Guyana News

Yesterday at approximately 6.45 am, customers in Demerara and a section of West Coast Berbice experienced an interruption in electricity supply due to a fault on the L4 Transmission Line, which connects the company’s Garden of Eden Power Plant to its Sophia Substation.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday presented the Guyana Society for the Blind with two new braille machines at the Office of the Prime Minister on Camp Street.

Michael Adams called ‘Crocklie’, a 60-year-old security guard of Lot 28 Goedverwagting Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara, was arrested on 2024-03-07 and charged yesterday with the offence of rape.

Troy Emanuel, a 42-year-old employee of ‘Sweet Point’ went missing on March 2, after he left home for work.

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) announced in a release yesterday, that Shamar Joseph, the Guyanese and West Indies fast bowler, has been named its official Tourism Ambassador.

Two weeks after the death of Pretty Posse taxi driver, 41-year-old Eon Holder, the police still have no trace of the identity of the perpetrators, or their vehicle.

On January 25, 2024, a contract valued at $28,638,435 was signed between the Government of Guyana through the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) and R.

The Board of Commissioners of the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) yesterday announced the appointment of  Rabindra Kandhi as Director of the Commission effective March 1, 2024.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr Ashni Singh has posited that the health sector faces the challenge of having sufficient skilled personnel, an issue he says his government is moving to address.

Wazir Asgar, a 29-year-old driver; Ramdat Alfred, a 46-year-old farmer and Naresh Alfred, a 23-year-old farmer, all from Martyrs Ville, Mon Repos, ECD, were arrested on 2024-03-10 by a rank from the Beterverwagting Police Station and charged jointly yesterday  with the offence of simple larceny.

The probe by police of the Arimu double murder and robbery that occurred on March 3 is still ongoing, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum stated yesterday Stabroek News had earlier reported that several persons had been contacted by the police and were being questioned.

Guyana Teachers’ Union President, Mark Lyte today reported that talks with the Ministry of Education on collective bargaining had broken down.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said yesterday in Kingston, Jamaica that the United States would contribute an additional US$100 million to a United Nations-backed multinational security force intended to help Haitian police fight gangs and US$33 million in humanitarian aid.

The water ambulance which operates the Orealla/Siparuta route yesterday afternoon caught fire while returning to the area resulting in the captain and eight occupants having to jump overboard to safety. 

Chief Citizen Alfred Mentore yesterday blasted City Engineer Colvern Venture for not issuing a  cease order on works underway for a Qatari Hotel on disputed lands along Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown and he also signalled that court action is imminent.

Paul Waterman of Tuschen, a security guard, was shot dead yesterday during an armed robbery at a Vreed-en-Hoop supermarket, according to the police.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd on Friday chaired a meeting of the Multi-Agency Coordinating Committee to address the influx of Migrants from Venezuela and said that the long-term objective was to integrate them into Guyanese society.

GTT says that in partnership with WANSAT it has successfully backhauled cellular traffic from the hinterland to Georgetown via an international satellite and fibre connection.

A contract for the construction of special education needs school at Cotton Field in Region Two valued at $94,78,725 was signed yesterday between the Government of Guyana through the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) and Builder’s Engineering  & Architectural Constancy.

In its March 1st Communique following the meeting of Heads of Government in Georgetown from February 25 to 28, CARICOM deplored what it described as “significant Venezuelan military border activity” but noted a lowering of tensions.