Guyana News

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond and Costa Rican Minister of Tourism, William Rodriguez Lopez yesterday signed a Letter of Intent and Collaboration, aimed at strengthening tourism partnerships between the two countries.

The drying and storage facilities for corn and soya bean which are currently being constructed at Tacama Landing along the Berbice River are expected to be completed in the next two to three months.

The Police this afternoon unearthed the suspected skeletal remains of Police Constable Quincy Lewis who has been missing for close to three years.

A security guard was today charged with firing a gun at a 10-year-old boy at the Red Sun Chinese Supermarket at Grove Public Road.

Two men were arrested with 1114 grams of narcotics at about 4.05 am today after Police in Regional Division #1 intercepted their vehicle at a roadblock in the vicinity of Falls Top Village, North West District (NWD).

In a dramatic escalation in the battle against firearms which will put it at odds with the United States, CARICOM Heads meeting in Trinidad and Tobago yesterday declared a war on guns.

The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday re-launched its psychiatric facility, offering both in-patient and out-patient services.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) yesterday concluded that the blaze that destroyed the home of a 64-year-old woman of Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, was an act of arson allegedly by her son.

The Office of Vice President (VP) Bharrat Jagdeo  has defended the process for the awarding of Guyana’s carbon credits and questioned the motives of the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) in lodging a complaint that could lead to a delay in disbursements.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday held its 31st Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Marriott Hotel, Georgetown and Komal Singh was elected as the new Chairman.

Essequibo resident Nandkishore Persaud, called Basil, has been handed a life sentence for the 2020 killing of Johanna Cecilia labourer, Arvin Tulsi Mayhilal, whom he had hit with a piece of wood.

Caribbean countries must push back against the Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which has painted the region as a “haven for corruption.”

Police are investigating the incident that claimed the life of a 57-year-old Karasabai farmer on Sunday night, after he lost control of his motorcycle, collided with the rail of the Shiwan Bridge located in Region Nine, and fell off the bridge.

In the interest of preserving and protecting the planet, a local non-governmental organisation (NGO) is hosting a competition to discover a young vibrant speaker and public advocate for its environmental platform.

Kurt Ferreira, a 45-year-old porter of Lot 25 Swan, Soesdyke/Linden Highway, died on Monday at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), after the lorry he was in lost control while descending a hill on the Potaro Road, Bartica.

A 28-year-old carpenter of Lusignan Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara was stabbed to death by a vagrant Monday morning during a confrontation.

Three men who appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, were remanded to prison after being charged with robbery.

A hire car driver died on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway on Monday afternoon after he lost control of the vehicle he was driving.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday issued wanted bulletins for two persons wanted for questioning in relation to robbery under arms in Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD) on April 07.

French oil and gas company, Bourbon Marine & Logistics, on Monday announced that it had entered in a joint venture with the Guyanese company, Tethys Marine & Logistics, to form Bourbon Guyana, and that 75 per cent of its directors would be locals.