Guyana News

The police today said they are probing the murder of attorney, Richard Layne in D’Urban Backlands. 

-first crop this year worst in history of corporation Even as GuySuCo’s audit for last year is still to be completed, projections are not bright as the corporation recorded back-to-back losses of $7.8 billion and $10.2 billion in 2021 and 2022 respectively and this year recorded the lowest first crop in its history.

-19 wounds seen Ken Sukhdeo, a 33-year-old of Mocha, East Bank Demerara, was killed during a robbery on Wednesday night at Vreed-en-Rust, East Bank Demerara.

-man in critical condition Keith Caesar, a 35-year-old bus driver of North East La Penitence, Georgetown, died following an accident on the Garden of Eden public road, East Bank Demerara yesterday around 4.30 am.

In a bid to spur the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector, more than $2b has been spent on call centre shells as the government aims for 15,000 jobs in the sector by the end of next year.

During an impromptu walkabout yesterday morning, President Irfaan Ali promised Bourda Market vendors improved security and infrastructure, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

-in reply to AFC The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is assuring the voting public as well as concerned political parties that every effort is being made to preserve the integrity of the electoral process and that sufficient safeguards are in place to prevent incidents of “skulduggery.”

The President of the United Nations General Assembly (PGA), Dennis Francis, will be on an official visit here from today until Saturday and will meet President Irfaan Ali and other government officials.

Hundreds of residents from Pomeroon-Supenaam flocked to a one-day outreach event yesterday to apply for scholarships and training programmes.

The United States Peace Corps celebrated the conclusion of ten weeks of rigorous training yesterday with a swearing-in ceremony for 18 new volunteers at the Umana Yana in Kingston, Georgetown.

The Black Entrepreneurs Association (BEA) held its inaugural Annual General Meeting (AGM) on June 27 at Herdmanston Lodge Hotel in Queenstown, Georgetown and elected a Board of Directors.

The International Building Expo 2024 will be held at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence, EBD, from today to August 11.

The police yesterday issued a bulletin for Evelyn Moore alias Evelyn Persaud who is wanted in relation to obtaining money by false pretence.

Resident Coordinator of the UN System in Guyana, Yesim Oruç, is due end her assignment here tomorrow, a release from United Nations Guyana announced yesterday.

Both blind and visually impaired persons from six regions were the recent beneficiaries of various types of assistance  thanks to the efforts of the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS Church). 

Residents of Mainstay, Capoey, and other neighbouring communities in Region Two, are set to benefit from upcoming tourism and hospitality training programmes.

The police are investigating the shooting of 27-year-old Juhu Mingo, which occurred at about 10.50 pm on Tuesday at Cummings Park by a male suspect called ‘Hulk’, who was armed with a handgun.

-first in five years In a landmark event, the Linden Hospital on Tuesday sought its first medevac of a newborn baby, since the last one some five years ago.

Industrial Supply of Guyana Inc. (ISG), a subsidiary of MACORP, recently held an inauguration ceremony for the opening of its new branch in Berbice, an ISG release stated on Monday.

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