Guyana News

A row between the Linden Mayor and Town Council and a man who constructed a washroom at the Wisroc car park has been settled.

Public and private sector stakeholders on Tuesday engaged in consultations on institutional strengthening of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and the need for adequate financing was raised.

Selina Ramotar, the woman who was stabbed several times by the father of her child, has been discharged from the hospital, a city court was told on Friday.

Thirty-five students were on Friday presented with certificates of participation after completing a one-week Annual Children’s Heritage Awareness Pro-gramme that was conducted by the National Trust of Guyana.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies were facing a pivotal third day of the second Test against India after opener Lokesh Rahul struck his third Test century to help the tourists tighten their grip on the contest at Sabina Park here Sunday.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament is proposing the following five persons to compose the long-awaited Public Procurement Commission (PPC): Emily Dodson, Carol Corbin, Sukrishnalall Pasha, Ivor B.

Officials from Long Jiang Forest Industries Group are expected in Guyana next month for a ‘fact-finding mission’ as it seeks to fully take over the operations of logging firm Baishanlin whose operations have ground to a halt.

Photos by Joanna Dhanraj   Just about 500 people live in Huis T’ Dieren, a bright and beautiful little village on the Esse-quibo Coast.

The economy was sluggish throughout the first of the year, according to Chairman of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Robin Stoby.

A young couple who recently moved into their home at Lot 139 Gangaram Village, East Canje and took over a grocery shop, is now fearful after bandits early yesterday morning held a gun to their four-year-old daughter and threatened abduction, while robbing them.

No Guyanese envoy will remain head of the same mission for more than three years, according to President David Granger.

Following complaints by the residents of Linden that sand and loam were being removed illegally from the region, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman on Wednesday stated that the Guyana Geology and Mines Com-mission (GGMC) was not doing enough to monitor movement of the two materials as “people are literally trucking them away.”

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) last Thursday ordered that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) pay $5.7 million in damages to a pedal cyclist who was struck down by a company-owned truck in 1997, resulting in him sustaining serious injuries and loss of income.

Human rights activism might be the more politically correct term to describe Joel Simpson’s fight against injustices across society and in his heart that is what he does, but to be called a gay rights activist helps him to shine a light on one of the most marginalized and at times even self-loathed group in our country.

Country Director of the ExxonMobil Corporation Jeff Simons on Wednesday indicated that there would be greater involvement of locals in its operations as the company moves forward.

Some of Bartica’s major roads are slated to be repaired and Mayor Gifford Marshall says the Town Council will be looking towards limiting their use by heavy-duty vehicles.

A post-mortem examination performed on the body of John Fernandes Limited stevedore Orin Morris revealed that he died as a result of blunt trauma to the head.

The University of Guyana Medical School (UGMS) is “on stream” to being reaccredited, according to Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences Dr.

It has been a little more than three months since Mohamed and Jamilla Munir were burnt to death in their Good Hope, East Bank Essequibo home, and their eldest child fears the family will never get answers since their killers are still roaming the streets freely.

A two-vehicle smash-up, involving a Toyota Raum and a water delivery Canter truck yesterday morning at Sheriff Street has left four persons, including a toddler, injured.