Guyana News

The Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) is cautiously optimistic that the more cordial relationship between it and the RUSAL-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc.

As the police continue to probe the murder of Parika backdam farmer Somdatt Ramgobin, investigators believe there is much more to his death than just robbery.

Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on mining matters with the Chilean Government.

There is currently a shortage of  Banks Beer on the market after the Banks DIH brewery experienced an issue sometime last week, sources said.

Over 700 residents of Nappi Village, Region 9 will benefit from a new well which was drilled to provide the community with easier access to water.

A bridge used by several communities in the North Rupununi, Region Nine, was destroyed by fire and regional authorities are of the belief that it was an act of arson.

There has been yet another delay in former Ministry of the Presidency Permanent Secretary Omar Shariff and his wife, Sabeita Hardeo, leading their defence to a charge of failing to comply with a court order.

The police yesterday reported that ranks of E Division over the weekend conducted two drug eradication exercises which netted more than eight acres of cultivated cannabis.

Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan on Friday apologised for incorrectly saying the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) pulled funding for the Safe City initiative over concerns about Chinese firm Huawei.

A fire, suspected to be an act of arson, on Saturday night gutted the home of a Charity, Essequibo family leaving six persons homeless.

Nigel Wellington, the bandit who died last Tuesday after robbing an arriving guest at a Queenstown hostel was shot several times.

In observance of Occupational Health and Safety Month, the Aurora Gold Mine Inc (AGM) two weekends ago hosted its annual Health Fair, along with a number of other activities, to the benefit of their employees and others who were onsite.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Legendary former West Indies batsman, Seymour Nurse, has died.

Guyana-born bakery owner, Eton Lyken was shot dead in Barbados yesterday, according to online news service, Barbados Today.

In the wake of concerns expressed by local operators about the tendering process for duty-free shops at the Cheddi Jagan Inter-national Airport (CJIA), Timehri the corporation yesterday said that it followed a transparent process and made conditional awards.

Guyana needs to develop its own strategic plan for the oil and gas sector as having it done by other countries risks those countries’ interests being put above Guyana’s, former Petroleum Advisor to the government, Dr Jan Mangal says.

Hailing the contributions of Indo-Guyanese to Guyana, President David Granger yesterday commissioned the Indian Arrival Monument at Palmyra, East Berbice, where he urged the overcoming of differences to continue to construct a cohesive country.

Three bandits, two of whom were armed with guns, shot a Skeldon moneychanger while robbing him at Springlands, Corentyne, yesterday morning.

Even as he admitted that his agency could have undertaken more due diligence in the award of the $832,200 contract to Minister Cathy Hughes’ company, Videomega, Department of Energy (DoE) head Dr.

On June 26, the Guyana Court of Appeal will decide on the fate of former television cameraman, Andre Hetsberger, who has filed an appeal to his conviction and sentence for the rape of a 13-year-old girl.