Guyana News

LONDON,  CMC – Fast bowling sensation Shamar Joseph is set to feature in the money-spinning Indian Premier League, after signing a US$362 000 deal with Lucknow Super Giants.

As part of the first phase of the Guyana Technical Training College Inc (GTTCI) at Port Mourant, Corentyne, President Irfaan Ali yesterday commissioned a Facility Simulator to the tune of US$13m which will train workers for the offshore oil platforms.

Through its flagship Global Gateway Initiative strategy, the European Union (EU) has added health as a main area of focus alongside forest protection, in its assistance to this country and hopes to see Guyana in the near future producing pharmaceuticals to meet its own and  regional and global needs.

In his first public comment on the five-day-old teachers strike, President Irfaan Ali yesterday called for patience as he says he has promised incremental benefits but he was silent on why his government has not entered collective bargaining with the GTU over the last three and a half years.

Rohan Rambarran, one of a number of Guyanese jailed in Barbados in 2009 for drugs, was held yesterday with a large amount of foreign marijuana known as `Creepy’, according to CANU.

As the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) strike entered its fifth day yesterday, educators from all across Region Two joined in solidarity with their union and several spoke about having to take second jobs to make ends meet.

A Columbia, Region Two labourer yesterday succumbed to injuries suffered after falling from a scaffold at Imam Bacchus and Sons limited at Affiance, Pomeroon/Supenaam.

Dhanraj Theophilus has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars for the 2018 fatal beating of his then 18-year-old common-law wife, Lorinda Thomas, with whom he shared a child.

On Thursday, the Immigration Support Services facilitated a citizenship ceremony during which 17 individuals from nine  countries received their certificates, a release from the Ministry of Home Affairs said yesterday.

Port Kaituma carpenter Tyron James has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment for the 2018 killing of his reputed wife, Evadnee Baptiste, with whom he became enraged after seeing her dancing with another man.

On Thursday, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Officers conducted an intelligence-led operation at the Cornelia Ida Public Road area, where officers intercepted a motor vehicle.

The Fire Service said it on Thursday responded swiftly to a distress call at 12:15 pm, reporting a blaze at Lot 19 Seventh Street, Side Dam Industry but the wooden building could not be saved.

Day five of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) strike saw a large crowd protesting in front of the Ministry of Labour on  Brickdam.

At the Kumaka District Hospital in Region One on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health commissioned a new Maternal and Child Health Sub Region Office (MCH).

A total of 300 Sexual Assault Evidence collection kits valued at $3.7 million were delivered to the Ministry of Health and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for use by women in remote Amerindian communities.

By Guo Haiyan, Chinese Ambassador to Guyana February 10th, 2024, marks the Chinese Spring Festival in the Year of the Dragon.

“No Money No Work!” was one of the many chants yelled by the teachers of Linden who took to the streets to protest and continue the ongoing GTU strike.

Acting on intelligence received at around 8.30 last night, Police ranks from the Mahaicony Police Station intercepted a motor car (PVV 1495), parked on the southern side of Now or Never Public Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, facing west.

Striking teachers and their supporters today took their protest to the Ministry of Labour on Brickdam.

From its $42b allocation from the  country’s $1.146 trillion budget, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will not only focus on military hardware but there will also be greater emphasis on technological enhancements and human resource development, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Irfaan Ali yesterday said.