Guyana News

A 19-year-old labourer of Port Kaituma, North West District was chopped to death at his family’s home at Lot 122 Block ‘F’ North Sophia, on Sunday.

Calling for mutual respect and constructive dialogue between government and community leaders, Toshao of Kako Romario Hastings yesterday took Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo to task over his apparent angst with the Amerindian People’s Association and his suggestion that toshaos could opt out of the carbon credits scheme.

The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) has challenged several inaccuracies in President Irfaan Ali’s speech at the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference on Monday at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre.

Surgeons at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday announced that its surgical department successfully completed the first laparoscopic liver resection in the hospital’s history, with the assistance of their Chinese counterparts.

Police yesterday said ranks from its Traffic Headquarters carried out a motorcycle enforcement exercise at Turkeyen Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara and Meadow Bank public road, Georgetown yesterday resulting in 212 traffic cases being made out.

-family of four homeless By Subhana Shiwmangal A fire of unknown origin completely destroyed a one-storey home and business located at 24 Non-Pareil Block 12, East Coast Demerara, yesterday morning, leaving a family of four homeless and several employees jobless.

Javed Baksh, 32, was arrested by police for the possession of 1,002 grammes of marijuana on Tuesday during a police operation at 7th Avenue, Bartica.

The Guyana Police Force has reported that Tuesday during separate operations in Bartica, 108 grammes of cannabis was found and one person is in custody while another is on the run.

The Guyana Fire Service yesterday invited persons to submit slogans for Fire Prevention Month 2024.

Two truck drivers who were caught on video attempting to run each other off the road at the junction of Clive Lloyd Drive and Sheriff Street are slated to appear in court today on the charge of dangerous driving.

The Ministry of Works says it is currently conducting emergency work on the bridge at Felicity on the Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) today signed a wages and benefits deal for 2024 to 2026.

The 2024 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) results show a mixed bag of performances with some core subjects experiencing a decline, while others have seen notable improvements.

An aspiring neurosurgeon is one of the two students who topped in this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination.

Even as the central government continues with cleanup initiatives around the country, garbage collection continues to be a sore point in several wards of Georgetown and City Hall blames some of its contractors.

A 23-year-old Berbice River man is now dead after he was fatally stabbed on Monday leaving his family seeking justice.

The Government of Guyana will today sign a US$1.9 million mineral mapping agreement with United States-based company Global Venture for the mapping of this country’s resources.

Former acting chief education officer of Guyana Genevieve Whyte-Nedd has died after a prolonged period of illness.

While President Irfaan Ali on Monday announced that this year the Indigenous communities will receive 26.5% of Guyana’s earnings from carbon credits, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton has said that they are calling for 50% and above.

A young woman of Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, is urgently seeking financial assistance after being diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition that requires immediate surgery.