Guyana News

Saying they are operating at a loss due to a rise in gas prices, Skeldon’s hire car drivers want to hike fares and are seeking government’s approval although they are private operators.

George Paton, one of the three men accused of the 2018 murder of Bourda Market cheese vendor Troy Ramalho, who was shot during a robbery, is now awaiting his sentencing after pleading to the lesser charge of manslaughter.

A now 22-year-old man who back in 2016 had been charged as a juvenile for the murder of Barima farmer Junior Moses is now awaiting sentence after pleading to the lesser offence of manslaughter.

Children with disabilities in Region Two will soon be able to access specialised learning at a special needs school that will be constructed in the region.

A 19-year-old overseas based Guyanese was shot and killed at Buffalo, New York and a reward of US$7,500 is being offered for any information that may lead to his killer/s.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is presently engaging the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on regularising the use of electric bikes, Commissioner of Police (ag) Nigel Hoppie has said.

The Management of the Guyana-Suriname Ferry Service has announced that the M.V

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A federal appeals court today rejected Exxon Mobil Corp’s XOM.N

With the Caribbean Court of Justice today voiding the section of the Criminal Law (Procedure) Act which empowers the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to order the committal of a murder accused for trial, Marcus Bisram no longer has to answer for the 2016 murder of Berbice carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt.

A Corentyne taxi driver and a friend are now dead after he lost control of his car during a street race and crashed into a paddy truck at Borlam Turn, Corentyne, on Tuesday morning.

President Irfaan Ali on Monday approved an announced rollback of COVID-19 restrictions on social activities and distancing, while also making the wearing of masks in public spaces optional.

The wedding celebrations of an East Coast Demerara (ECD) family came to a tragic end early yesterday morning when the brother of the bride was fatally stabbed during a confrontation with a group of uninvited guests.

A vast swathe of mangroves has been cleared from the eastern bank of the Berbice River adjacent to Crab Island to facilitate the development and construction of Guyana’s first deep water port by Canadian owned CGX Energy Inc.

A well-known animal rights activist fatally shot herself yesterday at the Brickdam Police Station, in Georgetown, a short while after a domestic dispute.

A new state-of-the-art $30 million infectious diseases building to accommodate tuberculosis and HIV patients was on Monday afternoon commissioned at the Suddie Public Hospital, in Region Two. 

A $42 million water distribution system was commissioned in Jawalla, in the Upper-Mazaruni on Sunday, enabling access by some 600 residents to potable water for the first time, the Department of Public Informa-tion (DPI) has reported.

Over 2,000 persons living in the riverain communities in the Upper and Lower Pomeroon River, in Region Two, are expected to have better access to quality dental services with the redeployment of the rehabilitated ‘Lady Janet’ dental boat.

The Health Ministry on Monday confirmed that a 75-year-old man from Region Four, who was partially vaccinated, was the country’s latest COVID-19 fatality.

Stating that “lives are at risk,” the Alliance For Change (AFC) is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider its decision to not require an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the storage of radioactive sources to be used in the oil & gas industry.

Convicted John Caesar, who is currently serving a life sentence, was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $2.5 million after he was admitted to being in possession of a quantity of narcotics at the Mazaruni prison.