Guyana News

Two police constables attached to the Central Police Station in New Amsterdam, Berbice were placed under close arrest on Monday afternoon over possession of five kilogrammes of marijuana.

An early morning accident along the Amelia’s Ward Public Road, Linden has left a market vendor dead and four others including her mother and two children injured after the car they were travelling in collided head-on with a minibus.

A South Sophia man who was found with cocaine hidden in Banko wine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Friday told a city court that he “was under pressure” at the time and had been promised US$2,500 to transport the drugs.

A Guyanese national has been sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for killing a teenage guest at a New York wedding on Long Island, in 1999.

  Minister of State Joseph Harmon has had environmental issues officially added to his portfolio.

Dynamic Airways went back into action on Monday, after it left 600 passengers stranded at the Cheddi Jagan and John F.

As part of an effort to tackle crime cohesively, the Guyana Police Force yesterday handed over intelligence and information on a wide range of criminal activities to their Surinamese counterparts who were in Guyana on an exchange visit.

A 27- year old cattle farmer left the High Court last week Tuesday a free man, after a no-case submission was upheld by Justice William Ramlal.

Smart City Solutions (SCS) has begun to install parking meters around the city and the company will today demonstrate how it works.

Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Keith Scott came under fire last evening for his inability to answer several questions posed by members of the Opposition regarding a $24M allocation for an “Umbrella body,”- the Guyana National Cooperative Union Limited (GNCUL).

Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge yesterday disclosed that Ramphal House on South Road which accommodates several departments of the ministry will be pulled down next year because of its dilapidated state and a new building will be erected.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge yesterday said that while Guyana has lost faith in the UN Good Offices process as it relates to the country’s border controversy with Venezuela, it is willing to give it one last try.

The primary complaint against GPHC Matron Collene Hicks was that she was not a team player.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) on December 15 wrote President David Granger seeking his intervention in ensuring a bonus for sugar workers.

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the Renovation of the Guyana

President David Granger on Monday handed over a 30-seater bus for use by schoolchildren in the Upper Demerara community of Kwakwani and nearby areas under his ‘Five B’s’ programme.

The family of accident victim Dave Prashad have been told by doctors that he might be home for Christmas.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Embattled West Indies will spend Christmas at number eight in the ICC Test team rankings.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo secured the most votes for the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) Central Committee on Sunday, placing him in pole position to contest for the post of General Secretary (GS).

With four separate problems sparking a wave of blackouts  across the city and other areas over the last week, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday said it was doing all it could to prevent a recurrence during the upcoming holidays.