Guyana News

The opposition PPP today called again on GECOM to begin preparations for general elections.

With a deficit of 23 megawatts (MWs) of power, GPL is alerting the public to another round of blackouts, the latest in a string of problems to hit the electricity company despite its many promises of lasting improvements.

Puran Brothers Disposal Inc last evening resumed garbage collection in the city after damage to the Demerara Harbour Bridge prevented its trucks from crossing since Monday.

The police are in possession of CCTV footage from a brazen early-morning attempted robbery on North Road and will use facial recognition technology to help identify the perpetrators.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge Company has completed its realignment of the damaged bridge and from 7pm yesterday, laden and unladen trucks were to be allowed to traverse.

Police have issued a wanted bulletin for ex-cop Teon Allen, who allegedly tried to kill two women two days ago during an incident in Linden.

Aubrey Heath-Retemyer, Deputy Director of the State Assets Recovery Agency  (SARA) is seeking to clear the air on what he says is inaccurate reporting on a recent meeting between himself, Citizen Minister Winston Felix, and a group of African, and Haitian migrants.

A 63-year-old Guyanese woman was discovered dead in her Queens Village, New York home just after 11 pm on Tuesday and officers from the New York Police Department have taken a tenant into custody. 

Almost a month after Darryl John was freed of a possession of ecstasy charge, the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) has filed an appeal of the decision.

Two men who were accused of stealing $1 million in cash and items from a city store were on Tuesday sentenced to a year in prison for the crime.

A US Fulbright scholar is here to help with the accreditation of engineering programmes.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Limited (GBTI) yesterday announced $3m in  relief for the hurricane-hit Bahamas.

The Department of the Environment (DoE) handed over revised Curriculum Guides for Social Studies, Integrated Science, Agricultural Science and English to the Ministry of Education’s NCERD at a ceremony yesterday.

As the police investigation into the murder of Golden Grove resident, David Gentle continues, Acting Crime Chief Michael Kingston said several persons of interest were questioned.

The Port Kaituma Hospital Complex will soon be the beneficiary of $150 million worth of remedial works to provide improved workspace for staff and better healthcare delivery for patients.

A robbery charge against a 25-year-old mason was yesterday dismissed after he begged his victim to drop the charge and accept compensation for the articles he stole.

Despite there being a large increase in forest fires here over the last year, a source from the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) said that they do not pose much of a risk of going out of control since the majority of them are caused by persons clearing small sections.

A third-year biology student at the University of Guyana, Berbice Campus, was on Monday robbed at cutlass-point of an IPhone, Samsung Galaxy cellphone, and an electronic tablet.

The Guyana Police Force is still investigating the allegations against ranks of the East Ruimveldt Police Outpost of brutality against a pregnant woman and her child’s father.

A locally owned and operated oil and gas support services company, recently organised back to school drives to prepare children of rural communities for their return to school this week.