Guyana News

A maximum of 80 Caribbean women entrepreneurs with a minimum of 2 years of entrepreneurial experience will have the opportunity to apply for the four-month, self-paced online learning programme under Republic Bank.

Another batch of Berbicians allocated lands at Experiment, Region Five were taken on a lot identification exercise on Wednesday by the Surveys Unit of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA).

Five men from the Essequibo Coast have been charged with the offence of driving under the influence of alcohol.

Ewart Stewart, the 38-year-old lorry driver who was arrested on March 6 over the gruesome accident on the Greenwich Park Public Road, East Bank Essequibo, was charged today with four  counts of Causing Death by Dangerous Driving.

Robin Nadata Simon, a 44-year-old housewife of Haslington, ECD, was arrested on 2023-03-06 and charged today with the offence of Acts of Terrorism, contrary to Section 109 (A) (1) (b) (ii) of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act Chapter 8:01.

Works on the six new promised hospitals across the country are forging ahead with preparations at the proposed Enmore location soon to be completed.

Developers of a mega green-energy project in Region 10 were earlier this month served with a notice of termination by the state holding company, National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), in which it was explained that the entity had failed to deliver its objective as outlined in its business plan.

Three suspected Venezuelan pirates  were nabbed on Tuesday morning in rough north west coastal waters by the police and Coast Guard as they attempted to flee with a fishing boat and engines belonging to local fishermen.

Orlando Douglas who had been charged back in 2018 with the murders of Pandit Deonarine Liliah and his son, Omkar Liliah; was recently set free after a Judge upheld a no-case submission in his favour.

Head of the People’s National Congress Reform, Region Nine chapter, Carl Parker, was yesterday charged along with another party member, Godfrey Williams, for damage to the perimeter fence of the building that housed the party’s regional office.

Bottles were hurled at members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) community who were present at Stanleytown, New Amsterdam for the Berbice Mash parade on Sunday however the victims did not  lodge a report with the police.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport is the top winner in this year’s  annual Mashramani Costume and Float Parade and the designer of the year is Nelsion Nurse This Mashramani parade saw participation from 22 Mash Bands.

In observance of International Women’s Day yesterday, First Lady Arya Ali has granted another 15 fully-funded scholarships to vulnerable women from three local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) through a collaboration with the Ministry of Public Service.

The skeletal remains, suspected to be those of 55-year-old Basmattie Seenanon, called Savitree, of Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo, were found at about 10 am on Tuesday at the woman’s home at Lot 43 Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo.

A motor car was completely destroyed after it caught on fire around 4.30 pm yesterday along the Number 3 Village, West Coast Berbice Public Road. 

The eight persons who were questioned by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) in relation to a money- laundering probe have been released on their own recognizance, SOCU’s Head, Fazil Karimbaksh has stated.

The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) Guyana is launching a voter education project.

A man accused of raping a fifteen-year-old girl has been cleared of the indictment, following his acquittal by a jury yesterday afternoon.

Trinidad-based, Home Store, opened its doors to Guyanese at the Amazonia Mall at Providence on December 3, 2022, and ever since the store says it has had to ‘work overtime’ to keep up with customer demand.

Thirteen Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellows from Curaçao, St.