Guyana News

Government will from this year pay the Caribbean Examinations Council fees for up to eight subjects  for all students sitting the examination, President Irfaan Ali today announced.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump today said he would temporarily lower new tariffs on many countries, even as he raised them further on imports from China, in a sudden reversal that sent U.S.

The police today said that a successful Joint Services patrol and eradication exercise was conducted along the Canje River on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

-President flies to town, says RSS to probe By Shuntel Glasgow and Khadidja Ba The police killing of a bystander during protests in Linden yesterday over the fatal shooting of a man by a cop on Monday, triggered widespread riotous behaviour during which the Mackenzie-Wismar Bridge was blocked with debris, fires set and missiles hurled at law enforcers.

Two bandits were shot dead by a security guard during an attempted robbery at the Jia Jia Chinese Supermarket on Hadfield Street, Georgetown, last evening.

-hospitalised with reported self-inflicted wound Police are investigating the  murder of 30-year-old Marissa Beete, an employee of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport.

-large quantity of money, metal recovered The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) on Monday and yesterday arrested two Essequibo miners as part of efforts to tear down criminal networks involved in gold smuggling and organized crime here.

-following controversy over court brief GECOM yesterday decided not to renew the contract of its legal officer, Kurt da Silva following concerns over the legal brief he filed in a case which differed severely from what the Chief Election Officer (CEO) had attested to.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in a release yesterday responded to a letter dated March 19 sent from Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro to the Secretary-General of the UN in which he asserted that “the territorial issue of Essequibo, has been dragged into the International Court of Justice without Venezuela’s consent, in open violation of the 1966 Geneva Agreement.”

-says it’s a case of the law taking its course President Irfaan Ali yesterday dismissed accusations that his government is targeting United States-sanctioned businessmen Nazar Mohamed, and especially his son, Azruddin Mohamed, who has been rising in popularity, insisting that local authorities’ current actions against the men are simply the rule of law taking its course.

Owner of RK’s Guyana Security Group, Roshan Khan yesterday dismissed allegations that he was detained by US law enforcement authorities and his phone confiscated, saying that he was briefly interviewed and questioned about sanctioned businessmen Nazar Mohamed and his son Azuruddin Mohamed.

Since the passage of the Local Content Act, local companies have benefited from over US$1.5b in contracts and procurement, with 1,100 Guyanese companies successfully being added to the register at the end of 2024, President Irfaan Ali said yesterday.

As the second phase of the Silica City project is set to commence shortly, President Irfaan Ali has revealed a range of investment opportunities that will soon become available, particularly for Guyanese living in the diaspora, according to a press release from the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Since the Ministry of Heath issued an advisory on a suspected outbreak of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), the Public Heath Department of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has been seeing five children on average on a daily basis with symptoms.

Berbician, Harold Bissoo celebrated his 105th birth anniversary yesterday with his daughter and other relatives at his side.

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha says that while Guyana is blessed with a diverse agricultural landscape, the country is not exempt from the global challenges that impact agriculture and food security in countries in this part of the region.

Police in Regional Division #6 are investigating an accident which occurred at about 12:30 am yesterday on the Manchester public road in Corentyne, Berbice.

A protester was shot dead in Linden today by the police following unrest over the killing of a man by a cop yesterday.

-shooter say gun accidentally went off Linden was rocked last evening by the fatal shooting of a wanted man, Ronaldo Peters, by the police.

Amid continuing complaints from members of the business community about the unavailability of foreign currency, the government yesterday injected US$100m into the market.