Guyana News

The GTU yesterday issued a new ultimatum to government over collapsed collective bargaining talks and said it is prepared to call teachers back out on the streets.

The New Hayven Merchant Bank (NHMB ) yesterday announced that it has successfully arranged, acted as collateral, and served as administrative agent for a US$25 million financing facility extended to Vreed-en-Hoop Shorebase Inc.

Police are investigating the murder of a shopkeeper at Eteringbang Landing, Cuyuni River yesterday afternoon.

Three men were injured yesterday following an explosion at the Hack Rice Mill  located at Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice.

Police in Regional Division #10 conducted another narcotics eradication exercise at Ebini Backdam, Berbice River, between 7.30 am and 5 pm on Wednesday during which two cannabis farms spanning seven acres and a quantity of marijuana with a street value of $151,480,323 were found and destroyed.

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health Department is investigating the fatal accident that occurred as a result of land caving in at Cowing Backdam, Upper Mazaruni River, Region Seven earlier this month.

Twenty-eight households at Tuschen North, Region Three, are set to receive their land ownership documents.

Keon Norville, a 30-year-old cattle farmer of Lot 4 Vigilance, East Coast Demerara, was arrested on 2024/03/05 and charged on 2024-03-13 by ranks of the Vigilance Police Station with two counts of firing  a gun with intent.

The Public Service Commission (PSC) says that it has cleared a backlog of more than 300 issues that were pending prior to it taking office in July of 2023 and chided the previous commission for its under-performance.

Fishing groups from Guyana and Suriname are currently engaged in an assessment of seabob stocks which among other things aims to improve sustainable fishing practices.

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Guyana School of Agriculture through an  effort between the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched its Empowering Women and Youth through the Mainstreaming of Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies programme at its Mon Repos Campus.

Joseph Hamilton, Minister of Labour, and Richard Maughn, Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Industrial Training (BIT), met with representatives of George Brown College (GBC) yesterday at the ministry’s Brickdam location to discuss expanding skills training opportunities in Guyana to create a skilled workforce.

Tutorial High School’s Agricultural Science Department has received a much needed boost.

A cybercrime charge stemming from statements political activist Dr Veerasammy Ramayya made about a pandit in an online video in 2022 were on Tuesday dismissed at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court. 

Yesterday morning,  Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony attended the first session of the HIV- AIDS Tuberculosis Programme Country Dialogue at the Ministry of Health Conference Room located at its Headquarters on Brickdam.

Police are investigating the murder of Yang Lisong, a Chinese National of Guizhou China and of Eteringbang Landing, Cuyuni River, which occurred at around 14:00 hrs this afternoon.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel’s conviction for the murder of an associate more than a decade ago was quashed today, with a London court ruling that attempts to bribe the trial jury meant the conviction was unsafe.

By Abigail Headley The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) yesterday  said that plans are underway for an application to the court today following the collapse in collective bargaining talks with the Ministry of Education on Tuesday.

Mayor Alfred Mentore says City Engineer Colvern Venture was not given the authority to “withdraw” a cease order on the Qatari Hotel project along Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown and the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), will determine if or what disciplinary actions will be taken against him.

The Police say that they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred yesterday  at about 4 pm  on the Reliance Access Road, East Canje, Berbice and which claimed the life of 12-year-old Justin Totaram.