Guyana News

The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) in its report on the Mahdia dorm fire which claimed 20 lives, lauded  the diligence and dedication demonstrated by GFS Sub-Officer Ryan Scott when attending to the inferno on May 21st, 2023.

Pointing to the decline in taxes paid by the self-employed, accounting firm Ram and McRae says that evasion by professionals has “gone wild” and something has to be done.

The University of Guyana (UG) yesterday said that 31 of its faculty members who were studying for their PhDs and Ed.Ds

A 37-year-old labourer died when he was struck down by a motor car while cycling on the Queenstown Public Road on Friday at about 8.30 pm.

Sheriff Guyana yesterday announced the establishment of Sheriff Construction Inc., marking a further expansion of its operations here.

Danford Thomas called Dennis, a 29-year-old labourer of Pitman Street, Dartmouth, Essequibo Coast, was charged with rape, committed on a female of Region No.2, Essequibo Coast.

Four programmes were on Friday launched at the Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC) and around 40 residents from Kitty were in attendance.

The police say that Shaquawn Alleyne known as ‘Iswe’, on Friday confessed to investigators at the Criminal Investigation Department Headquarters that he did shoot his girlfriend, Shonette Dover back in 2021but it was not intentional.

The arsonist who set an Amelia’s Ward, Linden, home on fire which claimed the lives of a woman and her two nieces on Christmas Day, is yet to be apprehended.

Peter Moore, a 51-year-old driver of Lot 935 Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, was fined $7,500 on Friday for throwing material in a public way.

As Guyana’s tourism sector continues to expand, more businesses and guides are getting licensed to benefit from the many opportunities that are being presented within the sector. 

The Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) is alerting the  public to a voluntary recall notice issued by The Quaker Oats Company for certain Quaker Oats Cereals.

-projects loss of over $100b from inefficiencies Chartered accounting firm Ram and McRae has criticised the trillion-dollar 2024 budget as being all about spending and borrowing and not addressing the cost of living crisis that has snared thousands of people in the lower brackets.

Handing over the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) report into the Mahdia dorm fire which claimed 20 lives on May 21, 2023, Chairman, Major General (Rtd) Joe Singh said a fully-equipped facility would not have yielded a different result on the night of the tragedy given the speed of the conflagration.

Keon David appeared before Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday where he was charged with the capital offence of murder.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday issued wanted bulletins for three persons in connection with money-laundering and other financial crimes here.

The Corentyne man who is the owner of the three pit bulls that attacked and killed Latchminen Permaul at Hampshire Village, Corentyne during the wee hours of Tuesday is to be charged with manslaughter next week.

The real estate sector in Guyana moved a step closer to being properly structured and regularized with the establishment of the Guyana Real Estate Agents Authority.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday ruled that the Guyana Court of Appeal does have jurisdiction to hear an appeal filed by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, who has been trying to challenge a $20m default judgment imposed against him for not filing a defence in time to a defamation suit brought by former government Minister Annette Ferguson.

Justice Fidela Corbin yesterday awarded damages of $7.5m to former Minister of Finance Winston Jordan against National Media and Publishing Company, publishers of Kaieteur News over a defamatory letter published on October 18th of 2019.