Guyana News

Vice President (VP) Bharrat Jagdeo has filed a $5m libel suit against Facebook personality Byron Mackintosh, known as “Bryan Max,” who he says has falsely accused him of orchestrating to take his, (Max’s) life.

Twenty-year-old Yogeshwar Raghubir and 30-year-old Rajindra Persaud yesterday appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charge of larceny.

Even as contractors move  ahead with infrastructure works in sections of the Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, Housing scheme, the first batch of allottees yesterday morning participated in a lot identification exercise.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips has assured Guyana Defence Force (GDF) veterans of his government’s support.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) today warned against a fake notice which said that it was engaged in recruitment.

New Garden Street and Oronoque Street in Queenstown are undergoing upgrades in keeping with commitments made by President Irfaan Ali at an outreach two weeks ago, according to a release today from the Ministry of Public Works.

A female police rank was struck down and killed at the Beterverwagting Police Station while performing duties last night.

With a delegate’s congress now planned for the first quarter of next year, PPP General Secretary  Bharrat Jagdeo says that any decision to depart from the party’s founding Marxist-Leninist ideology will be a decision for members of that body.

Twelve-year-old Zaleena Boyer died on Wednesday at the Mabaruma Hospital after she was stung by a scorpion while on her way to school.

GuyExpo 2023 has returned after a seven-year hiatus and will be providing opportunities to businesses in Guyana.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Guyana (AMCHAM Guyana) has signed a  Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Bilateral Chamber of Commerce, headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Berbice engineer, Neil Madramootoo, was yesterday charged with the murder of his partner, Ashmin Mahadeo, and remanded to prison when he appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.

A Williamsburg Village, Corentyne man died after the motor lorry he was returning home in slammed into another lorry along the Foulis Public Road, West Coast Berbice on Tuesday afternoon.

Seized mining equipment belonging to several small miners in the 14 Miles Issano District was returned on Tuesday November 14, following the intervention of David Daniels, Chairman of the Small Miner’s Association Guyana Inc.,

A West Coast Berbice pensioner and her two sons are now homeless and contemplating their next move after a fire completely destroyed their home on Tuesday afternoon at Number 12 Village.

A US-based man reappeared virtually at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday before acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus in relation to the charge of illegal possession of a firearm and was granted bail.

A fire of unknown origin on Wednesday destroyed a two-storey wooden and concrete building owned by 44-year-old, Glen Valentine, rendering its occupants,  Valentine and Melissa Charles, homeless.

Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha recently met with the newly accredited Non-Resident Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to Guyana  Saksee Phromyothi.

Last Wednesday at his Brickdam Headquarters, Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony received a courtesy call visit from Mount Sinai Health Sytem.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips (right), who is performing the functions of President, met with the Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of the Republic of Korea, Dr Jong-Kyu Park, today, at the Office of the Prime Minister on Camp Street.