Guyana News

Two men who pleaded not guilty to six counts of robbery were yesterday remanded to prison and will return to Court on December 6, 2023 for statements.

The Justice Education Society, in partnership with Canada, is conducting the first-ever Senior Management Training with senior officers of the Guyana Police Force (GPF).

Muneshwers Limited has secured an order from the High Court requiring the city to remove all encumbrances from the pavement and streets surrounding its Lots 9 and 10 Water, Commerce and Longden streets premises.

Five Region Three families yesterday received core homes from the Ministry of Housing and Water.

A 16-year-old student has been charged and released on bail over the wounding of Jamal Reid of Golden Grove Secondary School, East Coast Demerara last Thursday afternoon.

A virtual award ceremony was held yesterday for the winners of the Culturally Relevant Essay Writing Competition for Hinterland schools organized by the office of the Deputy Chief Education Officer (DCEO) (Amerindian and Hinter-land Education Development).

A 20-year-old woman who allegedly stabbed her neighbour causing him bodily injuries was yesterday remanded to prison. 

President Irfaan Ali yesterday accepted the Letters of Credence from the Non-Resident High Commissioner of Mauritius to Guyana, Purmanund Jhugroo at the Office of the President on Shiv Chanderpaul Drive.

The first batch of 32 participants from Region Nine has graduated from a two-week Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Hub Managers’ course.

 (Reuters) – The government of Belize suspended diplomatic ties with Israel today, citing what it described in a statement as “unceasing indiscriminate bombing in Gaza” as Israeli forces attack Hamas militants in the Palestinian enclave.

ExxonMobil started production today at Payara, Guyana’s third offshore oil development on the Stabroek Block A release from the company said that this will bring total production capacity in Guyana to approximately 620,000 barrels of oil per day.

The government of Suriname has not yet issued the 150 SK fishing licences to Guyanese fishermen, which were promised in 2021 following an agreement between the two countries, and Guyana’s Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha said he is disappointed.

Thirty-two-year-old Romona Lall, who was found with multiple stab wounds about her body in a room at Sunset Hotel, Kitty on Sunday, had left Essequibo on Friday to accompany her husband to pick up his car in Berbice and checked into the hotel with him, her traumatised family has said.

Ashmin Mahadeo who was shot on October 1 at her Williamsburg, Corentyne house, succumbed last evening at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.

A pedal cyclist was killed last evening after he was struck by a car on the public road at Beehive, East Coast Demerara, while returning home from completing an errand at a nearby shop.

The charred remains discovered in a torched car at Swan Village, Linden-Soesdyke Highway on Sunday are suspected to be Nirvana Algu of Bel Air, who is reportedly missing.

Police yesterday said a 56-year-old man allegedly took his life by hanging at the Providence Police Station hours after he was arrested based on a report of sexual assault of a minor made by his wife.

A fire of unknown origin on Sunday night completely destroyed a two-storey wooden and concrete storage bond at Third Street, Alexander Village, Georgetown.

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) has written to Opposition Member Ganesh Mahipaul seeking clarification on his request to investigate several multimillion-dollar contracts.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is adamant that Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo ignorantly spoke of matters relating to trade unions when he posited that they were making unrealistic demands and politically aligned to the opposition.