Guyana News

Residents and staff at The Palms Elderly Care Facility faced an unsettling afternoon on Monday when the power went out at around 3 pm, leaving over 300 individuals in darkness for more than four hours.

Another 62 residents from Region Five were yesterday  issued Steel and Cement Housing Subsidy vouchers, each valued at $225,000, to support the construction of their homes.

Twenty residents of Massara and Toka villages in North Rupununi, Region Nine, yesterday celebrated their certification in General Building Construction and Welding and Fabrication training programmes.

Police in Regional Division Number 7 are probing the death of 56-year-old Rushik Ramkarran, known as ‘Crushal’, a labourer of Lot 37 Seventh Avenue, Bartica, whose decomposed body was found in his home yesterday.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana.

Columnist Ralph Ramkarran has called for an “entrenched, law-based, programme of supplier diversity” in view of the vast expansion of public procurement.

In remarks prior to a meeting with President Irfaan Ali at the United States Mission to the United Nations, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged support for Guyana’s territorial integrity and lauded this country’s leadership in CARICOM.

Nicholas Singh, called ‘Pookie’, a 25-year-old resident of D’Urban Street, Georgetown was arrested by Police on 16th September 2024 and charged yesterday with the murder of Natram Persaud on 31st December 2023 at Canal #2 Polder, West Bank Demerara.

At about 6.50 pm yesterday,  Terry Thorman, a 23-year-old  mason from Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara who is a suspect in two murders turned himself in at the Leonora Police Station in the presence of his attorney.

Two women were yesterday charged with attempting to murder a food vendor who in turn was charged with assaulting them.

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health Department is investigating a workplace fatality that occurred on Friday, September 20, 2024 at Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara.

President Irfaan Ali has once again called for urgent global action to address pressing worldwide issues such as poverty, climate change, food insecurity, and inequality.

Ryvan Francis, 46, was arrested on September 17th, 2024 and charged yesterday with the murder of Levoy Taljit between 23rd and 27th December 2012 at Soesdyke/Linden Highway, The accused appeared at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court #1 before Magistrate Wanda Fortune.

A group of street vendors who were recently removed from in front of Popeyes on Water Street, Georgetown, staged a protest yesterday outside the Kitty Market complex, where the Georgetown City Council statutory meetings are hosted.

The Auditor General yesterday submitted his report for  2023 on the public accounts  to the National Assembly and APNU+AFC MP Jermaine Figueira has called for its immediate release.

By Greg Quinn The greatest threat to Oil Dorado lies to the West.

A New York court Eastern District has issued a summons to One Communications (Guyana) Inc and local singer Tennicia De Freitas, known as Nekeita following the filing of a copyright infringement lawsuit by Guyanese musicians Jackie Hanover known as Jackie Jaxx, and Ivan Harry performing as D’Ivan.

Officers of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) should never hesitate to respond to reports of domestic violence, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC, said during a Gender-Based Violence (GBV) medical symposium held last Sunday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.

One week after he was involved in an accident on Lamaha Street, a 29-year-old documentation officer succumbed to his injuries on Saturday morning.

A 23-year-old man, Joshua Austin, was denied bail yesterday by Magistrate Fabayo Azore after being charged with the unlawful assault of a minor.