Guyana News

A petition has been lodged for the winding up of Troy Resources Guyana Inc (TRGI).

Deputy Commissioner ‘Operations’ Ravindradat Budhram says tints must be removed from operational police patrol vehicles.

President Irfaan Ali met with the US Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer and the National Security Council Senior Director for the Western Hemisphere Juan González yesterday afternoon at State House in Georgetown.

Teachers this morning gathered outside of the Ministry of Education on Brickdam for the start of a strike.

By Antonio Dey The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Mount Sinai Health Sys-tem of New York, USA yesterday unveiled a state-of-the-art Telepathology Laboratory at the George-town Public Hospital for World Cancer Day.

A 22 year-old man who was charged with larceny of a person was refused bail when he appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court last  Monday.

A 49-year-old man of Campbellville, George-town, was shot and killed in the wee hours of yesterday at South Ruimveldt Park, where he had gone to attend a wake.

By Abigail Headley The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) and teachers across Guyana will today embark on a two-week strike to protest failure by the relevant authorities to address four key issues raised by the union.

The Government of Guyana is in talks with the University of West Indies (UWI) about the establishment of a medical school in Guyana.

More than three weeks after lamenting on social media about the condition of her assigned living quarters, non-resident Para-makatoi teacher Krystal Fisher finally has seen results.

Vendors who plied their trade along the pavement at Muneshwers at Lot 9 and 10 Water, Commerce and Longden streets in Georgetown, were on Monday last ordered to remove.

Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Central Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

The Law Reform Commission (LRC) reviewed 12 Acts and proposed laws during last year, some of which were carried over from 2022 and has sent its recommendations to Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall.

The trial of Kirk ‘Chow Pow’ Jardine, 57, who was facing the court to answer to the charge of assault, was postponed to April 8, 2024, after his attorney, Khemraj Ramrattan, was absent since he was attending the 2024 Budget Debates.

A group of 70 citizens, including toshaos, prison officers, and probation officers, juvenile justice officers, and representatives of non-governmental organisations recently benefited from a two-day Restorative Justice Training programme.

A fire on Saturday has caused major damage to the Albion Estate control room, reportedly  leaving the factory with over $50 million in losses.

A 27-year-old miner of Bartica was found with 15 .32 rounds of ammunition during a search by ranks of Regional Division Seven on mobile patrol yesterday morning.

A $400M state-of-the-art Pathology laboratory was commissioned today at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. 

Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer & Western Hemisphere Senior Director Juan González will travel to Guyana & Colombia Feb 4-5 to continue cooperation on issues of mutual interests, including democratic governance, economic stability, & regional security, a statement today from the US Embassy said.

The APNU+AFC Parliamentary Opposition yesterday pilloried the government for paving the way for increased extractions from the Natural Resource Fund (NRF), following the passage of the Fiscal Enactments Amendment Bill No.