Guyana News

President David Granger has referred to challenges faced by the governing APNU+AFC coalition from sections of the media.

Guyana and Grenada are among CARICOM countries that stand to benefit from the export of honey to Trinidad and Tobago once the twin-island republic enacts legislation to facilitate trade in honey, says Antigua and Barbuda Minister of Trade, Commerce and Industry Chet Greene. 

Amidst concerns among miners of the presence of “Sindicatos” gangs operating in the Cuyuni River, Divisional Commander Kevin Adonis says that the Guyana Police Force has not found any evidence of such in a recent reported attack on a mining camp and questioned the motives of the miners.

A security guard of R. Maye Guyana International Inc was tied up and held at gunpoint with another employee after two men invaded the company’s premises yesterday morning.

Brothers, Brian Joseph and Dequan Small, who are accused of attempting to murder their fellow villager, are likely to know their fate early this week after a jury deliberates on the case against them.

Etched among the outstanding moments of the Royal wedding joining Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, was the performance of The Kingdom Choir, which sang a rendition of the Ben E King classic “Stand by Me”, led by conductor Karen Gibson.

The search of the sawmill allegedly used to pack cocaine into pieces of dressed lumber was delayed as a result of concerns for the safety of the CANU officers and the security of the narcotics which had been discovered.

In Guyana treatment is available for HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDS,  however stigma associated with the disease continues to prevent persons from accessing this help.

The Regional Democratic Council of Region Four has issued thirty-three contractors with drainage and irrigation contracts accompanied by a warning about substandard work.

Two men were on Friday remanded to prison after they answered to two counts of armed robbery in a city court.

A massive pre-independence cleanup took place yesterday across Georgetown, spearheaded by the Mayor and City Council.

A 30-year-old labourer was on Friday charged with forging a vehicle registration certificate and a licence plate.

Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes has recommended cease work orders against a stone quarry in the Mazaruni River and a sand pit operated by the regional authorities of Bartica.

President David Granger, this morning, along with First Lady,  Sandra Granger departed for Trinidad and Tobago and will return to Guyana on Thursday, May 24, 2018. While

The family of Calvin Edwards, also known as Calvin Dover, one of the two suspected bandits shot and killed after they attempted to rob a city businessman on Friday, became aware that he chose a criminal path after his constant arrests and their relentless efforts to steer him away bore no fruit.

The APNU+AFC government has made great strides during its three years in office, according to President David Granger, who also says there are still some challenges that it is working to overcome.

In wake of the recent armed attack on a Cuyuni mining camp, where over two dozen miners were robbed, President of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) Urica Primus says she is hopeful that the resuscitated Hinterland Intelligence Committee can put measures in place to protect miners against the feared “Sindicato” gangs reported to be operating here.

Gopaul Etwaroo, the 22-year-old man who was recently rescued from the pig pen in which he was held captive, has been discharged from hospital but will undergo a psychiatric evaluation tomorrow.

Although the performance of local firms in Guyana, as measured by sales growth, is the highest in the Caribbean, power outages cost them more than their counterparts in the region, while the percentage paid in bribery is also the highest in the region, a new Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) study has found.

A driver escaped almost certain death along the Linden-Lethem Trail on Friday when his truck toppled into a ravine close to the Kurupukari Crossing.