Guyana News

Representatives of the United Nations (UN) offices in Guyana on Friday engaged a technical team from the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to better understand the flood situation and explore possible areas of cooperation.

By Nikita Blair Last month, the CARICOM Secretariat participated in observing World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, under the theme ‘Accelerating Digital Transformation in Challenging Times.

Three more women have succumbed to COVID-19 pushing the death toll to 403.

Parliament is to meet on June 10th and notice has been served of a motion for the removal of APNU+AFC MP David Patterson as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee.

The Central Fire Station (CFS) could be relocated somewhere near D’Urban Park.

In the company of his lawyers, Marcus Brian Bisram, who is expected to be charged again with murder, presented himself this morning at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Renita Singh.

Farmlands and homes in the Pomeroon River (Region Two) remain  inundated after persistent rainfall and farmers are now worried they will not be able to profit from the current crop.

A Canefield, East Canje Berbice man was killed, while another from the same village was injured following a recent attack in the National Psychiatric Hospital.

Damon Assanah called “Devil” has been sentenced to 18 years behind bars for raping a 13-year-old girl whom he also impregnated back in 2015.

The number of people affected by flooding in Region Seven is increasing daily, according to its Chairman Kenneth Williams, who noted that the situation has significantly worsened over the past 24 hours as persons are now being forced to evacuate their homes due to rising water levels.

Queen’s College has been recognised as the School of the Year for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), at the Caribbean Examinations Council’s 2020 awards ceremony held in Antigua and Barbuda.

A High Court judge has ordered the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to reclassify the Toyota Land Cruiser imported by businessman Mohamed Shaw Jahan as being for commercial use and not a private passenger vehicle.

With overtopping from the Canje Creek and excess water in the savannahs, the entire cultivation of the Albion Sugar Estate is currently under threat according to General Manager Threbhowan Shivprasad.

Online talk show host and political activist Gavin Matthews was yesterday formally charged with using a computer system to cause damage to the reputation of Culture, Youth and Sport Minister Charles Ramson Jr.

A man was yesterday charged over the death of a security guard who was struck by a motor car along the Number 77 Village, Corentyne Road, in Berbice.

Tenders were last Thursday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the construction of a new western stand at the Leonora Track and Field Centre.

More than a month after losing a petition which sought to invalidate the national recount of ballots cast following the contentious announcement of last year’s General Elections results, the opposition APNU+AFC has filed an appeal.

Two co-workers are now hospitalised with head injuries after a row at a birthday party culminated in them hitting each other with a piece of wood.

The heavy seasonal rainfall coupled with drainage and overtopping issues has caused the Kilcoy/Chesney New Housing Scheme, Corentyne, Berbice, to remain flooded over the past week leaving residents in a state of frustration.

Water released from the Region Three backlands and  high tides are being blamed for the flooding in the communities of Malgre Tout, Versailles and Goed Fortuin, on the West Bank of  Demerara.