Guyana News

As part of its drive to improve on school attendance, the Lethem Town Council plans to introduce a school bus service.

Calling on the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) Company to engage them in talks over changes in the company, GTT workers represented by the Guyana Postal and Telecommunications Workers Union (GPTWU) staged another protest yesterday.

Regan Rodrigues, who is accused of murdering political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing, on Monday once again voiced his frustration at what he maintains is a false accusation against him.

Guyana will soon have a coordinated Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) regarding oil spills, GINA said.

The man who entered a city bank on Tuesday and demanded $10M under the name of Islamic State (ISIS) before threatening to explode a bomb is expected to appear in court  today.

A 35-year-old man accused of verbally abusing his mother and threatening her over the seizure of a phone from his little sister was placed on a bond to keep the peace when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

President David Granger yesterday said that education is the best investment Governments can make in preparation for the future development of any nation.

A teenager appeared in a city court yesterday where he was remanded to prison after being accused of stealing over $300,000 in items.

The police have wrapped up their investigations into the deaths of two sisters who were crushed to death last Thursday in Kamarang, Region Seven and the file is expected to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) today for legal advice.

Three Guyanese Foreign Service officials attended the Training Workshop on Diaspora Engagement and Consular Services recently held by the Institute for Mexicans Abroad (IME) at the Mexican Consulate General in New York.

A miner accused of stealing several phones from different persons and refusing to pay for expensive taxi rides was remanded to prison when he appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Caribbean Premier League organisers have combined with online social networking service, Facebook, to broadcast all 34 games of the new season, live to 40 countries.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Caribbean Premier League organisers say they will explore pushing the increasingly popular Twenty20 tournament into Asia, as well as expanding the number of franchises involved and hosting them in North American cities.

The Ministry of Education today said that results of the National Grade Six Assessment –NGSA will be released on Tuesday, July 5, 2016.

A conference of local and diaspora stakeholders of the University of Guyana (UG) has called on the government to provide emergency funding to the institution to reverse its “imminent collapse”.

There is a “stalemate” between Gafoors and its insurance underwriters over how to proceed on a building that was damaged in the massive fire at the company’s Houston Complex last month but some reconstruction has started.

Two men were yesterday charged with stealing over $31 million in electronics belonging to Digicel Guyana Incorporated.

A man was yesterday sentenced to one year in jail after being found guilty of several offences, including dangerous driving, but he was found not guilty of causing the death of an 11-year-old child.

President David Granger on Monday said that central government’s support for the city’s measures to make itself financial sustainable would rest on transparency and the public’s interest.

A man was yesterday morning arrested after he entered a city bank and demanded $10M under the name of Islamic State (ISIS) before threatening to explode a bomb that he claimed he had on him.