Guyana News

Port Kaituma carpenter Tyron James has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment for the 2018 killing of his reputed wife, Evadnee Baptiste, with whom he became enraged after seeing her dancing with another man.

On Thursday, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Officers conducted an intelligence-led operation at the Cornelia Ida Public Road area, where officers intercepted a motor vehicle.

The Fire Service said it on Thursday responded swiftly to a distress call at 12:15 pm, reporting a blaze at Lot 19 Seventh Street, Side Dam Industry but the wooden building could not be saved.

Day five of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) strike saw a large crowd protesting in front of the Ministry of Labour on  Brickdam.

At the Kumaka District Hospital in Region One on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health commissioned a new Maternal and Child Health Sub Region Office (MCH).

A total of 300 Sexual Assault Evidence collection kits valued at $3.7 million were delivered to the Ministry of Health and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for use by women in remote Amerindian communities.

By Guo Haiyan, Chinese Ambassador to Guyana February 10th, 2024, marks the Chinese Spring Festival in the Year of the Dragon.

“No Money No Work!” was one of the many chants yelled by the teachers of Linden who took to the streets to protest and continue the ongoing GTU strike.

Acting on intelligence received at around 8.30 last night, Police ranks from the Mahaicony Police Station intercepted a motor car (PVV 1495), parked on the southern side of Now or Never Public Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, facing west.

Striking teachers and their supporters today took their protest to the Ministry of Labour on Brickdam.

From its $42b allocation from the  country’s $1.146 trillion budget, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will not only focus on military hardware but there will also be greater emphasis on technological enhancements and human resource development, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Irfaan Ali yesterday said.

By Abigail Headley  “They want to show that ‘yes, we are in charge’, but they are not the ones in charge.

By Shuntel Glasgow A fire which was allegedly set by a mentally ill man, destroyed three houses at Container City, Georgetown yesterday morning, leaving at least 10 persons homeless. 

Donnel Trapp and Paul Goriah are now awaiting sentencing after a jury yesterday afternoon found them guilty of the 2016 killing of Soesdyke-Hill Foot farmer/agriculturalist Anthony Breedy.

Having been absent from the National Assembly for more than six consecutive sittings of the First Session of the Twelfth Parliament, the APNU+AFC opposition is seeking to have Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s seat declared vacant.

By Abigail Headley The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) continues to maintain that the ongoing strike is lawful  as it pursued all avenues for wage talks with the government since 2020 but the Chief Labour Officer is contending that the grievance procedure has not been exhausted.

ExxonMobil says that the  pipeline-laying aspect for the gas to energy project is on schedule and that it will be ready to bring gas to shore by the end of this year, after which government has to take over to convert and distribute so as to make the project a reality.

With the deadline for submission of names being tomorrow, the ruling PPP/C and opposition APNU+AFC have now submitted the names of their nominees for the Constitutional Reform Commission.

Berbice teachers continued to participate in the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) strike yesterday leaving parents in a state of concern as the National Grade Six Examinations are just months away.

The Koko and Wallaba Health Posts in Region One  were on Wednesday recommissioned.