Guyana News

The deteriorating state of Sussex Street has forced the Mayor and City Council to close it to vehicular traffic until further notice.

The Russian Embassy in Guyana is awaiting a response from Moscow to a note verbale sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 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.

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Three weeks after she was severely burnt after a fire gutted her Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara house, seven-year-old Shaniya Persaud has shown significant improvement and is recovering well in the United States, where she is currently receiving treatment.

Firefighter Osafo Bess, who is charged with causing the death of his common-law wife, appeared at a city court last Tuesday on a narcotics trafficking charge.

Omesh Lakeram, the teenager who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPC) after being stabbed in the chest by a bandit, has been discharged and is currently at home recovering.

Burglars on Sunday invaded the home of a Crabwood Creek business owner and robbed him and his family of cash, jewellery, clothing and other items According to information gathered, the family was asleep when the burglars entered the Grant 1780 Crabwood Creek house.

Experts from China are holding a four-week course for local technicians in the agriculture sector on areas such as cassava production.

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.