Guyana News

A 47-year-old employee of Aurora Gold Mines (AGM) located in Region Seven died yesterday morning when the truck he was driving collided with another while descending a hill.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that  the inaugural CARICOM and Saudi Arabia Summit was a success and that  Riyadh and several other Middle East countries are onboard in relation to supporting Guyana in areas such as infrastructure, food security and agriculture.

The Amaya Milk Company is appealing to its customers for understanding as its milk products are currently not available on supermarket shelves due to a shipping glitch with its bottle supplier.

Feryal Khan, a small business owner from East Canje, Berbice, is the 2023 Best Graduating Student for the University of Guyana, Berbice Campus (UGBC).

Twelve-year-old, Zaleena Boyer, who died on Wednesday at the Mabaruma Hospital after being stung by a scorpion while on her way to school, was also diagnosed with pneumonia.

By Mia Anthony The daughters of the late Constable Annette Abel, the policewoman who was struck and killed at a Beterverwagting roadblock on Thursday, took time out from their mourning to share some fond memories of their mother.

A post-mortem examination  was done on November 15 on the body of Lloyd David — who died in custody at Providence Police Station, and the cause of death was given as compression to the neck as a result of hanging.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) last night said that it is satisfied that the visiting delegation from the United States of America, the Organization of World Leaders, is neither bipartisan nor objective in its purpose for visiting Guyana and, therefore, the PSC will not be meeting with it.

Police ranks, in collaboration with a private security officer, conducted an intelligence-led operation on Friday afternoon in the Grant Sand Road area at Soesdyke, where several men were seen on the road leading to the sandpit.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday officially endorsed the Declaration on Children, Youth, and Climate Action, which he said aligns with the Government of Guyana’s commitment to securing a sustainable future for its children and youth.

President Irfaan Ali says there is a publicly televised genocide taking place in Gaza which has been under attack by the Israeli army for weeks following a terrorist attack by Hamas that killed hundreds of Israeli civilians.

CARICOM and Saudi Arabia on Thursday agreed at a groundbreaking summit to work together on food and energy security though Riyadh appeared to have extracted more than the region from the meeting, according to the statement issued afterwards.

Guyanese students have once again secured outstanding results at the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC).

By Shuntel Glasgow The policewoman who died on Thursday when a drunk driver rammed into traffic cones and hit her had only recently gotten married.

The body of a missing Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara fisherman yesterday washed up on the Eversham, Corentyne foreshore after a boat mishap in the Corentyne River on Sunday. 

By Antonio Dey Discrimination, racism and economic exploitation were among the plights raised by those who turned up on Thursday at a Town Hall styled-meeting facilitated by a visiting US delegation currently in Guyana a fact-finding mission.

Some 425 Guyanese are now the holders of master’s degrees from the India-based Jain University in various disciplines, through the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) scholarship scheme.

Linden’s Mayor Sharma Solomon has expressed the municipality’s disappointment at the Local Government Commission’s (LGC) unilateral appointment of PPP/C activist Lennox Gasper as the new Town Clerk of the municipality without consulting the Linden Town Council. 

A 63-year-old pedestrian, Arnold De Santos, was crushed to death on Thursday on the Farm Track access road at Madewini, East Bank Demerara in an accident involving a motor lorry #GAD 7213 driven by a 27-year-old.

Some 190 households in Hururu, Region Ten and its satellite villages yesterday received solar panels under the government’s Solar Home Systems project, a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.