Guyana News

A fire that was caused by a leaking hose on a gas cylinder last Friday destroyed a bar at 270 Tabatinga, Lethem, Region Nine, leaving three persons homeless.

In an effort to help equip students with the necessary skills to survive and thrive in an increasingly data-driven world, the Bureau of Statistics hosted sixteen students from secondary schools across Georgetown at its first-ever Data Science Camp, a release from the Bureau informed yesterday.

President Irfaan Ali today met with the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,  Tony Blair at State House.

Commander of Region Six, Shivpersaud Bacchus this morning confirmed that the persons who were last week arrested in connection with the brutal murders of Melissa Arokium and her eight-year-old son, Anthony Arokium are no longer in custody.

The Ministry of Health has launched a complaints hotline where persons who did not receive satisfactory service or were told prescribed drugs were not available at health centres or hospital pharmacies can now call, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony has announced.

Stenson Roland, a 35-year-old miner was stabbed to death on Saturday night at a shop at Imbaimadai Landing while imbibing.

Three men died in a four-vehicle accident at Unity, Mahaica on Saturday night and two others were injured.

Four teenagers died after their car collided yesterday morning with a parked motor lorry on Resource Public Road, Canal # 2 Polder, West Bank Demerara (WBD).

The Upper Mazaruni District Council (UMDC) is expressing its support for the Chinese Landing Village’s call for the implementation of the recent decision by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in its favour.

Police are investigating an accident involving two motorcycles that occurred just after midnight yesterday on the No.

The Protected Areas Commission (PAC) on Saturday opened a new office at 56 Commercial Block, Lethem, Region Nine.

The University of Guyana (UG) says  that it has taken a number of steps to strengthen the management of sports programmes at the university, a release from the institution stated on Saturday.

An off-duty police constable was shot and robbed of a gold chain and other valuables and a Chinese businessman was relieved of an undisclosed amount of cash during an armed robbery at a supermarket on Saturday night at Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara.

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal and Bebi Oosman Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in the areas of Lesbeholden, Mibicuri, Johanna and Yakusari in Black Bush Polder about the cost of living and how it is affecting them.

Still to be paid court costs they were awarded after the High Court ruled in their favour dismissing the challenge to the passage of the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill; Speaker of the National Assembly, its Clerk and the Parliament Office have threatened legal action.

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has launched the first ever magazine that focusses on the sector.

Eight young persons have died in three accidents last night and this morning at Unity, Mahaica, Canal No 2 Polder, West Bank Demerara and No.

More than nine months after the passage of the Constitution Reform Bill and public skepticism that it is committed to the process, the PPP/C government is still to establish the commission which is to steer national consultations.

Despite several unresolved issues relating to the proposed Gas-to-Shore project, the laying of pipelines has begun on the West Bank of Demerara.

The Guyana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (GMICS) 2019-2020 assessment of males and females across Guyana has found that many persons still believe that there are justifiable reasons for males hitting or beating their partners, with lower percentages vindicating actions such as burning food but increasing numbers if that partner believed that they were being cheated on.