Guyana News

The body of a girl who fell off of a boat in the Kaituma River on Thursday has been recovered.

On December 18, 2023, the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital’s surgical team, led by obstetricians Dr.

By Shabna Rahman Naomi Ramdehol, a domestic violence survivor, of the Parika Sea Dam, East Bank Essequibo, who is facing a tough life financially, recently lost her son to a brain tumour, so celebrating Christmas is the last thing on her mind.

On Wednesday, Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai inaugurated $44.9m worth of projects funded by the government – including a solar system – in the Deep South Rupununi village of Aishalton.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday again demanded that the government conform to its legal obligations under the Constitution and Laws of Guyana by engaging in collective bargaining with the union for all outstanding matters from the year 2020 to date.

Relatives of 22-year-old Sabu Taro Singh,  who was fatally stabbed on the evening of December 21 last year on Regent Street have said that there has not been any recent contact with the family by the Guyana Police Force [GPF] regarding the murder investigation.

In light of news reports on several issues flagged in the Auditor General’s [AG] 2022 Report, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said that Finance Minister Dr.

Over 700 children across Guyana were part of the Massy Group’s recently hosted annual Christmas parties and gift-giving activities in the communities and surrounding areas where their branches are located.

COVAX, the multilateral mechanism for equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines that was launched in 2020, will draw to a close on 31 December.

The outgoing chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit, wants the Caribbean Community to be proud of what has been achieved in 2023.

Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) yesterday opened its ninth branch to the tune of $485 million at Leonora, West Coast Demerara as it celebrates its 29th anniversary.

The report on the Mahdia Secondary School female dormitory fire which claimed the lives of 20 students  has been completed and will be submitted to President Irfaan Ali according to Secretary of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI), Javed Shadick.

Ramy El-Batrawi, the prospective purchaser of the Guyana Marriott hotel, in an interview with Stabroek News says that he has other plans in store as it relates to development and this country’s evolving economy.

A 26-year-old Golden Fleece, West Coast Berbice labourer was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of a 27-year-old man who he is accused of stabbing while playing dominoes in Paradise, West Coast Berbice.

A Sophia man yesterday pleaded guilty to trafficking ecstasy. Joshua Mentore appeared before Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with the offence of trafficking in narcotics to wit 34 grams of ecstasy.

Apologizing for the delays in the setting up of the constitutional reform body more than one year after the Bill was passed in the National Assembly, President Irfaan Ali has assured that the processes onward will be swift and will commence next week.

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department is currently investigating an alleged workplace fatality at Montrose Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

The two policemen who were charged with conspiring to rob a Chinese national of $8 million reappeared on Wednesday before Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court where they were granted bail in the sum of $500,000 on each charge.

The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) and the National Association of Agricultural, Com-mercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) in the presence of the Chief Labour Officer, Dhaneshwar Deonarine signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Thursday morning to establish wages and other conditions of service for junior and senior staff employed by the company and represented by the Union.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) closed off 2023 with thirty new certifications under its Bed and Breakfast, Made in Guyana, Laboratory and Product Certification programmes.