Guyana News

President Irfaan Ali on Sunday says that he is open to constructive criticism and committed to engaging all stakeholders for the development of Guyana.

Rupert Marshall,  convicted three times for driving under the influence, was on Thursday permanently disqualified from having a licence.

Sentenced back in 2016 to 88 years for the murder of his former girlfriend, Jermaine Maynard currently has an appeal pending before the Guyana Court of Appeal where he is challenging the sentence which he describes as severe.

Guyana yesterday recorded its 177th COVID-19 fatality even as new cases were recorded.

Twenty-four hours after a 5.7 magnitude earthquake rocked the Deep South Rupununi, communities close to the epicentre are still experiencing aftershocks according to reports from the region.

Starting yesterday, and for 14 days, 14 of Digicel’s  customers can expect to become millionaires by participating in the mobile operator’s “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” promotion.

Small business owners on Thursday were awarded $1 million each by the SBB for their innovative business strategy in the Green Business Technology Fund Programme.

A fire yesterday destroyed a dressing room at the Shaheed’s Girls Orphanage in Oleander Gardens, East Coast Demerara.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has launched a campaign titled, ‘BEKIND’, to address the upsurge in what it calls ‘unkind behaviours’ which it said recently began appearing on social media.

Fifteen vulnerable women drawn from two local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) were given the opportunity to empower themselves by being granted fully funded scholarships compliments of the Office of the First Lady.

After two months of secrecy, the Ministry of Agriculture today disclosed that the holder of two controversial trawling licences is a Guyanese man who relocated from Trinidad because of COVID-19.

A stabbing incident at Number 43 Village, Corentyne last evening has resulted in the deaths of two persons and two others have been hospitalized at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital in serious conditions. 

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook the Deep South Rupununi yesterday  at approximately 3.05 pm damaging some structures and unnerving residents of Katoonarib and surrounding villages.

With an influx of foreign investors expected as the oil and gas sector expands, Minister with responsibility for Finance Dr.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall says there is “very little” else the Government can do in order to ensure that persons who invested millions of dollars with suspected Ponzi scheme, Accelerated Capital Firm Inc (ACFI), are reimbursed their money.

A boat captain is missing after his craft collided with the Bartica Public Hospital marine ambulance on  Saturday night.

Two weeks after being docked for rehabilitation work, the MV Kimbia yesterday returned to serve the North West District.

Puran Brothers Inc, a major player in the garbage disposal industry, was sidelined from the Mayor and City Council’s tendering process after it submitted bids that were higher than the council’s engineer’s estimate.

As he assured that all persons who qualify for the $25,000 COVID grant will receive their money, Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall says that anyone who has a problem or needs guidance should call the hotline numbers or contact responsible government ministries.

Renita Joseph, the Belle West Primary School teacher whose house went up in flames on Thursday morning, on Friday received assistance from the Ministry of Education.