Guyana News

A man, his wife and their three children are in need of help after a fire of unknown origin gutted their home in Lesbeholden, Black Bush Polder.

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is seeking legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to determine if charges should be instituted against persons implicated in an alleged fraud committed during the construction of the New Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) headquarters.

A man who was allegedly caught with an unlicenced firearm and matching ammunition in the Palmyra area was remanded to prison on Monday.

The Ministry of Business yesterday said that consultations were held with stakeholders in January this year on the importation of frozen chicken.

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the rehabilitation of the Wakenaam Stelling.

The mother of a missing Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara teenager is seeking the public’s help to ensure her safe return home.

Guyana and Chile on Wednesday signed an Open Skies Air Services Agreement and a Reciprocal Visa Abolition Agreement at the Palacio de la Moneda, the seat of the President of Chile in Santiago.

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) will soon be approving regulatory guidelines for the debarment of those contractors who have failed to perform.

A 60-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with being in possession of over 50 pounds of ganja.

Cabinet meetings will be held at the Officers Mess at GDF Headquarters at Camp Ayanganna until repairs are done to the Ministry of the Presidency.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition-led National Assembly voted today to open a political trial against President Nicolas Maduro for violating democracy, but the socialist government dismissed the move as meaningless.

Britain’s Prince Harry will visit Guyana on December 2-4 as part of a Caribbean tour.

(Reuters) – Leg spinner Yasir Shah took six wickets to bowl out West Indies for 322 as Pakistan won the second test by 133 runs in Abu Dhabi and secured an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan is once again advocating for citizens and businesses to move away from the use of cash to debit and credit cards and cheques for their transactions, while saying that it has been proven to result in a significant drop in crime.

An Ithaca Village teenager died on Sunday night after an unsecured wooden pallet in the back of a Canter where he was riding shifted and hit him in the face, pitching him off the moving vehicle.

The Woodlands Hospital is moving to revolutionize Guyana’s capabilities in the area of infectious disease testing, specifically with regard to the Zika virus, with the introduction of high-performance and cost-effective molecular diagnostic testing equipment.

Two City Constables were yesterday morning attacked in the Bourda Constabulary Outpost after apprehending a suspected bandit.

Mayor Patricia Chase-Green has labelled the manner in which the Auditor General (AG) and the Ministry of Communities have gone about investigating City Hall’s spending of a $300 million government subvention as “unprofessional and disrespectful.”

Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan has criticised former president Bharrat Jagdeo’s recent comments on crime, while warning that they could give ominous support to criminal elements.

A Greenwich Park, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) mother of three who was stabbed several times about her body in a violent attack by her former partner, lost her battle for life 44 days later.