Guyana News

After a competitive year-long application process, Capoey Lake, Essequibo Coast resident Sara Henry has secured a scholarship to read for her Master’s Degree under the Ireland Fellows Programme for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Henry, a Senior Planning and Monitoring Officer at the Protected Areas Commission (PAC), is the first Guyanese to be afforded the opportunity under the programme.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has said that Chair of the Trade Union Recognition Board Dr Nanda Gopaul has still to acknowledge a complaint lodged by it against the government over its requests to begin negotiations on wages and salaries. 

A clerk who was waiting to pay workers was robbed of $2 million by armed robbers at Caneview Avenue, in South Ruimveldt, on Friday afternoon, according to the police, who say three suspects have since been held.

A Vigilance man was arrested on Friday after he was found with a plastic gun following a failed bid to escape from the police.

A man was apprehended by police on Thursday after a teen reported that he raped her in April at a store in Region Seven.

Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal on Saturday commissioned an upgraded water distribution system at St.

The Ministry of Public Works says it has observed that a section of the recently completed Hauraruni Access Road (Phase I) on the East Bank of Demerara has collapsed within the last twenty-four hours.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of July 23, 2021, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall today handed over a $9 million subvention cheque to Bartica, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported.

Party Leader David Granger on Friday said the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has not seen and therefore has not considered any no-confidence motions against him.

Edward B. Beharry and Company Limited is among the first companies in Guyana to implement a policy to protect vaccinated workers by mandating that staff who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine provide evidence of a negative PCR test result every five days.

A former member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) was on Friday committed to stand trial for murder of businessman Godfrey ‘Sagga’ Scipio, while his co-accused was freed of the charge.

Fielding a series of questions from curious West Bank of Demerara residents on the US$900 million Wales gas-to-shore project, ExxonMobil representative Friedrich Krispin on Thursday disclosed that only a small portion of mangroves will be removed to facilitate the transportation of materials during the construction phase.

Several animal rights organisations and activists on Friday staged a peaceful protest to raise awareness about animal cruelty in Guyana.

APNU+AFC Members of Parliament (MPs) on Friday called for a thorough investigation of the Region Nine Regional Executive Officer Karl Singh’s shooting of a woman.

With rain continuing to fall in the Upper Mazaruni, Region Seven, one of the biggest challenges residents in some communities are facing is the shortage of basic supplies.

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Alliance for Change (AFC) will meet next month to finalise arrangements for the holding of the party’s National Conference.

A fire of unknown origin on Thursday destroyed an apartment at the BK Quarries Inc at Mazaruni River, leaving a man with first and second degree burns.

Two taxi drivers, who the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) say were busted with almost 75 pounds of ganja during an interception along the Lusignan Prison Road, were on Friday charged and remanded to prison.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) and the Guyana Postal and Telecommunications Workers Union (GPTWU) on Friday signed an agreement for the increase in wages and salaries of workers.