Guyana News

Suriname-based airline, Fly Allways is set to launch its flights between Guyana and Canada on September 12.

Acting on information received of females being held against their will at Big Hope Backdam in Region #7,  Assistant Superintendent Chaitram and a party of police ranks from Bartica yesterday went to the area and rescued four women.

The representative of eight Indigenous villages in Region Seven wants their concerns addressed by the government without delay and not be subjected to empty promises.

Carlos ‘Beast’ Evans, who was detained by the Surinamese police since July 22, was on Thursday handed over to Guyana law enforcement, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said yesterday.

Naresh Jagnanan of Belle Plaine, Wakenaam, Region Three and student of Queen’s College was on Thursday listed as the student with the highest grade at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) examinations.

Thirty-year-old Eon Jordon of Lot 323 Sachibazaar Street, Prashad Nagar, Georgetown, appeared on Friday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where he was charged with attempting to smuggle narcotics into a penal facility.

KSM Investments recently expanded their range of offerings to include steel doors imported directly from Europe.

Hundreds of persons yesterday poured into the Guyana National Stadium to collect titles to their land.

Shawn Saunders (address not stated), appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where he was charged with the use of abusive language.

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Legal Affairs yesterday launched consultations for the revision of the Amerindian Act 2006 in St.

Natasha Neptune (address not stated) appeared virtually on Friday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where she was charged with simple larceny.

Thirty-year-old Devendra Singh of Number 65 Village, Corentyne, East Berbice, who was an inmate at the New Amsterdam Prison, died as a result of an enlarged liver, failed kidneys, and diabetes, according to a post-mortem report.

Chief of Staff (CoS) of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Brigadier Omar Khan and Staff Sergeants (SSGTs) Brian Wishart and Devendra Narine were on Friday  decorated by the Brazilian Ambassador to Guyana Maria Clara Duclos Carisio with the Brazilian Army Medal.

The New Thriving and BK quarries are among those recently awarded for their mining performance.

Sterling Products Limited on Friday recognised and rewarded 12 children of employees who successfully completed the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) this year.

By Antonio Dey The descendants of slave owner, John Gladstone yesterday offered a historic apology for slavery and indentureship here amid a small protest at the University of Guyana (UG) where a diaspora studies centre was being launched Following the reading of the apology there was an audible declaration of rejection and then protestors held placards demanding full reparations in a move that appeared to have caught the organisers of the event off guard.

By Deneita Fredericks Day two of the 2023 International Building Expo saw the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CPHA) and South Atlantic Logistics and General Services Inc for the construction of 200 3-bedroom houses at Leonora, West Coast Demerara.

Amid a standoff between Chinese Landing and the government over the encroachment of miners on its lands, the head of the indigenous village is seeking an opening on the agenda of Monday’s National Toshaos Conference to air the matter.

By Mia Anthony Yesterday’s momentous apology by the descendants of slave owner John Gladstone was not unanimously accepted by those in attendance.

There has been public consternation over an incident at the opening of the Building Expo 2023 on Thursday where  President Irfaan Ali forcefully yanks the arm of one of his young security guards and remonstrates with him.