Guyana News

Police are probing an accident which occurred at about 10.10 pm on Thursday  on the #61 Village Public Road in Corentyne, Berbice that resulted in the death of Mark Autar, a 41-year-old man.

Two serving Guyana Police Force members are to be charged after the Regional Police Division Commander, Simon McBean, receives a “technical response” on Kevin Fiedtkou’s abduction.

President Irfaan Ali accepted Letters of Credence from the High Commissioner of Jamaica to Guyana, Natalie Campbell-Rodrigues at a  ceremony this week at the Office of the President.

A high-level Canadian delegation led by High Commissioner of Canada to Guyana, Sébastien Sigouin concluded a  four-day visit here on November 15, 2024 during which a range issues were discussed including potential investment in transportation networks and medical oxygen.

The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in coordination with the DEA Georgetown Country Office, conducted two intensive training courses on Basic and Advanced Narcotic Investigations from November 4 to November 15, 2024.

The Ministry of Housing and Water’s CH&PA achieved its target yesterday with 600 persons in Linden, Region Ten becoming first-time landowners in the new Wismar Housing Development.

-some residents flooded The spring tide yesterday afternoon swept aside the Abary sluice door in West Berbice causing flooding of some homes and stop logs were to be placed last evening after the tide receded.

The Ministry of Health, in partnership with Northwell Health, Vanderbilt University, and the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), yesterday concluded its intensive five-day Emergency Medicine Training Workshop with a formal certificate handing-over ceremony.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday announced that the team from Operation Walk Maryland has arrived in the country and knee and hip replacements are to be done.

Ruby Mingo was born on 8th November 1919, on the Corentyne Coast.

Eighteen employees of the West Demerara Regional Hospital in Vreed-en-Hoop, Region Three are participating in a Joint Workplace Safety and Health Committee Training Programme at the health facility’s conference room.

The Abary sluice door suffered major damage this afternoon as a result of the spring tide causing flood threats to low-lying areas along the Belamy drain from Abary to Airy Hall, West Coast Berbice (WCB).

The first precast girder was earlier this morning launched for the new Demerara River Bridge, marking a new phase of the construction process, the Ministry of Public Works said today.

Justice Nigel Niles on Wednesday ordered the state to pay $24 million for the unlawful killing of Quindon Bacchus by plainclothes ranks on 10th June, 2022 at Haslington, East Coast Demerara.

-police Christmas plan includes drones With murders down but armed robberies up, the Guyana Police Force (GPF)  yesterday launched its Christmas Policing Plan for 2024 and it will run until January 15, 2025 and drones will be among the devices deployed.

LIAT (2020) Ltd yesterday announced the launch of its inaugural flight from Antigua to Georgetown, Guyana, on November 19, 2024.

In its push to address diabetes, the Ministry of Health yesterday said that it has adopted a host of measures including expanded access to diabetic retinal examinations and greater accessibility of key therapeutics such as insulin.

Following the 5:30 am meeting at State House on Tuesday, where President Irfaan Ali admonished several officials over delayed infrastructure projects, an engineer from the Ministry of Public Works, Amal Allie has taken to social media to clarify his side of the story.

Following the sexual assault incident at St. Joseph High School on October 17, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has recommended expulsion for the boys involved.

Seventy-nine-year-old Girdhardan Singh died yesterday at around 5:30 pm on the Hampton Court Public Road in Region Two after he was struck by a tractor.