Guyana News

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday notified the public that there is a  visible haze in the Georgetown area.

-after application thrown out by High Court The elections fraud case is now finally set to begin in the magistrate’s court at the end of July following the rejection by the High Court of an application by the defence.

-councillors in heated clash over letter The Mayor and City Council’s budget for 2024 is now set for presentation on Monday, June 3rd.

In keeping with its push for the decentralisation and modernisation of its services, the Ministry of Labour yesterday launched an application on Google Play and App Stores to deal with labour concerns.

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Safraz Hydaralie, 39,  over the discharging of a loaded firearm and felonious wounding of a serving member of the Guyana Police Force.

Police in Regional Division 4A say they are investigating the  death of Norman Emanuel Vieira called ‘Peter’,  73, of Lot 116 Section ‘E’ Cummings Park, East Coast Demerara which occurred at his address between 7 pm on Tuesday and 4.05 pm yesterday.

Mayor of Linden, Sharma Solomon today lashed back at the government over flooding in the town yesterday. 

-PM sees negligence by town council Heavy rain over the last two days has swamped large parts of Region 10 and sections of Region Nine and Five and the Ministry of Public Works has mobilized resources to ease flooding.

The Guyana Police Force  last evening said that  Working People’s Alliance (WPA) activist Kidackie Amsterdam has been arrested over the alleged inciting of the murder of President Irfaan Ali and other government officials.

By Abigail Headley Emotions ran high yesterday as residents of Mocha/Arcadia expressed their concerns to visiting US Congressman Jonathan Jackson over injustices they said they have been facing at the hands of the government.

Fifty-year-old Fitzroy Holligan, also known as `Fishy’, of Lot 34 Queen Street Cummingsburg, appeared before Chief Magistrate (ag) Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with the murder of taxi driver Eon Holder.

GuySuCo’s Port Mourant Training School has been temporarily closed after a dengue outbreak which has left at least two students hospitalized.

The remaining Constitution Reform and Law Reform commissions members were yesterday sworn in by President  Irfaan Ali at the Office of the President.

A woman has given birth to a girl after surgery at the GPHC on her blocked fallopian tubes allowed her to conceive.

The Canefield family who lost two children days apart last month protested outside the New Amsterdam Public Hospital last week calling for answers from the authorities over pathology tests.

(Reuters) – Tens of millions of people living in coastal areas around the Caribbean and Latin America face imminent risks to healthcare and key infrastructure as climate change brings more severe weather events, according to a United Nations report on Tuesday.

An investigation into a non-fatal industrial accident that occurred on Friday, May 24, 2024, at the National Stadium, Providence, East Bank Demerara, is currently being done by the Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department.

Thirty-year-old Cuban national, Lyon Sanchez Santy and 44-year-old Shazim Khan both appeared before Chief Magistrate (ag), Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with larceny.

The Government today said that it was deeply concerned about severe flooding in Region 10.

The National Toshaos Council (NTC) has advertised for a consultant to assist it with Free, Prior and Informed  Consent (FPIC) consultations with indigenous communities.