Guyana News

The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) has acquired the services of Medex, Falane Grant as part of its commitment to expanding access to high quality healthcare  for inmates and staff.

A motorcyclist died on Monday night after he allegedly collided with a parked lorry at Dora Village on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday issued a bulletin for a Delices, Canal No.1 Polder, West Bank Deme-rara man in relation to conspiracy to commit forgery.

The CARICOM (Carib-bean Community) Development Fund (CDF) has partnered with the United States to launch a fund to promote resilience in small and medium enterprises and critical infrastructure projects.

At 6.10 am on Monday, nine firefighters from the La Grange Fire Station responded to a house fire at Lot 343 Recht-Door-Zee, La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara.

Shadow Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs Dawn Hastings-Williams has called on the government to stop the “lip service” and truly pay more attention to addressing the woes of citizens in hinterland communities.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) says it has taken action to improve water supply in Kamarang, Region Seven.

In the third full year of the PPP/C’s government, perception of corruption in the country remains the same as last year’s low score in the Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) Report 2023.

 (Reuters) – West Indies sensation Shamar Joseph has been ruled out of his International League T20 (ILT20) stint and will instead head home to a hero’s welcome in Guyana after engineering his team’s first test win over Australia in 27 years.

By Abigail Headley The GTU yesterday announced that teachers will be taking industrial action come February 5 until a favourable response is obtained from the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the other relevant authorities, regarding salary increases and non-salary benefits, among other pending issues.

A fire yesterday ravaged two buildings in Springlands, Upper Corentyne ruining an upholstery business and a nearby hotel which housed a bar and mini restaurant.

Two men were yesterday found guilty of the murder of Rose Hall Town grocer, Lomenzo Johnny in February 2020.

Guyana has won a bronze medal at the Caribbean STEM (Science, Techno-logy, Engineering and Math) Olympiads.

(Trinidad Express) The restructuring of Digicel has been successfully completed, its founder Denis O’Brien told the Express yesterday, as he announced that he would be stepping down as the company’s chairman and assuming a non-executive position on the board.

Buoyed by a victory that has seen the US deciding to pause approvals for pending and future applications to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from new projects, climate activists are now aiming at overseas projects that Washington may support and this could possibly impact on Guyana’s project which is awaiting a financing decision from the US Ex-Im bank.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has advised the Guyana Police Force to not institute criminal charges against the contractor allegedly involved in the removal of sand from a burial ground at Murphy Dam Cemetery, West Bank Berbice, which resulted in several tombs disappearing.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, in his closing presentation on the 2024 budget debate on Friday said that the APNU+AFC owes the people an explanation as to why they ended legal proceedings against Booker Tate in relation to the Skeldon Estate when they came into government.

In a report for 2023, the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) has cited the arrests and convictions of seven persons who it described as “major drug traffickers”.

The first batch of 60 residents from Laing Avenue, Georgetown, received vouchers valued at $250,000 each to upgrade their homes yesterday, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.