Guyana News

The Guyana LGBTQ Coalition officially launched its third annual Guyana Pride Festival on Friday.

Diamond home owner Gail Williams, whose property suffered structural damage when an illegally dug water well erupted last June, is suing the man who dug the well—Soownauth Gorakh, for damages in excess of $1M for negligence and nuisance, arguing that he permitted the eruption of mud, water, noxious gases and effluent from his property, onto hers.

By Melinda Janki It is almost impossible to open a paper these days without reading about “first oil”.

Ten years ago, already a mother of six children – three boys and three girls – Jocelyn Williams decided to become a foster parent; the experiences have not all been good, but it is a decision she does not regret and she plans to continue fostering for as long as she is allowed.

Following a promise made by Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson to the residents of Bagotville, GAICO Construction and General Services has donated paving bricks for the fabrication of sidewalks.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Hundreds of mourners flocked to Kensington Oval yesterday as legendary West Indies batsman Seymour Nurse played his final innings.

The Guyana Livestock and Development Authority’s (GLDA) hatchery has been closed until further notice because of the increased mortality rate observed among the Muscovy breed of ducklings.

Even as sports betting service Superbet says it has been working tirelessly for almost two years to clear the roadblocks preventing the issuance of its licence to operate, its General Manager Shrikant Kisoensingh was yesterday grilled by police about the legality of the operations.

An Anna Regina domestic worker was on Thursday night stabbed to death, allegedly  by her husband, who is now hospitalized after he attempted to take his own life by ingesting a poisonous substance.

Johnathan Budhan now faces sentencing after a jury yesterday afternoon convicted him for the unlawful killing of Deonarine Manbodh whom he hit with a cricket bat.

Convicted for the 2013 killing of Michael Hamilton, Junior Anthony Henry, also called ‘Oswald,’ now faces sentencing which is scheduled to be imposed by Justice James Bovell-Drakes at the end of this month.

Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson yesterday said that the US$9000 that was deposited into his account in 2017 was a reimbursement for his attendance at a conference in China and he expressed worry at the ability of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to access his personal information.

The recent appointments of four dual citizen, former ministers to new roles in the ministries they once headed were done to ensure the smooth functioning of the government and delivery of promises, Vice-Chair of the Alliance for Change (AFC) Catherine Hughes says.

A Black Bush Polder rice farmer and his family were forced to hide in the bushes next to their home on Thursday evening, after a gang of bandits attacked, beat and robbed them around 8.15 pm.

Newly-appointed Minister of Business Haimraj Rajkumar says the rapid expansion of the oil sector will boost the traditional sectors such as manufacturing and he has urged local companies to prepare themselves for this new reality.

Institutions that offer post-secondary or tertiary education without being registered with the National Accreditation Council will be liable on summary conviction to a fine of as much as $200,000 as a result of the National Accreditation Council (Amendment) Bill 2019 being passed on Wednesday.

Hailing the Private Sector Commission’s (PSC) inaugural attendance at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) as “remarkably beneficial with something for everyone”, PSC President Nicholas Boyer is encouraging more businesses to join as the organisation plans to participate annually.

Fly Jamaica Airways was automatically decertified in Guyana after their operating certificate was suspended recently in Jamaica, Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Egbert Field says.

The University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) and the University of Guyana Workers’ Union (UGWU) yesterday called for the resignations of UG’s Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Council, Major-General (Ret’d) Joseph Singh, and Vice Chancellor (VC) Ivelaw Griffith.

A Venezuelan national, her fiancé and his mother, were brought before a city magistrate yesterday to face fraud charges surrounding counterfeit US currency.