Guyana News

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has reclaimed control of the Buxton/Foulis Neigbour-hood Democratic Council which it lost in 2018.

Ejaz Ali Khan who had been charged with raping a shop owner three years ago, was yesterday acquitted of the offence by a jury.

Twenty-two-year-old Dexter Blair, who suffered from seizures, was yesterday morning found dead at his Lot 13 Middle Street, Buxton residence.

The Insurance Association of Guyana (IAG) and the Guyana Insurance Brokers Association (GIBA) say that the industry here has been bypassed in relation to oil and gas (O&G) services they are capable of providing.

Oil company ExxonMobil and its partners have lodged the required US$2 billion security deposit with the Environmental Protection Agency, as ordered by Guyana’s Appeal Court.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) clinched nine seats each on the Industry/Plaisance Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) at Monday’s elections and a decision looms on how the chairmanship will be decided.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security (MHSSS) is intervening to address a situation where a family was left homeless after a relative demolished their house  on Tuesday afternoon.

A fire of electrical origin completely destroyed a one-bedroom wooden house in Eversham Village, Corentyne on Tuesday leaving a family of four contemplating their next move. 

Ten new products – a variety of achars among them – have been certified ‘Made in Guyana’ by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS).

President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday said that CARICOM has the competitive advantage to position its food market as high-value and specialised.

On June 10, members of the United States Embassy and the non-governmental organization, Guyana Medical Relief, conducted a medical outreach for residents in Matthews Ridge, Region 1.

While it won a big majority of the NDCs and seven of 10 municipalities, the ruling PPP/C was easily defeated in   Georgetown and Linden where it had invested much in a high-profile campaign and attracted well- known crossovers from the main opposition APNU in a bid for a historic shift.

Joshua Parris called ‘Stewie’ of Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara has been arrested by police in relation to the murder of  Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lieutenant, Rondel Anthony Douglas.

Despite losing its bid for the township of Linden, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has made inroads in the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) stronghold.

A 13-year-old boy from Onderneeming in Region Two died after he was run over on Monday by a canter driven by the businessman he was employed with.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has managed a slim win in its stronghold of New Amsterdam, staving off an all-out campaign by the ruling PPP/C to eject it from control of the council.

The three persons who are accused of carrying out a brazen robbery at the Eureka Laboratory on Thomas Street, North Cummingsburg, were arraigned at the George-town Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) have secured an equal number of seats in the Bartica municipality in what represents a major advance for the ruling party.

A ruling is expected to be delivered soon, in the action brought by the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) against Government’s refusal to pay its $68 million monthly subvention.

Junior Public Works Minister, Deodat Indar has found himself at the centre of controversy after a video of him embroiled in a confrontation at the Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara  polling station on Monday surfaced on social media.