Guyana News

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) yesterday said that it had not invited Guyana to become a member of the group.

The Minister of Public Works of Suriname Dr Riad Nurmohamed will visit Guyana from tomorrow to attend the second High-Level Decision Makers (HLDM) Meeting on the planned Corentyne River bridge.

The Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) yesterday said that the complainant in the rape allegation against the Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall had not been denied legal counsel.

APNU has expressed dismay at the government’s draft Petroleum Activities Bill and said that it should address  direct spending from cost oil.

Murder accused Wayne Chester is now awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of the 2017 murder of Guyanese, French Guiana-based clothes vendor, Purcell Moore, who was shot dead during a robbery.

By Shuntel Glasgow Vendors along the popular hangout known as ‘Plaisance Line-Top’ who had been on the Railway Embankment for years were issued letters to vacate their spots within seven days for a four-lane road expansion.

The police in Region Two have confirmed that the businessman whose canter ran over and killed 13 year-old  Rovin Williams has been discharged from the hospital and is on station bail.

The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for convicted escapee, Ronaldo Parris, 23, following his flight from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara on 20th June, 2023.

Top Cop Clifton Hicken yesterday said that the police force is still to receive feedback from the DPP on the file it submitted on the rape allegation against Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall.

The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) and representatives from several district councils on Saturday met with the verifier of a controversial carbon credits scheme under which this country is to receive US$750m over 10 years with 15% of the monies to go to Indigenous communities.

Curtis Edwards and Basdeo Sukoom appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to the charge of larceny from several vehicles which they denied.

A brand new sign board was yesterday handed over to the Guyana Society for the Blind.

New York State Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar (D-AD 38) and New York City Mayor Eric Adams yesterday declared victory in the fight to designate Diwali as a school holiday in New York City.

Dr. Honnett Searwar M.B.B.S., F.R.C.S. (Ed.)  passed away on 23rd June, 2023, according to the St Joseph Mercy Hospital.

Yohance Yarris appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, to answer to the charge of robbery which he denied.

Two brothers were yesterday charged with assault causing grievous bodily harm after they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate Court before Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs.

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) on June 23, 2023, hosted a Public Open Day from 10am to 2pm at the New Amsterdam Recreational Park, Vryman’s Erven, New Amsterdam, Berbice, Region 6.

(ESPN) “I can’t really explain it,” Player of the Match Logan van Beek said after the match.

President Irfaan Ali should immediately fire Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall and simultaneously the Integrity Commission should launch an investigation into the breaches of code of conduct by the minister, former auditor general Anand Goolsarran has said.

The University of Guyana Library has received the highly prestigious Albertina Pérez de Rosa Award at the Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) 52nd conference held in Kingston, Jamaica.