Guyana News

Ancel Lewis of Lichfield, Berbice recently turned 100 and has been hailed by the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security.

Shameer Juman, a 49-year-old labourer of 13th Avenue Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara was yesterday jailed for two years for malicious damage to property.

On October 11, 2023, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) held a ceremony to present a posthumous award to Pauline Chase and Serita Chase, daughters of the late attorney Ashton Chase SC.

Region Two Chair Vilma De Silva is requesting answers from the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) company as it relates to the frequent power outages experienced by the region.

Truck drivers at Sinohydro Corporation Limited went on a brief strike yesterday over  a delay by the company in the payment of wages.

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday said it is aware that multiple persons were seen cutting trees on the southern carriageway, opposite the Shell Gas Station at Ogle, East Coast Demerara.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors say that an Israeli private investigator used hackers to steal emails from climate activists who were campaigning against American energy giant Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N.

Drivers and passengers are being advised that Providence Road (Red Road) has been blocked off from the entrance on the East Bank Public Road up to Massy Stores.

Former Public Works Minister David Patterson yesterday said that the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) has said that it has launched a probe into the contentious $865 million Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara, pump station contract awarded to the Tepui Group.

GTT, the Ministry of Health and several non-governmental cancer support organizations are to sponsor more than 2500 free mammograms to members of the public who qualify.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government has fulfilled its promise of providing 50,000 jobs during its present term, even though it was seen by some as a “pipe dream.” 

Having raised the problem with President Irfaan Ali at a meeting on October 2nd ,teachers are continuing to press for solutions to hot classrooms.

A four-year-old boy is in hospital with a fractured skull and broken arm after he was beaten by his stepfather though his mother initially told the police that her child had fallen down.

A Corentyne man succumbed yesterday to injuries after a collision along the Corriverton Public Road just around midday.

A taxi driver of Lot 46 Eccles New Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Rhondel Weaver where he was charged with fraud.

Commander of Region Six, Shivpersaud Bacchus yesterday confirmed that two lawmen in Region Six are under close arrest over an alleged corrupt transaction.

Pulwantie Ramjan, the 56-year-old pedestrian of 69 Annandale Railway Embankment who was struck down and killed on Monday evening on the Lusignan Railway Embankment had been on an errand to buy some items to celebrate her upcoming birthday.

Former city mayor Ubraj Narine has filed a $200 million libel suit against the state-owned Guyana Chronicle, which he says has defamed him through a number of untrue articles it published.

A motor bodywork man, Gose Awad, 29, was yesterday held at Wisroc Junction in Wismar with a car which had been stolen from Lima Sands,  Essequibo Coast.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran’s lawyers are preparing to return to the court for advice on alternative action to be taken, following yesterday’s eighth unsuccessful attempt to serve Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo with papers relating to the slander lawsuit brought against him.