Guyana News

A Coroner’s Inquest is slated to begin by early April to determine culpability in the almost one-year-old fatal shooting of three men, who the police had said were robbers, along the Kingston seawall, in Georgetown.

An American accused of forging a will, claiming it was issued by the Ministry of Legal Affairs, was granted bail on Friday, after the charge was read to him at a city court.

A security guard who intervened in an altercation between two brothers was yesterday morning taken into police custody and is assisting with investigations after he allegedly shot one of the men who was reportedly attempting to attack him at the Meadowbank wharf.

In an effort to expose Guyana’s children to the new oil and gas sector, its opportunities, and the responsibilities that will come with being an oil producing nation, the Department of Energy is currently in discussion with the Ministry of Education to include applicable content in its new curriculum.

An eighteen-year-old Duke Street resident was last night rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was stabbed in his chest.

A fire suspected to be of electrical origin, ravaged an unoccupied house at Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, on Friday evening.

A tragic incident at a Sunday school in October last year, has snatched the sight from one eye of an East Canje Berbice minor, leaving his parents to turn to the public for advice and help.

The Ministry of Business has completed final discussions with the National Road Safety Council on the Code of Conduct for minibus operators, which is expected to be launched on Friday.

The Ministry of Natural Resources on February 5th signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MOU), cementing its relationship with the National Toshaos Council (NTC) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Responding to concerns from Queenstown residents about vending spots being situated at the entrances of properties, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) says that the demarcation was done in error.

The Ministry of Business is working assiduously to open the Belvedere Business Incubator Facility at Belvedere Industrial Estate, Region Six by March.

Lindeners travelled from near and far to witness the Carib Soca Monarch semi-finals on Saturday and were not disappointed, after a night of upbeat performances, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

A Mabaruma miner was on Friday fined $70,000, after he admitted to wounding a shopkeeper with a broken bottle.

After explaining himself to a city court, a 48-year-old man was granted bail, after he was accused of falsely obtaining a sum of money for his own purposes.

A Cuban woman who admitted to overstaying her permit in Guyana, was on Friday fined and ordered deported to her country of origin.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Talks on border security funding collapsed after Democratic and Republican lawmakers clashed over immigrant detention policy as they worked to avert another U.S.

Over the 15 years that the First Bauxite Corporation’s mine in Sand Hills, Region Three, is expected to be in operation, over US$387 million will be injected in the local economy,  Company official Ian Christie said yesterday.

ExxonMobil isn’t worried about Guyana’s political climate or a possible change of government as it says both the current administration and the opposition understand the significance of its investment here and would not move to hinder its operations.

Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman says he regrets that government did not share the details of the US$18 million signing bonus it received from ExxonMobil with Guyana’s citizenry earlier and trusts that they understand the national security imperatives associated with its planned use.

Three persons were taken into custody yesterday following the fatal stabbing of an Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara man during a drinking spree.