Guyana News

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) on Friday, certified the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association’s (GRPA) Clinical Laboratory to the Guyana Standard (GYS 170:2021) – General requirements for the operation of a laboratory.

Chief Investment Officer of the Guyana Office for Investment (G-Invest), Dr.

As the Ministry of Housing and Water inked contracts to the tune of $56.8 billion, Minister Collin Croal yesterday warned contractors that delays will not be tolerated and urged them to begin mobilisation immediately.

Four families have been left in a state of devastation after a fire, the origin of which is yet to be determined, ripped through a four-apartment complex at Lot C Louisa Row, Wortmanville, Georgetown, yesterday at about 4pm, leaving two families counting their losses and the other two suffering from scorched items and severe water damage.

Police Corporal Alden Reynolds yesterday afternoon succumbed to injuries sustained in an accident along the East Bank Berbice Public Road on Thursday.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that the Government is working on promoting “defence diplomacy” as a key feature of Guyana’s foreign policy.

A man has been sentenced to prison while his co-accused was set free after they were busted by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) for possession of cannabis.

Darius Frank, a 29-year-old interdicted policeman/farmer was yesterday remanded over the possession of 113.2 lbs of marijuana.

Leader of the AFC, Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday said he didn’t believe  the government was committed to full transparency in the extractives sector and said that it would be huge embarrassment to the country and a rebuke to President Irfaan Ali if Guyana was delisted from the EITI.

Eon Martin, one of two men who were arrested in a Norton Street drug bust will now spend the next three years and six months behind bars after pleading guilty to a trafficking charge.

Chairman of Region Four, Daniel Seeram has made a formal report of assault against Regional Executive Officer of the Region (REO), Donald Gajraj.

Demerara Bank Ltd (DBL) yesterday said that it has granted a number of concessional loans to vendors whose businesses were gutted in the fire that devastated the Parika Market.

The Nigerian man who the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) had tracked down based on a package that his accomplice was trying to mail through the Guyana Post Office (GPO), was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment after admitting to the charge.

A visitor from the US who tried to smuggle twelve rolled ‘joints’ of cannabis into Guyana on Thursday was ordered to do three days of community service and fined a total of $30,000 after he pleaded guilty to the possession of narcotic charge that was read to him.

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers yesterday conducted an operation in the vicinity of Albert Street between Regent and Charlotte streets Georgetown, where they intercepted a male carrying a backpack.

Darius Frank, a 29-year-old interdicted policeman/farmer was today remanded over the possession of 113.2 lbs of marijuana.

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By David Papannah Central Bank Governor, Dr Gobind Ganga, has refuted reports of a shortage of foreign currency, specifically the US dollar, at local banks, following complaints from the business community.

“Our Republic is galloping into modernity” is the message President Irfaan Ali delivered on Wednesday night on the eve of the 53rd anniversary of Guyana’s Republican status.

On the 22nd of February 2023, Customs Anti-Nar-cotic Unit (CANU) officers while performing duties at the Guyana Post Office Corporation intercepted a male, who was attempting to post a box containing several items.