Guyana News

Having raised the problem with President Irfaan Ali at a meeting on October 2nd ,teachers are continuing to press for solutions to hot classrooms.

A four-year-old boy is in hospital with a fractured skull and broken arm after he was beaten by his stepfather though his mother initially told the police that her child had fallen down.

A Corentyne man succumbed yesterday to injuries after a collision along the Corriverton Public Road just around midday.

A taxi driver of Lot 46 Eccles New Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Rhondel Weaver where he was charged with fraud.

Commander of Region Six, Shivpersaud Bacchus yesterday confirmed that two lawmen in Region Six are under close arrest over an alleged corrupt transaction.

Pulwantie Ramjan, the 56-year-old pedestrian of 69 Annandale Railway Embankment who was struck down and killed on Monday evening on the Lusignan Railway Embankment had been on an errand to buy some items to celebrate her upcoming birthday.

Former city mayor Ubraj Narine has filed a $200 million libel suit against the state-owned Guyana Chronicle, which he says has defamed him through a number of untrue articles it published.

A motor bodywork man, Gose Awad, 29, was yesterday held at Wisroc Junction in Wismar with a car which had been stolen from Lima Sands,  Essequibo Coast.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran’s lawyers are preparing to return to the court for advice on alternative action to be taken, following yesterday’s eighth unsuccessful attempt to serve Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo with papers relating to the slander lawsuit brought against him.

Despite the challenges faced during their competitions, Team Guyana Robotics – an all-girls robotics team – emerged among the top 23 teams out of 191 at the First Global Challenge in Singapore which concluded on Tuesday, STEM Guyana Director Karen Abrams told Stabroek News.

Fifty-two-year-old Neil Dutchin yesterday  appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weaver at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with illegal possession of a firearm.

While October 5 was given by GAICO Construction General Services Inc as the date for recommencing the dredging of the Pomeroon River, works have not yet started.

Chief Education Officer Saddam Hussain on Tuesday directed his ire at photo-journalists for not showing sensitivity following the Mahdia dormitory fire which claimed 20 lives on May 21.

A 32-year-old labourer of Third Avenue Bartica, Raphael Schroeder, is in a serious condition at the Bartica Regional Hospital after he was stabbed in the neck by his drinking buddy yesterday morning.

The Central Immigration and Passport Office, as well as the Regional Passport Offices in Anna Regina, New Amsterdam, Springlands, Parika, Bartica, Lethem and Linden will now be open on Saturdays, beginning from Saturday 14th October, 2023 until further notice, only to facilitate the delivery of passports.

ExxonMobil yesterday received correspondence from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) notifying it that the IHS Markit audit findings of US$214 million in questionable expenses stands, and that the company should prepare financial transactions to reflect this, sources say.

By Antonio Dey Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussein, yesterday said that the regional executive and education officers of Potaro-Siparuni failed to inform the Education Ministry of deficiencies at the Mahdia secondary school dorm.

No successful cyber-espionage malware has been found on the Government of Guyana’s network according to the authority on such matters, the cybersecurity division of the National Data Manage-ment Authority (NDMA).

Charria Naitram, a 26-year-old lorry driver of Supply Village, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was yesterday charged with causing the death of a guard at Ogle by dangerous driving and placed on $1m bail.

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday sharply criticised contractor S Maraj over his failure to complete the troubled Leguan Stelling project and it declared that it won’t be bullied into paying more for a contract that has seen many variations.