Guyana News

The Chinese investors who were supposed to arrive in the country last month to conduct due diligence for the takeover of controversial logging company Baishanlin have not come, several officials have said.

A woman is feared dead after a boat capsized on Saturday afternoon in the Puruni River, Region 7.

Proposals for constitutional reform should come from the people following widespread consultations, President David Granger has reiterated though he has not given a timeline as to when he expects this to be accomplished.

Constant clashes between the Office of the Regional Chairman of Region One (Barima/Waini) and the Regional Executive Officer (REO) Leslie Wilburg, may see the REO facing a no-confidence motion.

A fire yesterday morning gutted the recently renovated Friendship, East Bank Demerara home of a restaurateur leaving millions in losses.

Heavy rainfall continues to slow the draining of floodwater from the Mahaicony Creek as the MMA-ADA has exhausted all of its options in assisting with the situation.

A woman from Lot 5, Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam was beaten and robbed yesterday at her home by three men.

OAKLAND, Calif.,  (Reuters) – LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Golden State Warriors 93-89 in Game Seven last night to win their first NBA championship and complete a remarkable comeback unlike any seen before.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Rain has forced the abandonment of the seventh game of the Tri-Nations Series between Australia and South Africa at Kensington Oval here today.

About 10:20h. today, police at Springlands received information that a person who is wanted for questioning in relation to several offences, was in a house at Scottsburg.

A 15-year-old boy is now hospitalized after he was shot to his head in a daring daylight robbery today.

A gold miner was yesterday morning brutally stabbed to death in front of his Sophia home, by his brother who was described as a troublemaker, during an argument about entry into the family’s shop.

Story and photos by Joanna Dhanraj   Aurora on the Essequibo Coast is divided two sections: Aurora Estate and Aurora Village.

A father of two was yesterday morning electrocuted while attempting to connect a water pump in front his Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home.

Government is looking to implement recommendations made in the Prison Commission of Inquiry (CoI) report at the earliest opportunity but this will depend largely on when they are discussed at the level of Cabinet.

Two years after it promised some 400 luxury homes on its 100-acre gated community at Providence, work on the Baishanlin owned housing project dubbed the New Life Community has come to a halt and its realtor says she is no longer representing the company.

When Beverley Ann Munesar found out last year that she had breast cancer, she accepted it as a challenge that she was prepared to fight and win.

At 17 years old, Michael (not his real name) is very optimistic about his future and he has vowed to make himself an honest man and to be a real father to any children he might ever have, even though all of the odds seem to be stacked against him.

The new semester will bring many changes at the University of Guyana (UG) as Professor Ivelaw Griffith, its tenth vice chancellor, has unveiled his 12-point plan that is aimed at building a wider portfolio of resources for the university.

Despite numerous calls for action to be taken again those found culpable of wrongdoing at State agencies which was unearthed during forensic audits, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan has hinted that the police may not be called in and said that the Boards of the entities involved need to take charge.