Guyana News

-Kallco no longer on the job, S. Jagmohan engaged Trinidadian company Kallco is no longer on the Conversation Tree Road project which was beset by prolonged delays and the government is hoping that newly engaged contractor, S.

Chris Sobers, a 22-year-old from Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, appear-ed yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court #1 where a death by dangerous driving charge was read to him.

A $259 million sluice was commissioned at Capoey in Region Two yesterday by Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha. 

By Mia Anthony While the Outside Bar  has closed at the MovieTowne Mall, Turkeyen its creators intend to launch a new offering at a different spot in time for the Caribbean Premier League (CPL)  carnival in September.

As part of its efforts to update current firearm laws, the Government of Guyana, through the Ministry of Home Affairs recently held a second drafting workshop on a new firearm control bill.

By Dr. Bertrand Ramcharan Barrister-at-law; Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana Guyana is poised for its appointment with destiny, and that destiny will be shaped by the choices it makes during the next year and a half.

Gabriella Arjun of Queen’s College is this year’s ‘Top National Youth Environmental Speaker’ after she won Recover Guyana’s SHOUT Competition.

The Inaugural Guyana-France Joint Working Group Meeting was convened on May 29, 2024, virtually.

A confrontation took place last Friday between the sister of missing 48-year-old porter, Imlach Josiah Sears, who is suspected to have fallen off a vessel while sleeping, and the boat captain, at the Parika Police station in relation to the initial conversation the family had with the captain and the fact that he refused to respond to the family’s subsequent queries.

Over three months have passed since the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) threatened the government with strike action over wage talks but to date no move has been made.

The Ministry of Health through Health Services, Region Five (Mahaica- Berbice) yesterday announced its newest introduction to the surgical platform of services provided at Mahaicony Cottage Hospital.

Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn and Permanent Secretary, Andre Ally, on Tues-day conducted a site visit to the new Brickdam Police Station currently being constructed and was told that it had gone eight percent of the way.

Richard Kevin Ghani, a 22-year-old resident of Little Dia-mond, East Bank Demerara, was arrested on Monday at the Providence National Stadium and charged on Tuesday with the possession of cannabis.

Police are investigating a stabbing incident involving Shaquille Leacock, a 24-year-old unemployed resident of ‘C’ Field, Sophia, who is currently in a serious condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was allegedly stabbed yesterday morning around 17:30 hours at Turkeyen, Georgetown by two males.

A man charged with multiple counts of larceny, who alleged that he was beaten in the presence of the police, was on Friday refused bail when he appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The Ministry of Public Works today said that a four-point plan has been produced for travel in the Pirara area, Region Nine which has been beset by flooding.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said yesterday that countries must confront not just the fossil-fuel industry, but also companies that support efforts to obstruct climate action.

-as strike continues The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) will once again meet with the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Ministry of Labour (MoL), come Monday, to discuss the ongoing teachers’ strike.

-introducing new generation of programmes The Caribbean Examina-tions Council (CXC) yesterday reversed the suspension of several technical and vocational subjects.

Five gunmen on Monday evening invaded a Blairmont, Region Five business and robbed a family, leaving some persons with minor injuries about their bodies.