The latest Guyana news from Stabroek News including oil and gas coverage, crime, politics, culture, business and more.
Three hundred and seventy-five new members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) have completed the basic recruit courses resulting in their promotion to the rank of private with 283 of those soldiers being attached to the regular force and the remaining 92 the reserve force.
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) congratulated the Government and the Mayor and City Council’s clean-up efforts and issued a call to the business community to support same by adhering to the waste disposal regulations.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday announced the sale of a 40-ft container of high-value liquor.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today announced the sale of a 40-ft container of high-value liquor.
Giving GuySuCo one week to analyse wage proposals and begin talks, President of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) Komal Chand warned yesterday that another strike looms if negotiations fail.
City businessman Kevin Jordan was yesterday morning sentenced to 18 years in jail for raping a seven-year-old boy.
Following a major oil find offshore Guyana, the country was yesterday urged to avoid the natural resources curse and Minister with responsibility for the natural resources sector, Raphael Trotman has pledged again that there will be transparency and a robust regulatory framework for the sector.
Armed bandits escaped with close to $1 million after attacking a shop owner and his family at Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara, on Thursday night.
Another boat was donated to the children of the Upper Pomeroon yesterday under President David Granger’s initiative to ensure all children across the country have access to transportation to get to school.
The Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire Insurance Company celebrated 150 years of service to the Guyanese public last Saturday.
Shanda Nichols, who was accused of trying to smuggle cocaine out of the country in her private parts, was sentenced to three years in jail yesterday after admitting to the crime.
Sashti Raj, accused of a fatally assaulting a man who tried to drink with him and a friend, was yesterday charged with murder.
Andre Robertson, the man who allegedly chopped his common-law wife about her body last Friday and then proceeded to stab himself with a knife, appeared before a city court yesterday to answer to a wounding charge.
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is calling on the government to take urgent steps to address key deficiencies in the country’s Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) administration.
The Government of Guyana holds firm to its intention to forge an improved development pathway through a green economy, Presidential Advisor on the Environ-ment Gary Best said yesterday at the opening of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC)-organised Green Expo and Conference.
Twenty-six advocates are now better equipped to engage policy makers as a result of training provided by the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimina-tion (SASOD) in partnership with the Guyana Equality Forum (GEF).
The government plans to construct 250 low income houses in Region Three by 2020.
Thirteen-year-old Celina Lima of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo has been missing since Wednesday night and her mother is pleading with her to return home or for anyone who has information on her whereabouts to contact the nearest police station.
The suspect in the murder of Senassie Lewis, who was gunned down at a shooting at an Albouys-town bar last month, was captured yesterday.
The Guyana Police Force yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for the suspect in the murder of Regent Street businessman Farouk Hamid.
The ePaper edition, on the Web & in stores for Android, iPhone & iPad.
Included free with your web subscription. Learn more.
