Guyana News

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill, yesterday afternoon received a donation of 50 street lamps from the Chief Executive Officer of KSM Investments Inc, Mahadeo Panchu – a concrete product manufacturing, import and distribution company.

The Private Sector Commission has blistered the police force over its “non-response” to the recent Buxton unrest during which the road was blocked for hours, a truck set ablaze and persons robbed.

-SOCU says he was attempting to flee country An East Bank Demerara businessman who was intercepted by the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri on Tuesday was yesterday slapped with 41 fraud charges amounting to millions in Guyana dollars allegedly committed during the years 2018 to 2021.

Government’s continued capital investment in the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is geared towards the long- term goal of achieving a modern Air Corps and Coast Guard, President Irfaan Ali yesterday said as he challenged the force to be ready to respond to any crisis the nation could face.

As he joined in the opening of DuraVilla Homes, the launch of a 1,000-plus modular homes project, President Irfaan Ali yesterday stated that the export of prefabricated homes has the potential to become a major foreign exchange earner for Guyana.

Former Region Four Police Commander, Edgar Thomas, while being cross-examined yesterday before the elections inquiry insisted that ranks of the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) went rogue at the Ashmins building where Gecom’s Command Centre was during the 2020 elections.

The parent who last month allegedly assaulted a female teacher at the St.

There will be continuous monitoring of the school feeding programme throughout Pomeroon/Supenam as the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) intensifies its efforts to avoid children getting “dhal and rice” alone as a meal.

After hearing almost two hours of arguments the Court of Appeal yesterday set March 22nd for further testimony in the appeal of Chief Justice Roxane George’s ruling throwing out Elections Petition 88 of 2020, Claudette Thorne et anor v Keith Lowenfield.

The Government Technical Institute (GTI) has been awarded $30 million to construct an Accredited Welding Facility which would see the institution being able to offer licences to welders upon certification with the American Welding Society.

Around  100 low-income and moderate-income homes are being constructed at Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara utilizing modern construction techniques, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) says.

Lurick Fiffee, who was accused of the 2018 killing of his ex-girlfriend Rosemary Rudder, was yesterday unanimously found not guilty by a jury in Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall’s court.

More than 40 residents from from Region Five and Region Six were allocated land and housing units on Monday.

With Valentine’s Day approaching the race is on to pick out gifts and clothing for the celebration.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) took a decision at its Statutory Meeting of Tuesday, February 7, 2023 to request the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to probe three cases of duplicate registrations which were committed during the ongoing Cycle of Continuous Registration.

A Corentyne motorcyclist died after he rode into a parked lorry along the Auchlyne Public Road today around 6.10 am.

Facing myriad problems, rice farmers from across the country yesterday told Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha that spare parts dealers are ripping them off and they called for a standard paddy price.

Despite its efforts to assure that the operation of a radioactive (RA) source storage and calibration would cause no harm, a group of residents of Houston and  nearby communities yesterday adamantly told  oil and gas company, Schlumberger Guyana Inc that they do not want the operation in their community.

Former Massy Chairman Sidney Knox passed away yesterday. Knox had been well known to the Guyanese business community during his years at the helm of what was then Neal and Massy.

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Yuri Dominquez, 37, the man allegedly at the centre of a huge Ponzi scheme that bilked dozens.