Guyana News

The government will be developing a National Defence Institute (NDI) at the University of Guyana with the aim of it becoming a premier security institution in the region.

The Ministry of Education yesterday unveiled its latest Primary textbook series, “Mathematics Made Easy” and “Guyanese in the World”, at the Round House in Kingston, Georgetown.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha has said that the rice production target for 2024 has been set at 710,000 tonnes in comparison to last year when the country produced 653,000 tonnes.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation is aiming to produce 100,000 tonnes of sugar for this year, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha recently announced to residents of Region Six.

Guyana’s Presidential Commission on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) says it’s time for a change globally in the way kidney diseases and injuries are    addressed The Commission in a release yesterday, World Kidney Day, acknowledged that globally, after March each year, there is a return to business as usual and little attention is paid to chronic kidney diseases (CKD), a major public health challenge.

On March 8th, women of various backgrounds discussed empowerment, challenges faced by their peers, and the importance of gender equality.

City constable Gregory Bascom, who back in 2018 had fatally shot a detainee who was reportedly attempting to escape the Bourda Market Outpost, has been cleared of the charge.

Ex-police officer Dennis Andrews has been discharged over the killing of Melanie Damishana labourer Charles Peters, who was shot on July 25th, 2017.

Tyreece Gonsalves, 21, of Parika Backdam, was on Friday jailed for 40 months for burglary, the police said yesterday in a release.

Naresh Ramdeen yesterday appeared before Magistrate Esther Sam at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court where he was found guilty of the offence of trafficking in narcotics to wit 13.348 kgs of cannabis.

The Guyana Fire Service today said that a wildfire yesterday claimed the life of 93-year-old Alexander Josephine, a  member of the Parakies Village community in the North West District.

The Ministry of Education today launched its new Primary textbook series “Mathematics made Easy” and “Guyanese in the World”, at the Round House Kingston.

By Abigail Headley The GTU yesterday announced the collapse of talks with the Ministry of Education (MoE) while the latter accused the union of walking out again on the collective bargaining process.

Police Sergeant Alex Vaughn, who was part of a team searching for prison escapee Akeem Wong, was fatally shot yesterday in the area of Karrau, Region Seven and detectives are en route to investigate.

Senior citizen Isiah Hutson, 68, has been sentenced to life in prison for raping a three-year-old.

Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, accompanied by senior personnel, yesterday made an on-site inspection of the new headquarters under construction for the housing and water ministry, a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) stated yesterday.

Yesterday at approximately 6.45 am, customers in Demerara and a section of West Coast Berbice experienced an interruption in electricity supply due to a fault on the L4 Transmission Line, which connects the company’s Garden of Eden Power Plant to its Sophia Substation.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday presented the Guyana Society for the Blind with two new braille machines at the Office of the Prime Minister on Camp Street.

Michael Adams called ‘Crocklie’, a 60-year-old security guard of Lot 28 Goedverwagting Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara, was arrested on 2024-03-07 and charged yesterday with the offence of rape.

Troy Emanuel, a 42-year-old employee of ‘Sweet Point’ went missing on March 2, after he left home for work.