Guyana News

The National Toshaos’ Council (NTC) yesterday refuted claims made by Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock that it has stymied the Amerindian Land Titling (ALT) process.

A lone bandit yesterday morning cornered a female customer in the Oasis Café on Carmichael Street and carted off a bag containing an undisclosed amount of cash.

Policy Forum Guyana (PFG) has called on the government to implement a systematic campaign for the eradication of mercury use.

Mahendra Bishundial who has been accused of the 2012 shooting death of Edun Farms truck driver Aga Khan, now faces a retrial after a jury was yesterday unable to arrive at a verdict.

A City Magistrate yesterday granted bail to a man charged with attempted murder.

Monitoring devices installed at GWI’s pump stations across the country can now instantly alert officials if there is low water pressure.  

Twenty-one students from the West Demerara Secondary School (WDSS) will be the first to pursue studies in Portuguese at the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) level. 

Starting in January, US army civil engineers under the US Southern Command “Exercise New Horizon 2019”will begin building a women’s shelter and two community centres in Linden.

Constable Cledwin Bennett who claims that Vishwantie Ragnauth and Nyron Thakurdyal made certain statements to him after he had put an allegation of murder to them, admitted yesterday that in the process he breached standard police procedure.

A North West farmer was yesterday released on $50,000 bail on  an unlawful wounding charge.

A Port Kaituma resident was yesterday granted bail after he was charged with engaging in sexual activity with a child.

The working of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) is expected to come under “heavy interrogation” over the next two days among regional stakeholders in the private and public sectors says CARICOM Assistant Secretary General Joseph Cox.

Justice Navindra Singh on Tuesday ordered the prosecution to produce within five days a forensic audit report into the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) otherwise there would be a permanent stay of prosecution against fraud accused Madanlall Ramraj.

Rose Hall champion cyclist, Beyonce Ross, 15, who is currently bedridden with a brain tumour found out on Monday that it is not cancerous.

President David Granger on Tuesday called on Guyanese to act now to beat plastic pollution by curtailing their use of single use plastics and switching to environment friendly alternatives. 

The Guyana Civil Servants and General Workers Union (GCS&GWU) says it is satisfied with the government’s decision to invite PAHO to assist with rectifying the situation surrounding mercury emissions at the GGMC and says it has organised for the Natural Resources Minister to meet with the workers tomorrow.

The two employees of a Guyana Power and Light (GPL) contractor and the Goed Fortuin man, whom they allegedly assaulted two weeks ago, are expected to be charged today.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has acquired the country’s first amphibious excavator, according to the Department of Public Information.

A Glasgow Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice man was found hanging today after stabbing his wife and daughter to death sometime this morning.

In a little over a week, the question of whether Venezuela will accept the jurisdiction of the World Court on the border controversy with Guyana will be definitively answered.