Guyana News

After being swamped for several weeks, floodwaters in certain parts of the West Coast Berbice are finally receding.

The Police conducted several drug eradication exercises on Saturday along the Berbice River.

During the early morning of June 11, 2016, members of a police river patrol conducted a search on a house in the Berbice River, where they found an unlicenced single barrel shotgun and five  live twelve-gauge cartridges, the police said yesterday.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – In-form Australia opener David Warner has been ruled out of the remainder of the Tri-Nations Series with a fractured left index finger.

ORLANDO, Fla.,  (Reuters) – A gunman killed 50 people and injured 53 in a crowded gay nightclub in the tourist hub of Orlando, Florida, early on Sunday before being shot dead by police, authorities said, in what appeared the deadliest mass shooting in American history.

Diligent investigations by the police will soon result in those responsible for the murder of the Madewini mechanic, Puranand Baljit, on June 9, 2016, being brought to justice, the police said last night.

Amid growing questions about the selection of National Parking Systems (NPS)/Smart City Solutions for a city parking meters project, Deputy Mayor of Georgetown Sherod Duncan yesterday said he could not support the deal, citing, among other things, doubts about the background and capacity of the firms to undertake the venture.

Hill Foot, as its name suggests, sits at the foot of a hill.

The flooding in several Region Five villages could have been avoided if the two big pumps located at Trafalgar were not vandalised, head of the drainage authority Fredrick Flatts said, even as other communities located along the Mahaicony Creek yesterday reported major flooding.

The storage and distribution of fuel at the National Drainage and Irrigation Agency (NDIA) was characterized by mismanagement and fraud, practices so corrupt that the Minister of Agriculture should not have continued to have confidence in management, according to the report of a forensic audit.

When news began circulating that Mohamed Abdool Shameer, 58, had been involved in a boat collision in the Pomeroon River, his relatives were expecting his body to float up in three days.

The body of a road surveyor was discovered in the Berbice River yesterday afternoon.

Vulnerable groups in the Guyana penal system—women, children and indigenous people—are made to suffer undue hardships and better provisions must be made for them, according to the final report of the recently concluded Prison Commission of Inquiry (CoI).

Kean Chase has dedicated all of her adult life to fighting for the rights of children, especially those who are abused in horrific ways.

For most people with cancer, living with the disease is the biggest challenge they have ever faced.

American boxing legend Muhammad Ali was laid to rest on Friday in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, USA, and while former mayor of Georgetown Hamilton Green wished he was there to witness the moment, he holds indelible memories of the champ’s visit here in 1979.

The Guyana Learning Channel (GLC) will now be used to broadcast programmes of national interest along the lines of development support communication.

The Pan-Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) has been hailed as a best practice and regional coordination model which can be adapted to address the challenges of other public health threats.

Rice farmers from the Hogstye, Lancaster, Alness, Manchester and other areas in Corentyne, Berbice are suffering tremendously, as heavy rainfall continues, fuelling the flood situation.

With the government still to declare a plan for the ailing sugar industry, stakeholders will likely face more waiting time as a parliamentary committee is now seeking submissions on the Guyana Sugar Corporation.