Guyana News

Ahmad Ally, a 37-year-old joiner of Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara, was arrested earlier this month following the circulation of a video on social media of two Venezuelan nationals being coerced to say they were thieves and then instructed to strip naked and walk down the road.

Days after his partner died from a gunshot wound Berbice engineer, Neil Madramootoo, was today charged and remanded for her with the murder at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.

Declaring that absolutely nothing—not even the Court—can prevent its referendum planned for December 3rd, Venezuela’s resolute position is that Guyana’s county of Essequibo belongs to it, and it is prepared to fully defend its sovereignity.

With only 55% of women in the labour force compared to 78% for men, there is a dire need for females to access economic opportunities, says First Lady Arya Ali.

Responding to criticisms of his management in the wake of the unauthorised bid to reduce questionable expenses by ExxonMobil,  Minister of Natural Re-sources, Vickram Bharrat on Tuesday cited his inexperience and that of the Head of the Petroleum Unit,  Gopnauth ‘Bobby’ Gossai.

With 40 days until Christmas, the GPF yesterday pledged increased boots on the ground and acknowledged that murders are up this year by 23.1% compared to the same period last year.

The Guyana Police Force has said that aided by CCTV cameras from the Sunset Hotel, the prime suspect in the murder of Ramona Lall is her husband Sadesh Appadu.

Sixty-two joint replacement surgeries were successfully performed on 50 patients, between last Friday and Monday, by an international medical and surgical team under the auspices of the Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach (WOGO) at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), a press release from the GPHC said yesterday.

JAKARTA (Reuters) — U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil is planning to invest up to $15 billion in a petrochemical project and carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities in Indonesia, President Joko Widodo said in a presidential palace statement last night.

Dear Editor, It is with great disappointment that I address the recent unilateral announcements made by President Irfaan Ali on salary and one off cash grants for public sector workers.

Yet another school altercation has resulted in a student having to receive medical attention.

Terrence Stewart,  a 45-year-old farmer of Triumph, East Coast Demerara, was arrested on 2023-11-09 and charged on Tuesday by ranks of the Beterverwagting Police Station with two counts of Possession of Narcotics for the Purpose of Trafficking.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) on Sunday, November 12, 2023, responded to an emergency special service at Lot 96 Back Half Second Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara, where a tree had fallen on a two-story wooden and concrete building owned by Sandra Timothy of Lot 96 Front Half, Second Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara.

The police are on the hunt for five Venezuelan men who allegedly attacked and chopped a 46-year-old taxi driver of Naamyrck Parika, East Bank Essequibo.

President Irfaan Ali has arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the first CARICOM-Saudi Arabia Summit.

Calling the referendum which Venezuela intends to hold on December 3rd, over its claim to Essequibo, an “existential threat ” to its sovereignty and territorial integrity, Guyana yesterday argued at the ICJ in the Hague that Caracas was seeking to evade the jurisdiction of the court and its acts of aggression are intended to lay the path for annexation.  

Having taken control of the lands and assets of the Australian company which left its Region Seven mining site without notice and owing royalties to the state, the Government of Guyana yesterday said it has begun distributing small claims to local miners.

A 14-person delegation from the United States of America – including state legislators – arrived here on Monday to review allegations of racism, discrimination and human rights violations and will be visiting various communities.

Neil Madramootoo who was charged last month with the attempted murder of his fianceé, Ashmin Mahadeo, yesterday turned himself into the police after Mahadeo succumbed at the New Amsterdam Hospital on Monday evening.

By Joseph Allen Residents of the town of Mahdia in Region Eight are complaining about the current state of a $60 million road project, which had a completion deadline close to a year ago.