Guyana News

The Amerindian Village Elections got underway on Wednesday, May 15, and according to a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI), new toshaos, deputy toshaos, senior councillors, and councils have been elected across the various administrative regions.

Residents in Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne yesterday reported to President Irfaan Ali during a walkabout that their community has seen major developments in recent times in the form of improved drainage, rehabilitated roads and bridges.

The riverine communities of Orealla and Siparuta on Wednesday elected a 26-year-old teacher to be their new toshao.

By Mia Anthony Residents of Lamaha Gardens in Georgetown, particularly in the area of Garnett Street and Bel Air Avenue, have voiced concerns to Mayor Alfred Mentore about the significant increase in traffic disrupting their once serene community.

Three persons are now hospitalized in a serious condition after the lorry they were travelling in on Wednesday lost control and slammed into a concrete bridge and fence before coming to a halt in a trench along the East Bank Berbice (EBB) Public Road.

A woman is now in the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after she was struck by a motor car along the Corentyne Public Road whose driver claimed that he mistakenly pressed the accelerator instead of the brakes.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Wednesday said it was appalled at what it described as a “racially insensitive” cartoon published in the Stabroek News May 9 edition and called for universal condemnation of this publication. 

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Brentnol Charles, 38, for questioning over a series of larcenies and malicious damage to property.

(Reuters) – U.S. oil giant Exxon said yesterday proxy advisor Glass Lewis should recuse itself from making recommendations on its upcoming shareholder meeting due to conflict of interest.

President Irfaan Ali attended the book launch of veteran journalist Sandra Ann Baptiste on Thursday evening at Red House.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, yesterday said that engineers have inspected the bridge at Robb Street and Avenue of Republic and have confirmed that the approach to the structure has begun sinking.

A Department of Public Information (DPI) release last week stated that some 2,000 residents from Kumaka, Santa Rosa Islands, and other satellite areas in the Moruca sub-district in Region One will soon benefit from a continuous supply of potable water, as works are advancing on the new $10 million well.

Azim Khan, the 22-year-old Guyana Defence Force (GDF) private who was shot in a home invasion on May 6, was taken off life support yesterday afternoon and remains in the intensive care unit (ICU) in a critical condition.

Escaped Lusignan prisoner, Jose Awad was spotted yesterday morning in the vicinity of Parika, East Bank Essequibo, the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said.

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force’s Tactical Services Unit were today engaged in Public Order Drills (Level Two and Three) at the Tactical Services Unit Square.

The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) has issued a notice seeking the whereabouts of absent prison officer No.

The Ministry of Education in a memorandum yesterday advised regional education officers that no public or primary school is to conduct annual examinations in the August Term of 2024 because of the weeks of instruction lost and the limited number of weeks remaining.

-union seeking 20% across-the-board before talks on timeframe for negotiations By Abigail Headley With a third session set for Monday, the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) yesterday traded accusations over two conciliation meetings this week aimed at resolving the ongoing strike by educators for collective bargaining.

-importer failed to follow necessary processes It was not the state of Trinidad that returned a shipment of milk from Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) but the importer as he had failed to follow the necessary procedures.

As part of its security strategy for artisanal fishing in Guyana, the government has acquired monitoring devices worth some US$50,000 that it says will improve safety for fisherfolk while at sea.