Guyana News

 SBM Offshore Guyana has launched a scholarship programme  geared towards providing Indigenous women with an opportunity to pursue studies in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) at the University of Guyana.

The Region Five Young Muslim Association will be holding their first Muslim Fest at the Blairmont Community Ground on Tuesday – an event that is expected to bring together the local Muslim community for a day of fun, prayers and activities.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – An unbeaten half-century from their captain Shai Hope and his unbroken fifth-wicket stand with Keacy Carty carried West Indies to a redeeming, series-levelling six-wicket win against India in the second One-day International today in Barbados.

Two men were burnt to death in an accident at Dundee, Mahaicony this morning.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) today destroyed 1090.58 kilograms (almost 2,225 pounds) of cannabis, with a street value of approximately US$2.5 million.

Declaring that it takes seriously IACHR recommendations on Chinese Landing residents, the Guyana Government last night announced a series of steps including the assembling of a multisectoral fact finding team to visit the community.

APNU+AFC Member of Parliament David Patterson appeared at Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday, before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to three charges including exposure of his genitals and was placed on $70,000 bail.

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Thursday said that the interpretation of a recent tweet by US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, that he must be more constructive is wrong.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred on  Thursday at about 7.30 pm on Broad Street and which claimed the life of a cyclist.

As part of its efforts to revolutionise patient care and healthcare operations, the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) yesterday unveiled its  Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system in the medical clinic at the hospital.

Yesterday at 7.40 pm, a Detective Inspector of Police traded gunfire with one of two men who were assaulting a  man on Hadfield Street.

Fire Chief, Gregory Wickham says the fire that swept through a section of the Charity Market in Region Two, three weeks ago, destroying twenty-nine stalls and injuring three firefighters, was electrical in origin.

Chief Justice (CJ) Roxane George SC on Thursday threw out a challenge by the GPSU to the nomination of Mohandatt Goolsarran to the Public Service Commission (PSC).

As part of the Ministry of Education’s efforts to improve education delivery, fifteen teachers from Regions One, Four, Five, Six, Nine and Georgetown completed the Drama Teachers Workshop 2023.

Jeremiah Hinds, of Lot 81 Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Georgetown and Shamar Shephard of Lot 41 Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Georgetown, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where they were charged with stealing a motorcycle.

A driver and a passenger were  on Thursday injured after the car they were in, ran off the road at Success, East Coast Demerara at approximately 2300 hours.

Yesterday at about 5.50 am,  Police Anti-Crime patrol ranks received information that the driver of motor car PAC 6822, Dexter Cameron, also known as Dexter McCalmont, age 29, of Block 22, Wismar, Linden, was carrying a firearm and large quantity of narcotics.

Sherwin Babb (address not stated) appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where he was charged with possession of narcotics.

Earlier today, Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal and Chief Executive Officer of the CHPA, Sherwyn Greaves met with representatives from the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) and the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Ltd (NICIL).

President Irfaan Ali (left), today, met with Xi Jinping, the President of the People’s Republic of China.