Guyana News

Pandit Ubraj Narine was yesterday re-elected for a second term as Mayor of Georgetown, while Alfred Mentore was similarly returned as Deputy Mayor.

Avisha Best, the 22-month-old who was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) last month, departed Guyana on Monday for emergency medical treatment in the United States, for which funds are still desperately needed.

A 69-year-old man drowned on Saturday evening after he reportedly jumped overboard at Kwakwani Waterfront, in Region 10, in a bid to evade the police.

The Iwokrama International Centre has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Guyana (UG) to support a PhD scholarship at that institution under a science programme funded by oil major ExxonMobil.

Six persons are now in police custody assisting with the investigation of the robbery committed on an overseas-based couple during the wee hours of Tuesday morning at John’s Settlement, Corentyne.

A man was yesterday sentenced to three months in jail after he told a Georgetown magistrate that he bit a security guard.

A man who says by impersonating the police he was able to easily rob people is now awaiting sentencing for the crime.

Daniel Boutrim, who was recently charged with stabbing his sister and escaping lawful custody, was yesterday fined after he admitted to slapping a policewoman.

Seventeen East Berbice-Corentyne Secondary Schools will be competing in a School Gardening Competition, which was officially launched at the St.

The Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Guyana today signed a pact which brings closer the operationalisation of the Natural Resource Fund which is to receive oil revenues. 

The U.S. Embassy and United Nations collaborated on an NGO management workshop held December 9-10 for 45 managers of NGOs in Guyana representing six  different regions.

The Head of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) says that this morning it was reported that a suspected chemical spill occurred in the vicinity of the Laparkan Wharf located on Lombard Street, Georgetown.

Saying that it is owed over $100 million in taxes, the City Council has moved to freeze Houston Estates’ sale of 52 acres of land to Redstart Investments, which owns Unicomer and similar businesses in Trinidad, the British Virgin Islands and Belize.

The investigation of the almost year-old shooting of School of the Nations Director Dr Brian O’Toole is at a standstill and both he and the police are split on the reason why his assailant has not yet been brought to justice.

With a high demand for land in Region Four, the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) has announced that it has been planning to open as much as approximately 6,000 acres for development. 

A young Marriott Hotel worker succumbed at a city hospital early yesterday morning, almost 12 hours after he allegedly collided with a car while riding his motorcycle along the Nonpareil, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road.

A Sophia man died on Sunday afternoon after he was allegedly struck down by a truck along the Leonora, West Coast Demerara Public Road and his family is now demanding justice.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday voted to renew the contract of Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield, whose term was due to expire at the end of March, 2020.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) of Guyana is currently allocating some 3,000 house lots on an annual basis, according to Chief Executive Officer Lelon Saul, who says the agency is working to increase that number to 5,000, while also reducing a backlog of approximately 50,000 applications.

If elected, the Change Guyana party would grant farmers tax-free status and reopen an agricultural development bank geared to making financing for them easier, party leader Robert Badal has said.