Guyana News

The Government in collaboration with the Chinese Association of Guyana yesterday celebrated the 167th anniversary of the arrival of Chinese in Guyana with the turning of the sod for a monument to be erected at Windsor Forest, Region Three.

The Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign to make Guyana filaria-free is underway, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo will this week lead a delegation, including Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr.

President David Granger yesterday said that he is saddened at the death of Dr.

Change Guyana Prime Ministerial candidate Nigel Hinds today withdrew from the ticket helmed by businessman Robert Badal citing his dual citizenship and a likely medical condition he learnt of in November last year.

A Guyanese man accused of murdering a beloved 92-year-old Queens “cat lady” told cops he gets “uncontrollable urges” — and killed her because of pent-up anger at his family, law-enforcement sources told The New York Post on Friday.

Following their observation of Nomination Day on Friday, the heads of the British, United States and the European Union missions here have congratulated the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for a smoothly run process and called for “a peaceful and mature election campaign.”

Citing incidents of “intimidation, abuse and assault” during political party campaign activities, the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) yesterday issued a call for an immediate end to hostilities in the lead up to and after the March 2nd polls, while announcing plans to re-engage the country’s political leadership on the situation.

The police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of newspaper vendor Chunilall Mannilall, who was fatally shot on Friday night after armed bandits invaded his Essequibo Coast home.

Woodlands Hospital Director Dr Wallace Irving Lee has died. He was 87.

Floodwaters on Leguan, in Region Three, completely receded after koker doors were fixed and closed late on Friday night.

DNA testing has confirmed that the charred remains found in a torched car at Mahaicony more than two months ago are those of missing witness Colin Rodney Jr.

A Westminster, West Bank Demerara resident was arrested by the police on Friday, days after he allegedly removed Peoples Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) election campaign flags that was being placed on utility poles in the area.

Following the recent retirement of James Singh from the office of Commissioner of Forests, Deputy Commissioner Gavin Agard has been identified to fill the post until a substantive replacement is selected.

A 38-year-old man is currently hospitalised in a serious condition after he was chopped about his body by a man who reportedly invaded his Semang Landing, Upper Mazaruni River mining camp.

The New Central High School will retain its ‘A’ Grade status, while the St Mary’s High School, which it was merged with, is set to be phased out.

The debris from a 2014 fire that gutted the former Ministry of Public Health Annex at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, has finally been cleared from the land.

The residents of three North Rupununi communities have been promised new wells and distribution networks to improve their access to a potable water supply.

The 2018 Auditor General’s report says that local government organs continue to function inefficiently and millions allocated for their improvement remain unspent.

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