Guyana News

The Guyana Defence Force’s Corporal Philon Edwards who it is alleged to have brutally stabbed his fiancée is expected to appear in the Fort Welling-ton Magistrate’s Court, according to Commander, Assistant Commissioner Kurleigh Simon Simon also told Stabroek news that the injured woman Leticia Reynolds, 23 from No.

Magistrate Omadat Chandan yesterday granted a South Rupununi man a total of $300,000 bail in the Lethem Magistrate’s Court after he pleaded not guilty to the charges of possession of a firearm without licence and trafficking in narcotics.

The National Data Management Authority (NDMA) yesterday said that its cybersecurity team comprising Justino DaSilva, Shameer Jalim, Maryam Bacchus, Latoya Etkins, and Irshad Nasir achieved a prestigious top 20 finish, placing 18th at the CyberQ: Security in the Quantum Era Hackathon.

By Khadidja Ba The US$20 million Demerara Dairy Inc (DDI)’s major farming initiative in Moblissa is on track to produce first milk in the third quarter of 2025.

In what seems to be a response to the High Court’s ruling that property owners must receive proper compensation before their land is taken through compulsory acquisition, the government has moved to amend the legislation.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) yesterday addressed the nearly three-year-old agreement the government had made with Guysons Engineering that is still to materialise, as it underscored the need for accountability in many aspects of the deal that were still not public.

The fire at Number 64 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, which claimed the lives of a mother and her four children on November 12, was maliciously set, Fire Chief Gregory Wickham has said.

The request for proposals (RFPs) to design, finance and operate phase 11 of the Wales gas to energy (GTE) project has been extended from November 14th to January 14th 2025 to ensure more participation, Prime Minister Mark Phillips has said.

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice in Region Six about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc yesterday said that a transmission line trip was the cause for the system wide shutdown of its Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) “At approximately 11:31 hrs, the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) experienced a trip on the L3 Transmission Line which connects the Golden Grove and Garden of Eden Substations. 

As the world observes International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women today, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has said that international trafficking of predominantly foreign women and girls into strip clubs and bars in Guyana is a serious problem. 

A 17-year-old resident of Sophia is now hospitalised after he was shot by two masked perpetrators on a motorcycle early yesterday morning on the access road at A’ Field Sophia.

A police constable stationed at Brickdam Station and attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) was attacked and stabbed by four men, believed to be Venezuelans, while on foot patrol on Saturday night.

A 38-year-old Lamaha Park businessman was yesterday arrested by the police with a .38 revolver, which contained a matching spent shell.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has informed contractors in Region Nine that the terms and conditions of the contracts they signed to build schools must be strictly adhered to.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has expressed its concern over what it describes as the ongoing carnage on the nation’s roads. 

Seven months after Georgetown Mayor Alfred Mentore announced plans to meet the principals of the Qatar-based Assets Group over the proposal for a US$300 million hotel on Carifesta Avenue, that meeting has not occurred and there is no indication as to if and when it will.

During a recent visit to Yupukari, Region Nine, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand told the community that along with the secondary school currently under construction, teachers would be trained from among high school graduates in the area.

Under increasing pressure over traffic deaths and the rampage of heavy-duty trucks, the Guyana Police Force today said that that 1,353 traffic cases have been made over a two-day period with tinted glass being the highest single offence.

–CARICOM Chair The high cost of a suitable vessel has set back plans for a regional ferry service despite initial optimism that Trinidad’s Galleons Passage would have enabled a quick start-up.