Guyana News

A New Amsterdam, Berbice man was on Saturday busted with 54.790 kilograms of cannabis during an anti-crime patrol by ranks from the Mahaica Police Station.

Queen’s College (QC) student Vasanna Persaud was yesterday named as Guyana’s Youth Environmental Speaker.

Chief Scientist at the Guyana Rice Develop-ment Board (GRDB) Dr Mahendra Persaud was on Saturday inducted as a 2023 Anthony N Sabga Awards Carib-bean Excellence Laureate for his contribution to Science and Technology in agriculture.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 18-year-old Henry Williams, a labourer of Busby Dam, Craig, East Bank Demerara which occurred on 3rd June, 2023 at about 11 pm.

Forty-six-year-old Kwesi Lewis appeared virtually at the Magistrate’s Court in Georgetown yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus to answer to charge over a fraudulent promise of a US visa.

Twenty-five Guyana Water Inc (GWI) plant operators from across the country recently graduated from a rigorous upskilling programme designed by the company.

Michael Greenspon, President of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA), and Gabriela Vivanco, President of the Executive Committee, are seeking those interested in the position of Executive Director at the organization.

Virjanand Narain of Suriname appeared today before Magistrate Renita Singh at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of possession of 66.9 grammes of ecstasy and 101.5 grammes of hashish aka cannabis resin for the purpose of trafficking.

The Police say that at about 9.20 pm yesterday on the Mon Repos Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD),  motorcar PMM 9156 driven by a 48-year-old male of Helena #1 Mahaica, ECD fatally struck, 67-year-old Muntaz Alli  of Lot 37 Mon Repos North, ECD.

A United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) assessment of all 24 school dormitories across the country last year highlighted a plethora of deficiencies to the Ministry of Education and another followed with myriad recommendations but it is unclear if any changes were made.

PPP/C General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo last night joined his party’s Georgetown candidates in an appeal for votes to secure its first majority at the Mayor and City Council in over 57 years.

The first report by the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Board on its operations is completed and is expected to be made public sometime soon, sources close to the process say.

In response to concerns about its perceived heavy-handedness in the eviction of the Hill Foot squatters, the Guyana Police Force has stated that its mandate is to maintain law and order and if squatters are behaving disorderly and damaging public and private property and injuring people, the police will engage.

On June 16, the High Court will rule on whether the government and ExxonMobil will be allowed to join the litigation challenging a decision made by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a permit to ExxonMobil for its Gas to Energy (GTE) project.

Four people are now homeless after a fire that was electrical in origin destroyed their home at Lot 38 Graham Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, at about 11:00 hrs yesterday. 

Interviews by Subhana Shiwmangal and photos by Dave Gobin Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Victoria and Vigilance on the East Coast Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

President Irfaan Ali has extended his condolences to India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, following the June 2 three-train crash in the state of Odisha that claimed the lives of nearly 300 people and injured approximately 1,200.

With the aim of improving support for youth and strengthening their resilience to crime and violence, the United States Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has launched the Youth Resilience, Illusion and Empowerment (Y-RIE) programme, which will run for five years in Guyana, Grenada and Saint Lucia.

The Guyana Prison Service’s agriculture program is making great advances in its effort to rehabilitate prisoners and aid in the development of their agricultural abilities.

The police are seeking the public’s assistance to identify a man who was found hanging at the Houston, East Bank Demerara overhead bypass at 05:30 hrs yesterday.