Guyana News

An elderly female Guyanese died from smoke inhalation in a fire in the Woodhaven section of Queens on Friday.

(Barbados Nation) Police have charged a man for the murder of Damien Mitchell at Gully Hill, Carrington Village, St Michael.

(Reuters) – Unheralded teenager Bevan Small looks  like taking the honours for the most famous piece of cricketing  action ever in New Zealand’s domestic Twenty20 league after his  athletic leap to facilitate a catch went viral over the weekend.

After weeks of deadlock, a Speaker for the new Parliament is likely to be decided this week as the AFC has welcomed the proposal by APNU that the position be rotated among the two parties.

Two years after it was launched, questions are being raised as to how useful the $550M EU-funded Doppler radar at Timehri has been in particular to farmers and how much and how often data gleaned from it is being transmitted to the general public.

AFC leader Raphael Trotman’s return to the National Assembly is up in the air despite the party identifying him soon after the November 28 general elections as one of its representatives in the new Parliament.

Three masked men on Saturday night entered the Big G general store on the University of Guyana Access road and robbed the owners of a quantity of cash while several customers were assaulted.

The two main political parties got significant numbers of votes at Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara in the last elections.

The proposal for the speaker of the National Assembly to rotate between A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) has been deemed ambiguous and unrealistic   by representatives of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C).  Presidential

A 45-year-old Guyanese sex-offender is among 1400 dangerous foreign criminals being sought by the authorities in Toronto, Canada.

The state-owned Guyana Oil Company Limited (GUYOIL) is investigating the discharging of alleged tainted fuel from its dealers on the Essequibo Coast and has taken a series of steps.

Nine persons were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday after the horse cart they were travelling on was hit by a minibus near to Vlissengen Road and Carifesta Avenue.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand says that while major truancy campaigns will continue, the important aspect is that education officials at the central and regional levels are on a truancy watch daily.

Seventy families benefitted from the One Laptop Per Family initiative when officers visited Betsy Ground and Gangaram, Canje, Berbice on Saturday to continue the distribution process.

Two teenagers were lucky to escape with minor injuries after a portion of their Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo home collapsed with them inside on Saturday.

The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association Limited says an energy efficiency survey that will help devise a model for cost savings is to get underway shortly.

Government has expressed concern over the level of investment made in the health sector as it relates to patient satisfaction.

At about 2200h on Saturday, ranks of a mobile police patrol stopped and searched a man who was acting in a suspicious manner at Lombard Street, Georgetown, and found an unlicensed .32 Rossi Revolver

Education Minister, Priya Manickchand says that the Ministry is insisting that all private schools follow the set curriculum so as to ensure that students receive the knowledge and skills they need.

Over the next few days the country is expected to experience a mixture of moderate to heavy rainfall and to counter any possible flooding, the necessary measures have been put in place, Minister of Agriculture, Dr.