Guyana News

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday said it is probing a video that shows a soldier in uniform being beaten by a man.

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Andre Ally on Friday undertook an  inspection of the ongoing $1.7b construction project at the New Amsterdam Prison.

Martin Chungong, Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) reported at the 147th IPU Assembly in Luanda, Angola, that Venezuela remains suspended from the institution as there remain questions concerning the legitimacy and recognition of the two competing Parliaments in the country.

SBM Offshore Guyana yesterday announced that Kimberly Kenyon and Graziella Abraham have been awarded scholarships to pursue their tertiary education in varying engineering fields at the University of Guyana for the academic year 2023/2024.

Scores of former Omai Gold Mines Limited (OGML) employees, accompanied by their spouses, gathered in Georgetown and Linden from September 29  to  October 1st to reminisce on their years of working at Guyana’s first and South America’s largest open pit gold mine.

A pedestrian on Wednesday survived an early morning encounter with a Guyana Police Force (GPF) vehicle when it reversed and ran over her.

The barge that recently crashed into the Berbice Bridge is  connected to a well-known company and was at the time stockpiling sand below the Canje Bridge.

Twenty-two-year-old Joffel Braithwaite appeared on Friday before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with armed robbery.

Another set of families were able to receive keys to their new low-income homes on Friday, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) said.

Ulrick Edwards appeared on Friday before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court after he was charged with break and enter and larceny.

Carrol Lynette Skeete, a 62-year-old woman whose 105 Temple Street, Goed Fortuin Housing Scheme home was completely destroyed by a fire that was said to have been started by a fluctuating electricity supply is seeking help from the government to rebuild.

Keino Pluck, 18, of Lot 109 Second Street, Silvertown, Linden, appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday where he was charged with larceny.

Keymis Harris, a 34-year-old labourer of Grove (seadam), East Bank Demerara, was arrested on Wednesday and charged on Friday with felonious wounding committed on Jamal Yusuf on October 22nd, 2023, at Grove.

As breast cancer awareness month comes to a close, teachers and students in the Woolford Avenue area on Friday turned out in their numbers to show support to those fighting the disease and in honour of those who lost the battle.

Up to press time, the GFS was battling a large wildfire at Rome on the East Bank of Demerara that has consumed two 30-acre lots and is posing a threat to lives in the area.

The long-serving GTI got a huge boost yesterday when a $200m technical centre largely funded by former student Ken Subraj was handed over.

The Sheriff Group of Companies yesterday turned the sod at Palmyra, Region Six, for a mall – the first of its kind to be built in Berbice.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has announced that orthopaedic services that once required a charge will now be provided free of cost.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday met with a high-level delegation of New York State officials and a statement from his office later said that “constructive discussions” were held.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday accepted the Letters of Credence from Dr Amit Shivkumar Telang, accrediting him as India’s new High Commissioner to Guyana.