Guyana News

By Deneita Fredericks The critical role of females  in forest conservation and management was one of the issues highlighted at a workshop on Friday that homed in on gaps in gender equality in forest-dependent communities.

As part of its ongoing 30th anniversary celebrations, retail home furnishing giant, Courts, has awarded a number lucky customers with prizes at all their branches across the country.

A speeding ambulance heading in the direction of Skeldon yesterday afternoon slammed into a motor car along the Corentyne highway however there were no reported injuries. 

Kayum Khan, a 40-year-old unemployed man of Grove Sea Dam, East Bank Demerara, was charged on Friday with break and enter and larceny and jailed for six months after pleading guilty.

The Guyana National Reserve on September 27 welcomed a new Commandant and bid farewell to Colonel Trevor Bowman, following his early retirement.

Ongoing rehabilitation work at the Albion Community Centre Ground. The ground is being upgraded to an international standard facility, according to a brief statement from the Ministry of Finance.

Seven months after Courts Guyana announced its intention to construct a 50,000 square foot multi-complex facility at Farm, East Bank Demerara, full approval has not been granted by the authorities.

By Shabna Rahman The West Central Mall was opened yesterday with the Executive Director, Hemraj Albert stating that it was much needed in Region 3 and he was glad to contribute to its development.

Optique Vision Care is a local eye care company that was established in 2013 and ten years later is a success story with five branches and a sixth to be opened soon.

Following the violent storm in a farm at Jawalla Village, Region Seven, that claimed the lives of three women on Thursday afternoon, the weather conditions improved enough yesterday  for the four injured persons to be airlifted to Georgetown for further medical attention.

Guyana yesterday continued to push back against efforts by Venezuela for direct talks over their border controversy amid an escalation from Caracas which has signalled plans for a referendum on the matter.

Prince Sinclair, who was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly drove into, injured, and used a series of expletives against Police Constable Daniel Fredricks in New Amsterdam, was yesterday slapped with twelve charges.

The CCJ Academy for Law yesterday announced the selection of 48 regional lawyers to be recognised as luminaries and among them are eight from Guyana including Senior Counsel Rex McKay.

Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton and his team on Tuesday met with representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington DC.

A new Shell gas station is now open for business at Lot AB Plantation in Enmore on the East Coast of Demerara.

Social media personality Mikhail Rodrigues, popularly known as “Guyanese Critic,” has had contempt proceedings brought against him for failing to pay some four million dollars in rent owed to his previous landlord.

A shooting that occurred on Thursday at about 6.45 pm on Freeman Street, East Ruimveldt, George-town has left two women injured with the suspect yet to be arrested.

Jairo Medina Hernandes, a 35-year-old Venezuelan, was yesterday charged with murder committed on Estepanie Gracia on September 22 at Mosapai Backdam, Wenamu River, Region Seven.

Dozens of Venezuelans who were arrested on Thursday at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo after they arrived with a boat were all released around 1 am yesterday. 

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand today commissioned the new building for the Haslington Nursery School on the East Coast of Demerara.