Guyana News

Edward Sampson, a 37-year-old resident from Grahams Hall, East Coast Demerara was charged on Tuesday with causing death by dangerous driving.

Lushawn Jevon Crawford, a 22-year-old unemployed resident of Haslington South, East Coast Deme-rara, was arrested and charged on Monday with two counts of armed robbery.

Police in Regional Division #8 are investigating the theft of a car belonging to Felthon Benn, a 48-year-old miner, which occurred at around 8.20 pm on Tuesday in El Paso village in the Potaro-Siparuni region.

Kwesi Lewis, a 31-year-old gold miner of Friendship/Buxton, East Coast Demerara, was arrested on 24/02/2024 and charged on Monday with malicious damage to property.

Chief Education Officer (CEO) Saddam Hussain this afternoon apologised to Justice Sandil Kissoon for a memorandum to education officers he sent yesterday notifying them that absences by striking teachers must continue to be logged as he insisted that the government will not pay educators for the days that they did not work.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips welcomed the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on his arrival in Guyana earlier today.

Andrew Williams, a 35-year-old businessman of Port Kaituma, North West District and also of William Street, Kitty, Georgetown was arrested last evening in Regional Police Division #1 after he was found to be in possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, as well as 299.7 grams of marijuana.

‘`…this is not a time for one-upmanship…our teachers are suffering, our children are suffering, the vendors who work around the schools are suffering ‘ Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton yesterday restated the APNU+AFC’s backing for striking teachers in their quest for higher pay and he lashed out at the government for being “uncaring” in the backdrop of this year’s trillion-dollar budget.

Even as businesses here lament poor access to funding from local commercial banks, the United Kingdom yesterday announced that it has increased its credit agency lending purse from £750m to £2.1 billion through the UK Export Finance (UKEF), and these sums could be tapped by both government and the private sector.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is providing US$30m under the historic US$120m sovereign loan pact between Guyana and Canada.

By Shuntel Glasgow The charred remains of a 22-year-old man of Bagotville, West Bank Demerara, were discovered on Sunday, months after he was electrocuted in his attempt to jump a fence with friends during their plan steal fruits on a farm.

Chris Debideen, the son of a 46-year-old woman who died on February 14th, 2024 at the Mabaruma Regional Hospital hours after delivering a baby, is venting his dissatisfaction on social media about the quality of service offered by the doctor to his mother before, during and after the birth of her baby.

The United States has again assured President Irfaan Ali that it will continue to support this country’s territorial integrity and that it holds firm to the 1899 Arbitral Award, making clear that it will not tolerate any actions taken by Venezuela not in keeping with a competent  authority such as the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

In a marathon hearing lasting just under five hours, the Caribbean Court of Justice yesterday heard arguments in the appeal filed by political commentator Ramon Gaskin, who has over the years strongly argued that separate environmental permits were not granted to Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd (Hess) and China National Offshore Oil Cooperation Guyana (CNOOC) for what he says is their involvement in oil production here.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday insisted that its procurement process for Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) is fully compliant with the law.

Yet another local company has succeeded in taking its product into the regional marketplace thanks to the initiative of AGROFEST 2024.

The  police yesterday issued a bulletin for Howard Rambarose, 32. He is wanted in connection with armed robbery at the Shell Gas Station at Mc Doom on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD).

In a memorandum to education officers, Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussain yesterday notified that absences by striking teachers must continue to be logged as he insisted that the government will not pay educators for the days that they did not work.

Teachers in Region Two continued to strike for the 16th day yesterday and have declared that they are not giving up.

Ranks from the Mazaruni Prison rescued five miners following a boat mishap in the Mazaruni River, Region Seven.