Guyana News

Investors from Brazil yesterday met Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest), Owen Verwey, to explore investment opportunities in Guyana’s economy, GINA said.

A mother is pleading for the public’s help to find her mentally-ill son, who she has been unable to find since August.

Patraj Singh, the father who reportedly wounded his stepson on Sunday night on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, says he cannot remember the events that landed them both in the hospital.

President David Granger yesterday committed Guyana to honouring the terms of  the Paris Agreement on climate change and said his government would pursue the establishment of a Green State.

At the continuation of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Clifton Gibson, Linton Eastman and Stancy Rodney, the men accused of killing Rubis accountant Jason Cort, the aunt of the deceased yesterday testified.

A 52-ft statue of Hindu deity Lord Hanuman was unveiled on the Essequibo River island of Leguan on November 6.

On November 9, 2016 eighteen specially selected commercial customers of Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited graduated from training on business management skills and other areas A release from Republic Bank said that the programme forms part of the Bank’s annual initiatives targeted towards Small and Medium Enterprises and is done in collaboration with the University of West Indies’ Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business.

An unidentified male who drew a loaded firearm at police ranks responding to a report of larceny of sheep, was fatally shot by one of the ranks with a service revolver, about 0620h.

The sugar union GAWU today said it opposes divestment of the Skeldon sugar estate.

MARRAKESH, Morocco,  (Reuters) – France and the United Nations today stepped up warnings to U.S.

The Mayor and Councillors of the Georgetown last evening voted to ask the central government for a $600 million “bailout” to pay creditors and meet expenses.

A businesswoman and her lover are now dead after they brutally stabbed each other during an argument on Sunday evening at Ekereku Hill Top, Kamarang.

Three men, including an ex-police officer, were yesterday held with a pistol after they led police on a brief high speed chase in a vehicle outfitted with a fake licence plate.

The new vessel that is being procured by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure will have a capacity to hold almost 280 persons and 14 cars.

With GPL set to finish replanting its cable to reconnect the Vreed-en-Hoop power station with its Kingston facility, a longtime mechanical and electrical engineer says that the utility should have found a new path as it is at risk of being damaged again.

The recently-held Guyana Coconut Festival has been deemed a success as more people are expressing interest in cultivation that could boost the revival of the industry.

Seeking an increase in public support and trust, the Guyana Police Force officially launched its annual Christmas Policing Plan yesterday with the safety of citizens and the smooth flow of traffic as the main priorities.

President David Granger is not worried about the deportation of illegal immigrants under a Donald Trump administration as long as government is provided with enough information to handle those who may have committed violent crimes.

The woman who allegedly rented that car that was used as the gateway vehicle in last Wednesday’s armed robbery at the home of PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee was yesterday handed over to the police by a civilian.

A Liliendaal youth was on Sunday evening shot in the foot by two bandits, who robbed him of his motorbike and other property in the vicinity of ‘B’ Field, Sophia.