Guyana News

Former Chancellor of the Judiciary and a former judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice, Desiree Bernard has passed away.

PNCR Member of Parliament, Roysdale Force SC is to run for the post of leader of the party in a challenge to the incumbent, Aubrey Norton.

Traffic Chief Senior Superintendent Mahendra Singh is urging motorists to use their ‘hazard’ lights, be cautious and drive at a moderate speed due to the ‘heavy fog/smoke’ affecting visibility along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway this morning.

With France’s planned establishment of an embassy here next year, Guyanese will no longer have to travel to Suriname to have their Schengen visas processed as Paris says it will handle it.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) last night said that Sergeant Deslyn Nicholson died in a truck accident yesterday during the army’s annual walk.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a public notice yesterday warning that its sensors are reporting that the air quality in regions Three and Four is in the “unhealthy” range which is based on the World Health Organization Standards for Good Air Quality.

As it underscored the global tiers of safety mechanisms taken in the pipeline installation and delivery of gas for this country’s Gas to Energy (GTE) project, ExxonMobil says that the laying will be completed by the end of this year and the pipes will be filled with nitrogen until government’s completion of the integrated plant.

Following a visit to the Three-door Sluice, D’ Edward Village, West Coast Berbice, President Irfaan Ali yesterday vowed to address the woes of fishermen such as the dire need for a shed to mend fish gear.

The third season of the Guyana Learning Channel’s Whiz Kids wrapped up yesterday afternoon with Oshen Sooknanan from the Qayyim Academy in Region Three emerging as the 2024 champion.

China’s Ambassador to Guyana, Guo Haiyan yesterday said that the Embassy will be working closely with the government to remind Chinese citizens to increase security  measures to protect themselves.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, accompanied by the Regional Health Officer, Dr Gregory Harris, yesterday commissioned the first Regional Dental Unit in Christianburg, Linden, Region Ten.

The first 167 persons who have been squatting at Amelia’s Ward-Phase 4 in Linden, Region Ten yesterday signed up for their Certificates of Title at the Linden Foundation Secondary School.

During the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s focus on Guyana, Costa Rica’s representative Rodrigo Carazo upbraided Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira for her “confrontational” responses to questions posed.

Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha has called for greater focus on the use of technology in the food production system, more involvement of women and youth in agriculture, and creating resilient and climate-protected agri-food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony yesterday commissioned a Simulation Clinical Skills Lab at the Charles Roza Nursing School, located in the compound of the Linden Hospital Complex.

Three juveniles were charged yesterday in relation to the murder of 17-year-old Aaron Bess at Patentia. 

Neil Garraway, a 23-year-old labourer from Mint Street Prosperity, Mocha, East Bank Demerara was jailed on Tuesday for two years for burglary.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today said that there are currently a number of fires within regions 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and 9.

Three girls have drowned in a pond in the North Rupununi Village of Massara.

`This partnership between governments and businesses and NGOs, between the Dominican Republic, and Guyana, I hope is the tip of the iceberg.