Guyana News

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canada has sent around 70 soldiers to Jamaica to train troops from Caribbean nations who are due to take part in a U.N.-authorized

Yesterday, ranks from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) and the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard conducted a joint operation at Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo, where they intercepted a go-fast vessel with two occupants.

The Ministry of Home Affairs today said that the Guyana Fire Service is actively combatting multiple grass fires throughout the country, which are causing poor visibility due to a combination of ground fog and smoke.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) today cited malicious damage to several hydrants throughout Georgetown and says it is actively addressing the issue.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)  has hailed the late Justice Désirée Bernard – a member of its inaugural bench in 2005 – as a pioneering jurist.

A Leopold Street man has been held following the robbery of an East Coast Demerara supermarket yesterday which saw police in a shootout with two suspects on a motorbike.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips (right), along with Minister of Home Affairs,  Robeson Benn (left), were on site last evening at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Control Centre in Sophia for a briefing  on yesterday’s service interruption to the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System.

On Wednesday, 27th March, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill visited the families of the three young girls who died by drowning in Massara Village, North Rupununi.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) tonight reported more problems in its network amid public expressions of disgust.

Senior cop Mitchell Caesar was questioned by US authorities when he entered the country on vacation leave recently.

Govindra Swambeer, a 38-year-old fisherman of Whim Corentyne, Berbice, was arrested on 2024-03-27 and charged yesterday with Possession of Firearm without License and  Unlawful Possession of Ammunition without License.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) today said that it recently experienced problems with three of its larger engines.

At about 2.30 this morning, acting on information received, Police trailed a Toyota Allion car bearing registration #PAE 2420 from a bar located at New Road Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, to Crane Old Road, where the car and driver were stopped and searched.

Concerned that the institutional framework to combat corruption is not yet sufficiently strong and effective, the UN Human Rights Committee (CCPR) yesterday called on Guyana to take  a raft of measures including protection of whistleblowers.

The Guyana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL) was among those who paid rich tribute to retired justice Desiree Bernard who passed away yesterday at the age of 85.

Stating that it was concerned that extrajudicial killings continue to occur,  the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) yesterday called on the government to set up a Commission of Inquiry into such deaths during the period of 2002 to 2006.

The Ministry of Education’s Unit of Allied Arts says that no request has been received from the Rights of the Child Commission  (RCC)  for information on the exclusion of two children from the recent children’s Mashramani contest.

Opposition Member of Parliament (MP), Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde, has ‘thrown his hat into the ring’ and stated his intention to run for leadership of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), while stating that for the party to move up and onward, it was imperative to Regroup, Refocus and Rebuild.

Exxon Mobil Corp. and Cnooc Ltd have merged arbitration claims against Chevron Corp.’s

The case brought by the state against Rickford Burke alleging libel and other offences has been deferred pending proceedings that he has lodged in the High Court.