Guyana News

The Local Government Commission (LGC) has been furnished with a report from the Mayor and City Council on the investigation into the discovery of a bag of money that was found in the vehicle assigned to the city’s Chief Constable, according to acting Town Clerk Sherry Jerrick.

An 18-month sentence was yesterday imposed on a youth who admitted to robbing his former employer of over $500,000 in cash and valuables.

With the Canawaima Ferry Service not operational, local airline Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) has seen a slight increase in flights between Guyana and Suriname.

What should have been a $2,500 trip has ended up costing a man $25,000 after he admitted to not being able to pay a taxi driver he had hired for the journey.

Options for the use of the natural gas from a well blowout at Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara are being discussed, according to a release yesterday from the Ministry of Natural Resources.

The Guyana Global Consulting Group will on Friday be hosting an information session and networking seminar aimed at helping youths and women to build their capacity to participate in the oil and gas sector.

A 20-year-old father of two was last Friday sentenced to six months in jail after he pleaded guilty to wounding a man.

A waitress was on Friday fined for threatening behaviour and released on bail on charges of assault and simple larceny.

LIAT today announced  that the following flights have been cancelled for Tuesday 27th August 2019 because of the approach to Barbados of Tropical Storm Dorian: LI 308 from Trinidad to St.

The expected start of trial proceedings stemming from the fraud charges against former Minister of Housing Mohamed Irfaan Ali were again delayed today as his lawyer signalled that he would be filing another application at the Court of Appeal for a stay.

A Victoria, East Coast Demerara (ECD) mother of three was fatally stabbed while she was sleeping, allegedly by the father of her children and police have since launched a manhunt for the attacker.

The State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) has taken the principals of Queens Atlantic Investment Inc (QAII) to court and is asking the company to pay a differential on the price it paid for the old Sanata Textiles Complex and what SARA believes is its market value.

More than a week after a note verbale was sent, demanding the withdrawal of untrue statements that a British military base was being built on an Essequibo River island to train Venezuelan refugees to destabilise the Nicholas Maduro government, Moscow has not retracted the claim.

With first oil months away, government has assured that its “fit for purpose” local content policy will be completed before then and has promised “considerable focus” on capacity development.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) will assist 25 Linden families with materials to reconstruct the roofs of their homes which were damaged in a severe storm on Friday.

Policy Forum Guyana (PFG) is lamenting the poisoning of the major waterways in Guyana by mining and the concomitant reduction of the country’s freshwater resources.

It is up to Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Claudette Singh to say when elections can be held and government will follow her recommendation even if an October date is given, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said on Saturday.

The mother who is accused of allowing strangers to sexually exploit her two teenage daughters is soon likely to face charges, according to the head of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA), Ann Greene.

The Caribbean Voice (TCV) is set to take part in an annual anti-violence candlelight vigil on World Suicide Prevention day, September 10th, to play their part in the prevention of suicide under the theme “Work Together to Prevent Suicide.”

Residents and drivers traversing Mahaica are now able to make use of the Lima Bridge, located in Jonestown, Mahaica, after the bridge was left incomplete for months.