Guyana News

Residents of Hyde Park, Timehri, on the East Bank of Demerara have for months been experiencing issues with their potable water supply.

The Bar Council of the Bar Association of Guyana yesterday noted the passing of Justice Nandram Kissoon with deep regret.

The Government of Guyana has expended a total of $56,270,055 from its treasury to finance overseas travel for President Irfaan Ali and Vice President (VP) Bharrat Jagdeo.

Randolph Williams called ‘Travis’, a 27-year-old bartender of Cotton Field, Essequibo Coast, appeared at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Esther Sam, where he was charged with the rape of a child under 16 years.

Khadidja Ba, a 26-year-old Human Resources Officer of Crown and Oronoque streets, Queenstown, Georgetown, appeared yesterday before Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrate’s Court where she was charged with larceny.

Daniel Singh, 21, of 3rd Street, Grove, East Bank Demerara, yesterday appeared at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with break and enter and larceny committed on house of 66-year-old Prettipaul Singh of Grove Housing Scheme.

The remaining hospitalized survivor of the Sunday morning minibus accident on the Friendship, East Bank Demerara Public Road was yesterday discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital, Regional Commander, Superintendent Krishnadat Ramana said yesterday.

In the Declaration of Argyle, Guyana and Venezuela have agreed that neither will threaten or use force against the other in any circumstance.

President Irfaan Ali will now be going into the fourth part of meetings today with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro but says there is “absolutely no retreat” from Guyana’s position that the border controversy be determined at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

A meeting between President Irfaan Ali of Guyana and President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela is underway in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Following weeks of rising tension over their border controversy, Guyana and Venezuela are set for talks today in St Vincent and the Grenadines aimed at calming aggressive actions by Caracas to push its claim on this country’s Essequibo region despite an order by the World Court to desist.

The Auditor General’s Report covering the period January 1, 2018, to June 30, 2022 says that the Ministry of Education (MoE) “did not” effectively manage the Hinterland School Feeding programme rolled out in eighteen schools.

While 21,782 Venezuelan migrants have been registered  in nine administrative regions as of  July 11, 2020, the parliamentary opposition continues to question whether the government has taken any steps to modernise the associated institutional and legislative framework since 2020.

The Linden Town Council is considering litigation in response to the unilateral appointment by the Local Government Commission (LGC) of Town Clerk, Lennox Gasper.

The Region Nine council is continuing to award contracts to a blacklisted contractor.

Preliminary test results have shown that shell casings from the bullets supposedly intended for journalist, Travis Chase, have “significant similarities” with those from the gun he owns, according to the Guyana Police Force.

A 17-year-old Mabaruma resident is missing and presumed drowned after falling into the Kaituma River.

Authorities in Suriname have apprehended two suspects wanted in Guyana for the assault of a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank.

Hundreds of persons turned up to bid farewell to Lieutenant Colonel, Michael Charles at his home in Timehri, East Bank Demerara, yesterday.

An overseas-based Canadian Guyanese narrowly escaped a fire at his Number 70 Village, Corentyne house on Tuesday morning which is suspected to be a case of arson.