Guyana News

RAFAH, Gaza Strip, (Reuters) – Militant group Hamas today agreed to a ceasefire proposal in the seven-month-old war with Israel in Gaza, hours after the Israeli military told residents to evacuate some parts of Rafah, which has been sheltering more than a million displaced people.

Benjamin Seaford, a 16-year-old of Lot 12 Public Road, Kitty, was fatally stabbed this morning.

A man who was arrested on a complaint of domestic violence on May 5th was found hanging today in his cell at the Lethem Police Station.

By Abigail Headley President Irfaan Ali secured the highest number of votes of the 35 delegates elected to the Central Committee during the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) 32nd Congress.

The body of a 47-year-old US-based Guyanese was found dead in a garage fire in Jamaica, Queens on Thursday last.

The police are investigating an incident that occurred yesterday at L and P Construction Company, Eccles Industrial Site, East Bank Demerara, that claimed the life of 52-year-old Zheng Shun Lui.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday confirmed that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) had  voted to erase Marxism-Leninism and Socialism from its Constitution during the recent 32nd Congress.

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has announced the ideal sowing period for the second crop of 2024.

During an intelligence-led operation at a La Penitence Squatting Area home yesterday, police discovered a .32 Taurus pistol and a matching round along with 30.3 grammes of cannabis.

Pensioners queuing at the Bourda and East La Penitence post offices last week lamented the ordeal they faced while collecting their pensions and disability payments.

Part 74 Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Riverview, Georgetown about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

-says Ali at party’s 32nd Congress Guyana’s ongoing transformation and projected growth will continue under the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government. 

A Guyanese from the South Rupununi has been awarded with a prize by a prestigious UK charity for his efforts in the Indigenous-led protection and conservation of an endangered bird.

Clifton Hinds, 38, of Sarah Johanna Squatting Area was  granted bail in the sum of $500,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court on a charge of felonious wounding.

Shafeek Alli, a 22- year-old labourer of Cow Pen Street, Eccles, East Bank Demerara who pleaded guilty to robbing a pensioner was fined $75,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce on Friday last.

Jaybez Harrypersaud, 20, a labourer of Lot 29 Public Road, Providence, East Bank Demerara, was on Friday granted bail in the sum of $300,000 on a charge of break and enter and larceny.

Trinidad’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says Caricom is on alert and security agencies are working to combat any terrorist threat that could potentially affect the 2024 International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup.

Customers from Phillipi to No. 46 Village and surrounding areas in Berbice are being advised  by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) that the disruption in their power supply is as a result of fallen and leaning poles.

-as 32nd party congress opens -slams sterile `isms’ debate Addressing the 32nd Congress of the PPP yesterday, General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo declared that the party will focus on private sector growth and political pluralism without prejudice to the working people’s outlook that has guided it since its founding in 1950.