Guyana News

-no action being taken by gov’t By Khadidja Ba The drowning of a Venezuelan child in a trench at Ruby, East Bank Essequibo has underlined the plight facing some migrants there and also the security and environmental issues confronting the communities who host them.

The Special Projects Unit of the Ministry of Public Works, under the leadership of  Colin Gittens, has achieved an extraordinary milestone by completing 120.27 kilometers (75 miles) of road works.

By Shuntel Glasgow The man who was crushed to death last Thursday on the Canal #2 Road while a roller was being transported in a lorry was the sole breadwinner in his family and had been expecting to have his favourite meal that day Mala Lachman, the widow of 57-year-old Pharbodan Rampersaud, told Stabroek News that her family has been shattered following her husband’s tragic death.

A collaborative expedition of scientists has concluded a month-long survey in one of the world’s most remote forests, located in the northern Amazon region of Guyana.

-Jonathan Subrian is General Secretary Dr. Mark France was elected Chairman of A New and United Guyana (ANUG) when the party held its Fifth Annual National Conference at the Georgetown Club, Camp Street, Georgetown on November 30, 2024.

The First Family last evening joined the High Commission of Canada and representatives from the United Nations to light up State House in orange as the world celebrates 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.

Police have arrested two Port Kaituma businessmen in connection with the discovery of 79.4 grams of suspected narcotics and over $270,000 in cash at their residence and business premises.

Lakshmee Bishun, a 59-year-old resident of Fifth Avenue, Bartica, appeared in the Bartica Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Teriq Mohammed, where he was charged with driving a motor vehicle whilst his breath alcohol level exceeded the prescribed limit.

Clinton Alvin Martin, a 38-year-old farmer, appeared yesterday at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Teriq Mohammed to answer the charge of possession of ammunition without a licence.

The Ministry of Education’s Secondary Sector recently concluded a two-day workshop designed to enhance the teaching of Caribbean History in secondary schools.

The Government of Guyana, through the Guyana Police Force (GPF), today announced its collaboration with the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) through the Government of India to train and equip officers of the GPF in NFSU-certified investigative techniques, forensic science, cyber-security and forensic psychology.

The Ministry of Education officially inaugurated the Moco Moco Nursery School on Saturday, November 23, at Moco Moco, Region Nine.

A Police team yesterday conducted a raid at the ranch of the late Carmichael Joseph called ‘Kalangage’, which is located at Sapika Creek, in Parikawaarnau Village, Central Lethem, where checks were made for stolen cattle.

The $12m  Quiko Primary School has been commissioned. Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, presided over the event, which took place on a recent trip to the region, a release from her ministry said.

By Khadidja Ba Yesterday was a landmark moment in Caribbean travel as InterCaribbean Airways launched its inaugural direct flight connecting Guyana and Grenada.

As a prerequisite for travel to the United Kingdom from January 8th , Guyanese will have to apply for Electronic Travel Authorisations and if this is denied will have to go through a visa application process, the British High Commission has announced.

By Shuntel Glasgow A memorial service was held yesterday morning at the Umana Yana, Kingston, Georgetown to honour the five fallen heroes of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) who lost their lives in the Bell 412 helicopter crash on December 7, 2023.

In the face of United States president-elect Donald Trump’s threat of mass deportation of illegal aliens, the Caribbean Community (Caricom) is not worried and Chairman Dickon Mitchell is encouraging people to return to their homelands as economic times in the region have changed for the better. 

Part 105 Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public who came from different parts of Guyana in the vicinity of Stabroek Market, about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) yesterday said that it has lost confidence in the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) given its complicity in the New Movement (TNM) representative Asha Kissoon still refusing to give up the parliamentary seat now designated to the agreed-on ANUG representative.