Guyana News

On the occasion of World Habitat Day today, Minister in the Ministry of Communities Annette Ferguson has lauded a scheme in Linden which transforms bauxite overburden into blocks.

The CARPHA Caribbean Regulatory System (CRS) has announced that it will begin charging modest user fees to the companies that apply for medicines recommendation through the CRS, starting November 15, 2019. 

The Indigenous Community of Santa Aratak says it is making strides as it continues to promote its tourism potential.

On Friday, a team from the Guyana Oil Company Limited (GUYOIL) headed by the Marketing and Sales Manager Jacqueline James travelled to Kato Village, Region 8 to distribute school supplies to the children of the village as part of their Hinterland Outreach.

The Guyana Oil Company Limited (GUYOIL) on October 3, 2019 hosted a Cancer Awareness forum for employees as part of several activities planned for the month of October.

(CPL) Guyana Amazon Warriors continued their unbeaten 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) by crushing the Barbados Tridents to progress to the CPL final at the Brian Lara Stadium on Saturday 12 October.

While assuring that that their votes would not be taken for granted, President David Granger last evening appealed to Lindeners and the nation to give his government a second term in office to continue the “sound” developmental policies his APNU+AFC coalition has initiated since its election in 2015.

A Festival City man was shot dead by masked bandits who broke into his home early yesterday morning.

Despite its two oil finds to date, the United Kingdom-headquartered Tullow Oil says it has not yet determined if the discoveries are in commercial quantities and wants Guyana’s expectations of it to be tempered until additional exploration and data analysis.

Emphasising the need for a change in the governance system to encompass the main political forces, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) yesterday announced that 73-year-old two-term House Speaker Ralph Ramkarran will be its presidential candidate for the March 2020 elections.

Following numerous reports of persons being robbed by a gang of armed robbers near the Providence Stadium after last Friday night’s cricket match, extra security will be patrolling in and around the area today, ‘A’ Division Commander Marlon Chapman has said. 

The police are investigating a gunfight that occurred at La Penitence Market yesterday afternoon during which a suspected bandit was shot.

A 74-year-old Port Mourant, Corentyne grandmother was left bloodied on Friday when armed bandits attacked her family at their home.

A 13-year-old student of St John’s College is presently nursing injuries in the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after a motorcycle struck him off of his bicycle last night.

Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence was elected Vice-Chair of the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation (WHO) during the just-concluded 71st Session of the body’s Regional Committee for the Americas.

Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran has been named as the presidential candidate of A New and United Guyana, a statement from the party said.

Chief Operations Officer of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL),  Pete Russell yesterday told Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr George Norton that attendance at the games could double if the Providence stadium was expanded.

Former APNU+AFC Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge today announced that he has renounced his British citizenship and hopes to be on the list of his group’s candidates for the next general elections.

Equipment breakdowns and the rainy weather have resulted in this year’s sugar production for the second crop so far being nearly 35 per cent below targets.

Mark Davis, the man accused of shooting Charity teen Fieada Mohamed during a robbery at her home earlier this week, was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with attempted murder.