Guyana News

In an effort to address traffic issues affecting the public, the Guyana Police Force Traffic Department has established a WhatsApp number.

The University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU) in collaboration with Move On Guyana Inc is hosting a series of political debates between the political parties contesting the 2020 general and regional elections.

Chayanne Parboo, the three-year-old Pomeroon girl who was in dire need of blood, is currently in the United States (US), where she was seen by a specialist last Thursday at a top-rated hospital.

As Guyanese look forward to the nation’s Golden Jubilee celebrations, Olympia Small-Sonaram has designs that she believes reflect the country’s film industry throughout its ‘Republic’ journey.

Former Chief of Staff of the GDF, Gary Best who is under investigation over the accident death of cyclist, Jude Bentley says he is suspending his election campaign appearances.

Via his attorney, PPP/C candidate  Charles Ramson Jr has denied that he defamed international cricketer, Chris Gayle.

Former accountant of the Guyana Rice Development Board  (GRDB) Peter Ramcharran was today sentenced to three years in jail after being found guilty of one charge of falsification of account.

The third draw of crude oil in the Stabroek Block will be lifted early next week after government and ExxonMobil have settled on a value for the oil being extracted from the Liza field and this will go to Guyana.

In a unanimous decision, the Guyana Court of Appeal has ruled that there is no residency requirement to bar persons already on the national register of registrants from voting.

Former army Chief of Staff Gary Best, who was hospitalised after being held by police over Saturday’s accident that claimed the life of cyclist Jude Bentley was discharged yesterday and has been placed on $100,000 station bail while investigations continue.

A 57-year-old pedal cyclist died after he was reportedly struck by a minibus on Sunday evening along the Planters Hall Public Road, Mahaicony.

Three weeks after a St. Agnes Primary School teacher and three parents were charged with assaulting each other at the school, the charges against the former have been withdrawn.

Two men, one of whom was armed with a gun, last night robbed a Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GTT) kiosk at the Giftland Mall of an undisclosed amount of cash.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) views President David Granger’s recent announcement of lands to retrenched sugar workers as an “empty promise,” General Secretary of the union Seepaul Narine says.

Presidential Candidate of A New United Guyana (ANUG), Ralph Ramkarran has said that those who applied for a change of address and did not receive it should be officially informed by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) of this situation.

A 29-year-old labourer and his reputed wife were on Friday remanded to prison after they were charged with the murder of Gopaul Seeram, the Cane Grove, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara man who was beaten to death last Tuesday night.

Recaptured murder accused Terrence Pitt was yesterday sentenced to 12 month in jail after pleading guilty to escaping from police custody.

The return of the spring tides is once again threatening the livelihoods of Mahaicony farmers between Dantzig and Fairfield, in Region Five, as they remain exposed to the Atlantic Ocean.

PPP/C Presidential Candidate Irfaan Ali on Saturday evening promised to revitalise agriculture in Region Six if he is elected as the next president of Guyana.

The 2020 edition of the Who’s Who in Guyana Business Directory was launched on Saturday evening at a reception hosted by British High Commissioner Greg Quinn and ActionINVEST Carib-bean Inc (ACI).