Guyana News

Commander for Regional Division 4 ‘A’, Assistant Commissioner Simon McBean, says that ranks are investigating the ‘unnatural death’ of Umar Ally, a 49-year-old of Lot 221 ‘B’ Field Pattensen, Greater Georgetown which occurred in Room 104 of the Quamina Guest House located at Lot 126 Quamina Street, Georgetown The death occurred between 14:05 hours and 14:15 hours.

VICE News which created an uproar here last year when it sought to pin Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo to a bribery scandal is headed to bankruptcy.

Police in  Regional Division No. 2 are investigating a ‘hit and run’  accident which led to the death of Mahendra Kissoon, a 46-year-old of Lot ‘K’ Land of Plenty Public Road, Essequibo Coast.

Teachers in Guyana are again knocking at the doors of the Government for housing, land and duty-free benefits among others.

Police in Regional Division #3 are continuing their investigations into the death of Sunnyramperal Persaud, called ‘Papo’, a 51-year-old unemployed man of Lot 61  De Willem, West Coast Demerara.

The Guyana Pavilion at the Offshore Technology Conference 2023 (OTC), was officially opened yesterday morning and a large delegation from this country is in attendance.

By Shaniya Harding and Tanacia Karim (Guyana Media and Communication Academy interns) Oil and gas companies were prominent among exhibitors at the University of Guyana’s three-day job fair last week at the campus.

The High Commission of India yesterday announced that Guyana Police Force (GPF) Commander of  East Berbice- Corentyne, Region 6, Senior Superintendent of police Shivpersaud Bacchus underwent training in India under the Indian Technical and Economical Cooperation (ITEC) Programme.

Cleota Elaine Brathwaite recently celebrated her 103rd birthday. To celebrate this  milestone, Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud visited Cleota at her residence to deliver a gift and to chat.

Cardel Hunte and Gavin Mendonca will represent Guyana at the American Music Abroad Academy 2023, the US Embassy announced on Saturday.

The Commission of Inquiry into the March 2nd 2020 general election says it is unable to say if GECOM Information Technology officer Enrique Livan was responsible for adjusting votes in District Four.

A 45-year-old Stabroek Market handyman was on Saturday evening stabbed to death by three men on bicycles in the vicinity of Strikey’s Bar, New Road Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, in what appears to be a random attack.

‘We are fully transparent with our accounting practices and records’ ExxonMobil says it has submitted its responses on the findings of the IHS Markit report which unearthed some US$214 million in questionable claims and this raises again the question of when the government will disclose its final position.

With 16 Caribbean countries still to ratify and implement the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 189, which speaks to the recognition and protection of domestic workers, the Caribbean Domestic Workers Network (CDWN) renewed its call for governments to take necessary steps to honour the obligation.

Despite a court ruling which stated that President Irfaan Ali acted unlawfully in the suspension of members of the former Police Service Commission (PSC), Reverend Patrick Findlay and Attorney General Anil Nandlall both maintain the President acted in law when he appointed the new PSC last year.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has set up a committee to look into the issue of safe school environments in the wake of several student, teacher, and parent confrontations, some of which escalated into violence.

A 14-year-old Orealla boy yesterday lost his life while reportedly taking a bath in the Corentyne River.

Beginning today, some 20 children from Baramita Primary School in Region One (Barima- Waini) will begin benefiting from a learning pod created through a partnership with Food for the Poor (Guy) Inc and STEMGuyana that aims to foster development in especially Robotics and Technology, Maths, English, Science and Reading.

More than 7,000 labour inspections have been conducted since 2020 by the Ministry of Labour.

Interviews and photos by  Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in the Mahaicony area, East Coast Demerara and La Penitence area, Georgetown about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.