Guyana News

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is looking for a man who allegedly chopped a teenager to his forehead on last Tuesday night after the two had an argument over a woman earlier in the day.

National awards are to be conferred this year on May 24.

With a Guyana Police Force audit of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) uncovering evidence of fraud, the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday called for the unit to be shut down and for an independent forensic audit to be conducted towards prosecuting all personnel implicated in wrongdoing.

Hundreds of youths attended a job fair organised by the Department of Youth at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in Georgetown yesterday to tackle the high unemployment rate among young persons in Guyana.

During the five years that the Norway-funded REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) project ran, Guyana recorded 35% less deforestation than it would’ve without the project, Anand Roopsind, a Guyanese PhD student from Boise State University, says. 

The University of Guyana (UG) yesterday commissioned the Jay and Sylvia Sobhraj Centre for Behavioural Research and Science  (CeBeReS), and also launched a Master’s in Clinical Psychology degree programme.

A West Coast Berbice woman was found dead with her throat slit last evening.

Police are probing the death of a businesswoman following a suspected robbery on the Essequibo Coast.

A West Coast Berbice motorcyclist succumbed last evening after he crashed into the side of a car at Blairmont Village, West Bank Berbice.

In the wake of increased cyberattacks on its systems, the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) is warning both applicants and state land-owners to ignore emails seeking personal information or money and report any such suspicious activity.

Wildfires have destroyed at least three buildings including a home in the Rupununi and with the current dry season, such occurrences continue to be a threat, Chairman of Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) Brian Allicock says.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tagman Media Alex Graham and his family were left traumatised after bandits early yesterday morning invaded their South Ruimveldt home and carted off an undisclosed amount of valuables, including cash and jewellery.

A minibus conductor, who was charged in 2017 with stabbing a schoolboy to the neck with a pair of scissors, was on Wednesday sentenced to four months in jail for the crime.

A Port Kaituma farmer was on Thursday remanded to prison after he was accused of raping a nine-year old girl.

A man was yesterday granted bail after he was accused of breaking his cousin’s jaw after an argument over ply board.

Regional stakeholders have agreed to the implementation of a Framework on Migrant Health and Rights at the country level, and to the pursuit of a holistic approach to providing services to migrants.

Conservation International-Guyana (CI-Guyana) has announced the appointment of Damian Fernandes as its Executive Director.

A total of eight passengers were rushed to a city hospital for treatment yesterday morning after two mini-buses collided at the junction of Norton and Haley streets, in Wortmanville, Georgetown.

The opposition PPP today called for the shutting down of the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) and for an investigation to be mounted into its operations.

An audit of the financial records of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has uncovered serious irregularities, including the falsification of records, and it has recommended immediate transfers and a fraud investigation of several of the discrepancies, sources say.