyana News

The construction of the new Christ Church Secon-dary School is expected to commence in two weeks as contracts to the tune of $688.1 million were signed between the Ministry of Education (MoE) and seven contractors yesterday.

Two children, ages three and nine,  died in a fire yesterday at Market Street, Belmont, Mahaica.

Following her statement that the “relevant parties” were made aware of the findings from the Ministry of Education-commissioned report on state dormitories,  Education Minister Priya Manickchand yesterday remained mum on who those persons were and when pressed said that the names would be made public at a later date.

Moments after being convicted on charges of raping a teenaged girl, shop owner Wesley Bazil collapsed at the High Court in Demerara after cutting his neck with a razor blade he had concealed on him.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill yesterday oversaw the signing of fifty contracts for roads within Region Six to the tune of $1.921b,  spanning a total length of 23,784 metres.

Eureka Medical Laboratory is facing the loss of an undisclosed amount of cash, after bandits armed with guns stole a safe from its Thomas Street premises.

Aimed at creating what it says is a stronger, modernised strategic partnership through reinforced political engagement and boosting trade and investment, the High Representative and the European Commission yesterday set out a New Agenda for Relations between the European Union (EU) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

Unicomer Group, Guyana, through its affiliate Global Franchising Corporation (GFC) has acquired RadioShack’s intellectual property assets and domains in about 70 countries around the world, including the United States, Canada, Europe and China.

Local company, Diamond Shorebase Inc has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an environmental permit to operate a dock facility at Friendship, East Bank Demerara.

The Guyana Police Force is on the hunt for a Number 69 Village, Corentyne, Berbice man wanted over the attempted murder of his ex-partner.

A Palmyra, Corentyne businessman was on Monday evening placed into custody following the discovery of a bond of illegal liquor at his business premises.

Forty-six-year-old Stephen Rodrigues was yesterday slapped with a 12-month jail sentence after chopping a man, causing him to be hospitalized.

An application by a Chinese national for the operation of a medical clinic on Mandela Avenue, Georgetown, has received the green light from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Clarel Darel appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where she was charged with two counts of damage to property.

President Irfaan Ali arrived yesterday in Nassau, The Bahamas for the US-Caribbean Leaders Meeting set for today with US Vice President, Kamala Harris.

Sixteen BOSAI employees on the Joint Workplace Safety and Health Committee in Linden, benefited from a three-day Joint Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), and the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Training Programme.

Robert Lewis appeared at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court yesterday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to the charge of theft.

A man appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to the charge of robbery.

The police are investigating an alleged unlawful wounding committed on 43-year-old labourer Doris Tudor attached to the Quarter Master Stores located on Barrack Street, Eve Leary, Georgetown.

The body of Terry La Cruz who was involved in a river mishap with a boat piloted by his father on 2023-06-04 in the Aruka River, North West District, was recovered yesterday morning and is currently at the Mabaruma Hospital awaiting an autopsy.