Guyana News

Police are investigating a report of armed robbery committed on Thakoor Harryram called ‘Ricky’, a 43-year-old taxi driver of Lot 190, West Indian Housing Scheme, Bartica, which occurred between 20:20 and 20:30 pm on Sunday at his residence.

Mayelin Cordova, a 41-year-old businesswoman of Byderabo Road, Bartica, was today sentenced to four years imprisonment for trafficking a Venezuelan national for the purpose of sexual exploitation.

Police in Regional Division #1 are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Eutan George called ‘Blacka’, a 27-year-old  pork-knocker of Big Creek Backdam, North West District, which occurred on 05-02-2024 at the aforementioned address.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a new terminal building at Guyana’s main airport at Timehri.

Holding firm to the position that sugar here is still viable, coupled with the expectation that this year’s production will reach the 100,000-tonne mark, President Irfaan Ali on Monday announced that a sugar refinery will be built at the shuttered East Demerara Estate at Enmore.

By Abigail Headley Teachers again took to the streets around across the country yesterday in support of the GTU’s strike over the Government’s failure to engage in free collective bargaining since August 2020.

A Corentyne man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the brutal murders of the two men he brutally and fatally chopped late Friday evening.

As teachers across Guyana again downed tools yesterday in support of the second day of the GTU strike, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has made the decision to cease the deduction of dues on behalf of the union.

The bereaved family of Trevor Jones, who was crushed by a reversing super-reach stacker at the John Fernandes wharf yesterday, is awaiting an official statement from the company about the incident.

In the ongoing saga for control over the Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union Ltd (GPSCCUL), a judge yesterday ordered that a Special General Meeting (SGM) now be held by March 10th.

The delay in the handing over of the US$300 million artificial island shore base at Vreed-en-Hoop will not affect ExxonMobil’s operations as the company has already begun moving its equipment to the site, Country Manager Alistair Routledge yesterday said.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday inaugurated a state-of-the-art $49 million digital X-ray Machine at Mahaicony Cottage Hospital in Region Five.

Sasenarine Singh, the CEO of GuySuCo yesterday on his Facebook page pledged to ensure that the control room at the Albion Sugar Estate which was damaged by a fire on Saturday morning is fixed promptly.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC, has thrown out the case which had been filed challenging the powers of the President to extend the tenure of acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken, beyond the age of retirement.

Forty-eight-year-old Venezuelan Alcides Jose Martinez Mejia who appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Monday to answer to the charge of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition was sentenced to two years imprisonment but will serve one year as the sentences will run concurrently.

A Number 56 Village, Corentyne man was yesterday found dead in a trench at Bushlot Village, Corentyne.

Scotiabank, in a press release said it has donated $3,875,000 towards a youth-focused skills training programme, Construction Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Training, facilitated by Habitat for Humanity for persons ages 16-30 years.

The Ministry of Labour says it is currently investigating a fatal accident which occurred at approximately 7.38 this morning, at the John Fernandes Limited Port Facility on Water Street, Georgetown.

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department received a report on Sunday 4th February, 2024, of a workplace fatality which occurred at Guyana Shield Resources Incorporated, Dora, East Bank Demerara.

The opposition APNU+AFC today declared solidarity with striking teachers. A statement from the Office of the Leader of the Opposition follows: “The Opposition Coalition stands firmly with the teachers of Guyana during this crucial time, as they intensify their efforts to get the government to meet their legitimate demands.