Guyana News

Prince Sinclair, a 36-year-old resident of Stanleytown in New Amsterdam, Berbice, was arrested on Wednesday and is slated to appear in court today to answer to several charges following an incident around 12:30 hrs on Wednesday on Main Street, New Amsterdam.

The Hard Rock Café has apologised over a menu item titled “Blood Over the River.”

Up to August this year, the Ministry of Labour conducted 407 inspections in Region Six  and only around 53% of businesses were found to be in compliance.

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health’s Disability and Rehabilitation Services hosted a graduation ceremony for persons living with disabilities who have completed the Vocational Skills Training Programme.

First Bauxite LLC which has bauxite mining operations at Bonasika has a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the helm.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) today apologised to customers in Bartica for the recent service interruptions.

At about 9.30 pm yesterday, Inspector George, Sergeant Saul, Sergeant Wilburgh, Corporal Marks, Detective Constable Whyte and four other ranks were on a ‘Road Block’ exercise on the public road at Whim, Corentyne Berbice.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) issued a statement today to provide clarity on the ongoing process of venue selection for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup scheduled to take place in the Caribbean and USA in June 2024.

The parliamentary opposition led by Aubrey Norton met yesterday with US Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and the black congressional caucus at Capitol Hill, Washington DC, USA, where they said issues such as discrimination and racism against Afro-Guyanese were discussed.

By Antonio Dey The government’s evasiveness in engaging the GPSU on the collective bargaining process is discomforting as public servants continue to migrate said the union’s President Patrick Yarde yesterday at a press briefing.

`I do not accept the GPF’s apology nor do I believe them.

Fifteen new tourism products were launched yesterday by the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA).

President Irfaan Ali and senior members of his Government held bilateral discussions yesterday with Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Climate Envoy, Adel Ahmed al-Jubeir and his team at State House.

One of two men who had been accused of raping a 15-year-old girl, is now awaiting sentencing after a jury found him guilty as charged of sexually assaulting the teenager back in 2020.

Aleebia London, a 27-year-old unemployed man from Second Street, Kaneville, East Bank Demerara was yesterday remanded to prison over  a robbery at a GTT outlet.

Six years after the allegation had been levelled against him, Osafo Swain has been cleared of a charge of attempting to take the life of Ewart Blair, who he was alleged to have shot.

High winds recently damaged the roof of the Kurupukari Police Outpost, prompting a Men On Mission (MOM) team comprising various stakeholders to rebuild the roof, a release from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said.

The case against a Vigilance Squatting Area man accused of firing a gun with intent at a woman was yesterday dismissed after the complainant said she did not wish to proceed.

At about 2 yesterday afternoon, acting on information received, Sergeant Singh and other Police ranks from Regional Division 4B went to Timehri, East Bank Demerara, where they found a white Toyota Premio motor car (Registration # PPP 5742), abandoned near a cemetery, with everything intact.

Chartered accountant and attorney Christopher Ram has accused ExxonMobil of engaging in dodgy accounting pertaining to sums received from oil company, Shell and its current partners, CNOOC and Hess.