Guyana News

Police are investigating the death of an unidentified pedestrian, reportedly  a destitute, following an  accident on the Washer Pond Public Road in Mackenzie, Linden, Region Ten on Sunday.

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) in collaboration with Soilsens last week unveiled a cutting-edge Portable Soil Testing Rapid Kit in an interactive session.

Several business owners in Bartica, Region Seven are now better informed on protecting their rights as employers as well as the rights of their respective employees, following the hosting of a seminar on Guyana’s Labour Laws, a press release from the Ministry of Labour says.

Marlon Garett, a 25-year-old labourer of Lot 3 Hadfield Street, Lodge, Georgetown; Jamal Anthony, a 28-year-old labourer of Guyhoc Park Squatting Area, George-town; and Owen Boston, a 23-year-old labourer of Lot 1286 Block ‘E’ Cummings Park, Sophia, Georgetown were all arrested on 2024-08-08 by ranks from Providence Police Station and charged yesterday with the offence of  waiting for an opportunity to commit a felony.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday met with executives from the Laka Group, a  Dominican Republic (DR) company specialising in technical solutions for infrastructure projects.

Gold miner Ronel Trotman was charg-ed yesterday with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

The Guyana National Shipping Corporation Limited (GNSCL) has advertised a range of inoperable equipment for sale or disposal.

Mohamed Rahim of Mohamed Rahim & Sons was the winner of the first prize of the MACORP promotion at the Building Expo Promotion.

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The police today issued a wanted bulletin for Shaquan Caesar, 22,  who it says is wanted for questioning in relation to computer-related forgery and related serious offences.

Weston Pickering, a 42-year-old businessman from Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, was arrested yesterday after a Police team found an illegal AK-47 Assault Rifle and matching rounds of ammunition during a search of his home.

Amid signs of an internal rift, the GTU says there will be no signing of a wage deal today.

The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) seems to be on the verge of accepting a multi-year salary increase proposal from the government, which would give teachers a 10% pay hike for 2024 and raises over the next two years not lower than what other public sector workers receive, sources have said.

The partly decomposed body of an unidentified woman was found floating in a trench at Eccles dumpsite road on the East Bank Demerara on Saturday afternoon.

Government and Gas-to-Energy (GtE) project contractor CH4/Lindsayca have agreed on the third member of the Arbitration Board that will settle the current US$50 million dispute, a source close to the project said, and this now paves the way for the process to begin.

Rochine Maison was acquitted on Monday August 6 by Justice Zamila Ali-Seepaul, of the 2021 murder of Keno Griffith, also known as ‘Tuckie’ at McKenzie, Linden.

Police investigating simple larceny committed on a 64-year-old businessman at Takutu Landing, in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) have arrested a suspect and other accomplices.

Zibon Williams who was arrested and charged for the murder of Joshua Ferdinand in 2021, appeared before Justice Zamilla Ally-Seepaul at the Georgetown High Court for his sentencing hearing which was delayed and set to a further date.

Theresa Walker, a 57-year-old part-time cleaner said: “The cost of living is affecting me terrible because I’m living alone and I work only as a part-time cleaner.

Guyana’s economic oil-based boom is in full swing and no less so than the construction sector which is at the forefront of the country’s infrastructure transformation.