Guyana News

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) last Wednesday said it took the decision not to renew the contract of its Legal Officer, Kurt Da Silva because of the loss of trust in his ability to properly represent the Commission after engaging in actions inimical to its best interests.

A 23-year-old ranch hand of St Ignatius, Region Nine, is now hospitalized after being attacked and stabbed at a bar located in the community and Regional Commander of Division #9, Senior Superintendent Raphael Rose says the police are investigating.

On April 10, 2025, Deodnauth Lall, age 23, a businessman of Airy Hall, Essequibo Coast was arrested over ammunition and charged yesterday.

Gavin Rodrigues, 53, a construction worker of Lot 15 Robb Street, Bourda, Georgetown, who was allegedly pretending to be the father of the Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues and soliciting funds from persons, was arrested on Friday, April 11, 2025.

More than six months after Second Dam Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara residents protested the state of their road, they lamented again yesterday that nothing has been done while highlighting additional plights they believe have fallen on deaf ears.

The Government of Guyana continues to refuse to reveal the amount of taxpayer funds disbursed through the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) programme to the International Skill Development Corporation (ISDC).

After more than three years of delays, controversy, and multiple extensions, the Bamia Primary School may be ready in time for the new school year that starts in September 2025.

About 100 young people lined Hadfield Street between Hardina Street and College Road last evening in front of Jia Jia Chinese Supermarket where they held a candlelight vigil for Tyrese Adams and Orwin Garraway.

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn is calling for an impartial investigation to be conducted into the death of Jeremiah Gustave who was shot in the head by a stray bullet on July 9, 2024.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo spent nearly 15 minutes during his weekly press conference on Thursday last responding to a recent Stabroek News editorial titled “No cultural policy.”

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday echoed government’s confidence in finding an amicable solution with the United States on export tariffs, but said that it will review the impact if the percentage remains unchanged after Trump’s 90-day pause. 

On Saturday, the Ministry of Legal Affairs and UNDP in collaboration with the European Union’s Partnership of the Caribbean and European Union on Justice (PACE) Regional Programme launched a three-day training workshop aimed at strengthening the capacity of the local justice system.

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

More than a month has passed since questions were submitted to the Integrity Commission regarding the financial declarations of former Ministry of Housing CEO Sherwyn Greaves, and there has been no response.

Police in Region Seven found 328 grammes of cannabis around the premises of a 36-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman on Thursday at 4th Street, 3½ Miles Housing Scheme.

The United States Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) 2025 mission on April 11, concluded a two-week medical engagement in Guyana that was executed in collaboration with Guyana’s Ministry of Health, an Embassy of the United States of America release announced yesterday. 

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) says that at approximately 12:49 hrs today, April 13, 2025, a technical fault occurred at the Vreed-en-Hoop Power Station, resulting in a loss of approximately 22 Megawatts of generation from the Vreed-en-Hoop Power Station.

-Muneshwers, John Fernandes to invest in project The US$285 million Berbice Port is on its way to becoming a reality with the government preparing to turn the sod on a project in the coming weeks that is expected to create some 1,000 new jobs in the East Berbice-Corentyne region.

-millers facing logistical, financial constraints Vice President and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo, has assured rice farmers in Region Two that steps will be taken to assist them with the struggle to find buyers for their paddy.

Guyana continues to engage Washington on tariffs levied by the Donald Trump administration and is very confident that an amicable resolution will be had, President Irfaan Ali says.   “In relation to the tariffs, as I have said before and the Minister of Finance would have said, there is a number of discussions going on.