Guyana News

A homeless man was remanded to prison on Wednesday after being faced with charges of wounding a man as well as threatening a woman.

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) this morning said that that flight BW 526 yesterday bound for John F.

With increased oil and gas activity necessitating the treatment and disposal of hazardous waste, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working to identify sites around the country for the development of state-of-the art landfills while it prepares for closer scrutiny of ongoing operations.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) on Friday voiced its objection to government’s continued “arbitrary imposition” of salary increases on public servants despite the existence of a binding collective bargaining agreement.

Residents living between the vulnerable communities of Columbia and Fairfield, in Region Five, have voiced concerns over the earthen dam being constructed by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) to ease flooding.

A Guyanese woman was on Friday evening fatally stabbed in Queens, New York and a body believed to be that of the suspect, her estranged husband, was later found hanging from a tree after apparently taking his own life.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has published a list of 18,512 registrants whose existence it is seeking to verify owing to their failure to uplift identification cards. 

President David Granger’s recent suggestion that the distribution of state advertisements to the media should be based on the type of coverage provided has drawn criticism from the Guyana Press Association (GPA), which says his remarks appear link the allocation of paid state advertising with favourable coverage of his administration.

The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) plans to use any influence it gains at the March 2020 elections to force a renegotiation oil production contracts and to push for environmental protection initiatives.

Recognising that its supporters from the East Coast of Demerara played a vital role during the 2015 elections, the Alliance For Change (AFC) has opened a campaign office at Lusignan.

A Patentia Squatting Area, West Bank Demerara man is now dead after he was struck down by a driver in a hit-and-run accident on Friday evening along the Timehri, East Bank Demerara Public Road.

One hundred and thirteen unclaimed motorcycles will be put up for sale by the Guyana Police Force via public auction later this month.

A 26-year-old Cummings Lodge resident disappeared without a trace more than seven weeks ago and his family is fearful that he is a victim of foul play.

Gansham and Besham Sohan, the two young brothers who were flown overseas for life-saving medical treatment after they were severely burnt at their Corentyne, Berbice home more than two months ago, are ready to return home after several successful surgeries.

A 21-year-old miner was killed yesterday afternoon after the mining pit he was working in caved in at Baramita, North West District (NWD), Region One.

Hansraj Durga, the man who was beaten at a wedding house a week ago at Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara, remains hospitalised at the George-town Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) with the right side of his body paralysed from his shoulder down.

In observance of the 110th anniversary of scouting in Guyana, President David Granger yesterday said that he hopes the reach of the movement will extend across Guyana.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has officially confirmed that the torched car in which charred remains were found at Mahaicony just over a week ago belongs to Colin Rodney Jr, the missing witness in a murder case who is now feared dead.

None of the roughly 19,000 persons who didn’t uplift their ID cards from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will be prevented from voting.

Six months after an earlier application had been rejected by Cabinet, Eastern Airlines has been given the green light to operate scheduled non-stop flights between the Cheddi Jagan International Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York.