Guyana News

After being chopped by a fellow worker at a mining camp, a hospitalised miner is now seeking help to contact his family.

The Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (CCCC) is set for the grand opening of the 12th annual Berbice Expo and Trade Fair tomorrow.

Tenders were opened on Tuesday for the construction of an access road to a site on the highway, which will house derelict vehicles among other projects.

Three medical personnel from the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) will be heading to Argentina on August 23 to partake in capacity building exercises focused on Quality Management and Control in the area of blood banking.

Science students from the University of Guyana and Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas were afforded an opportunity to learn about enhancing capacities to support the oil and gas sector.

In recognition of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples which was celebrated on August 9, Food for the Poor (Guyana) Inc (FFP) donated a wide variety of clothing and bed sheets to the Amerindian Hostel.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson stormed to victory in the women’s Olympic 200 metres final with a time of 21.78 seconds on Wednesday to complete the Games sprint double.

Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 0515h.

Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 1300h.

Police are investigating a reported Robbery under Arms committed on Mark English 31 years, of 992 Providence, E.B.D,

This year’s top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) performer is Fatima Karim of St Rose’s High.

There were “systemic failures at all levels” and the persons in charge of the Drop-In Centre (DIC) are collectively responsible for the state of affairs that led to the deaths of two young brothers in a fire at the centre in July, a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) has found.

Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Six Dr Veerasammy Ramayya has resigned his position citing “unbearable” circumstances as the reason and has also signalled his intentions to resign from the Alliance For Change (AFC).

A garbage collection strike looms because of City Hall’s failure to pay its service providers over $250 million in debt to date.

Three years after she lost her right arm in a brutal attack that also claimed the lives of her two children, Nazalena Natasha Houston recently returned to Guyana from the US with her new prosthetic limb.

A La Parfaite/Harmonie man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was accused of having ganja for trafficking Shawn Koulen, 41, appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore where he was read a charge which stated that on August 11 at the Georgetown Prison, he had 400 grammes of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.

Yesterday’s heavy rains did not prevent workers of the LBI and Enmore sugar estates from once again protesting in front of the Ministry of Presidency against the merging of the two entities as well as poor working conditions.

Several sections of the city suffered from flooding as a result of persistent rainfall during Monday night and yesterday morning.

Two men yesterday disappeared leaving behind a bag containing 15 pounds of marijuana at Sandvoort, West Canje, Berbice.

The police are expected to seek legal advice today in relation to laying of charges against the three persons who allegedly murdered 13-year-old Daveanand Sanichar on Sunday night.