Guyana News

Two new wells were on Friday commissioned at Hackney and Friendship in the Lower Pomeroon, Region Two, affording potable water to residents of these communities.

Venezuelan K-8W light attack aircraft flew across the Atlantic from Guiria on February 24, as reported by The Diplomat, bearing the slogan “El Essequibo es Nuestro” (“Essequibo is ours”) in an assertion of Venezuela’s claim to the region.

In a passionate address to regional leaders, President Irfaan Ali on Thursday highlighted a transformative shift catalyzed by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), praising the influx of investors from Africa into the region.

Police are investigating an incident where a man collapsed and died yesterday behind the Fire Station at Stabroek Market.

Ramraj Palakhadari who died on Friday in an electrocution incident at Foulis was described by a co-worker as a joy to work with.

Shakeil Grant, a 27-year-old truck driver of Lot 346 Section ‘B’ Sophia, was arrested on 2024-06-11 by a rank from the Sparendaam Police Station and charged  on Friday with the following offences: 1.

Police have arrested four persons in connection with the discovery of a firearm and ammunition at Cotton Tree Public Road, West Coast Berbice.

The file concerning  allegations of kidnapping and extortion against two Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) ranks and a Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) employee, Phillip Paruag, has returned to the police from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for further investigation into the matter.

The police are investigating the shooting of a labourer on Friday night, reportedly by a man from a passing minibus.

The community of Waramuri celebrated a significant milestone today as Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, officiated at the sod-turning ceremony for the construction of the Waramuri Secondary School.

On Thursday 13th June 2024, Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers conducted an operation in Parika, East Bank Essequibo area, where they intercepted a motor car.

United States Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot, yesterday said that the investigation leading to the sanctioning of the Mohameds and Permanent Secretary Mae Toussaint Jr.

By Mia Anthony A 22-year-old man has died from the haemorrhagic form of the mosquito-borne disease, dengue fever.

-Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security The United States Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Bonnie Jenkins, yesterday said that her country continues to work with Guyana and the Caribbean to curb illegal arms coming into the region, and that this country is one which is producing an action plan for which US funding is available.

A mother is disputing the version of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in the case of her deceased 31-year-old daughter Deandra Liverpool.

-data outdated The Government of Guyana yesterday said that a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report on child food poverty used outdated data and made “misleading deductions”.

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department is probing the death of a mechanic at Foulis after a crane came into the magnetic field of a high-voltage wire yesterday.

Eight Indian nationals have been handed over to the Surinamese officials after they were nabbed attempting to enter Guyana illegally yesterday during the wee hours at the Number 63 Beach, Corentyne.

Ranks from the Guyana Police Force’s Information Technology and Communications (ITC) Department, headed by Senior Superintendent Jermaine Johnson, conducted a training session on using and operating newly-acquired body cameras.