Guyana News

The police are investigating the killing of Yoel Valenzuela, 40, a labourer who resided at Timehri, East Bank Demerara.

The family of a 29-year-old farmer who was struck down and killed on Foulis Access Road early Sunday morning is demanding a thorough investigation.

Police are investigating the suspected drowning of miner Jerome John, 53, which occurred between Friday and yesterday, at Puttering Backdam, Middle Mazaruni River.

A fire erupted but was quickly extinguished at the Brickdam lockups yesterday after a prisoner lit a piece of toilet paper with a lighter he claimed to have found inside his cell, to deter mosquitoes that were biting him.

One month after 19-year-old Dequan Pyle was killed in the process of making peace when his sister was involved in a fight, relatives have lambasted the police for not making any serious effort to apprehend the suspect and demanded justice in a protest yesterday afternoon at Laing Avenue, Georgetown.

Veteran civil and commercial litigation attorney and one of the first Legal Aid executives Joey King SC passed away yesterday at the age of 93 after ailing for some time.

In a judgment of the High Court, the Kaieteur News (KN) has been ordered to pay $3.6 million in damages to former executive director of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington, who had sued the newspaper for defamation.

A group of farmers who are also members of the Trafalgar/Union Community Development Council (CDC) are seeking the government’s intervention to reclaim lands they say were illegally taken from them.

Enmore South Pasture will be rehabilitated into a recreational facility at a cost of $9 million to provide a safe space for families to spend leisure time. 

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Independence Street and La Parfaite Harmonie Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara about the cost of living and how it is affecting them.

While there has been a significant decrease in serious crime, there has been  an increase in road fatalities, Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken said recently, adding that the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) will be rolling out mechanisms in the coming weeks to reduce those numbers.

In what STEMGuyana believes is a “big boost” to its preparations for the upcoming international tournament in Singapore, Duke Lodge has sponsored a STEM Lab at its Duke Street, Kingston facility.

Parliament is to sit on Thursday, July 20 and the government is expected to announce who will replace former Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall as a voting member of the assembly.

The Police are investigating a report of a hit-and-run fatal accident earlier this morning at about 0130 hrs on Foulis Access Road, East Coast Demerara.

By Joseph Allen General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Coretta McDonald is of the opinion that the Government is using delay tactics to eventually award a unilateral across-the-board increase  rather than what the union would have bargained for.

Wainwright McIntosh of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) earlier this month was elected the new Mayor of New Amsterdam, while Kirk Fraser, also of APNU was elected as the deputy mayor of the town.

Four families from the communities of Good Hope and Lusignan, East Coast Demerara yesterday received keys to newly constructed, two-bedroom core homes.

Residents on the East Bank of Demerara are anxiously awaiting the return of sustained potable water supply by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) after the collapse of the well servicing their area.

More than 1500 military personnel from 21 different nations are currently here in Guyana for the US-led Caribbean security exercise, Exercise Tradewinds.

A captain whose boat was badly damaged on Tuesday morning by the turbulence caused by a cargo vessel in Port Georgetown is calling for compensation from the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD).