Guyana News

Gladwin Joseph called ‘Menty’, a 31-year-old driver was  yesterday charged with causing death by dangerous driving on the Citrus Grove Main Access Road, Port Kaituma.

Members of the Parliamentary opposition yesterday registered indignation at what they said was an incident of eavesdropping and the broadcasting of private conversations by their members, within the confines of their private room in the precincts of parliament at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre. 

Massy Stores has taken grocery shopping to another level with the introduction of new payment options on its e-commerce website, commencing today.

Four men armed with guns, cutlasses and knives on Thursday evening pounced on a Rose Hall Town, Corentyne family who had an overseas-based relative visiting and carted off cash, jewellery and cellphones.

Medical personnel at Suddie Public Hospital (PHS) in Region Two have successfully sustained the life of infant, Adelia Rodrigues, of Region One born weighing just 1.1 kg on October 31, 2023. 

Support has been coming  in after Pandit Deodat Persaud came under attack for criticizing the old-age pension increase from a Facebook page that strongly supports the ruling PPP/C.

Fire this morning destroyed the Guyana Prison Service dorms on Parade Street, Kingston. 

Government here does not believe that the United States will pause overseas funding on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) projects as it recently did internally, but nonetheless has alternative plans for financing if the US EXIM Bank funding isn’t approv-ed, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said.

Noting what she says is deep concern over the “continuing death and destruction” which have enveloped Gaza, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Security Council, Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett  asked on Wednesday if a bounty had been placed on every Palestinian.

(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N  said in a court filing yesterday activist investors were withdrawing a climate proposal the oil giant sought to block from being voted on during a shareholder meeting in May.

By Antonio Dey Overloaded, speeding trucks barreling through small community roads and damaging them have been put on notice by Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand engaged in a public spat with her former colleague, Nigel Dharamlall, on Facebook yesterday after he accused of her “wanting credit” for the construction of a new bridge being used by the school of Jawalla in Region Seven.

While he has not set a specific date, Justice of Appeal Rishi Persaud said that he will deliver his ruling within the next two weeks, on whether he has jurisdiction to order  ExxonMobil to provide proof that it has indeed lodged a US$2 billion guarantee which is intended to indemnify Guyana against an oil spill and associated perils.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha on Wednesday disclosed that the government has injected $9 billion into the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to resuscitate the Rose Hall Estate, which was closed by the former APNU+AFC government.

Following pictures that surfaced on social media on Wednesday, showing pupils sitting in a classroom at St.

By Christopher Ram Banks DIH Limited, one of Guyana’s oldest and most prominent public companies held its 68th Annual General Meeting on 27 January 2024.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says that the level of particulate matter (dust particles) in the atmosphere caused by  the Saharan Dust Plume has decreased, resulting in a slight improvement in air quality and visibility compared to Wednesday. 

As part of its efforts to provide superior healthcare, the Dr.

Thirty-year-old Kasra Lashley, appeared before Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court where he was charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Shamar Joseph returned to Guyana today to a welcome at the CJIA after his heroics in the West Indies versus Australia Test series.