Guyana News

A logger was injured on New Year’s Day by an arrow let loose during a boat chase on the Demerara River.

Prompt action by the Region Two police resulted in the capture of two men believed to have robbed a Charity businessman and his wife on New Year’s Day.

A Grove Squatting Area man is in a critical condition following an altercation at his residence on New Year’s Day.

A Queens, New York man of Guyanese heritage was stabbed to death on Tuesday last in a street robbery.

A man was yesterday arrested in the Springlands, Upper Corentyne Area in connection with an accident which happened in August, 2016 and resulted in the death of an occupant of his car.

The Insurance Association of Guyana (IAG) on Saturday extended congratulations to the  Guyana Government on the passing of the landmark local content legislation by Parliament.

Steve Persaud, 21, of Belle Plaine, Wakenaam, Essequibo River  was stabbed on New Year’s Day after declining to repair a motorcycle.

Joel Rose, 23, of Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown was slashed on his face on New Year’s Day with a beer bottle.

The police today said that a woman of Belvedere Village, Corentyne, Berbice, Meliene Magalie reported that that she had been beaten by her husband on Old Year’s Night and her abode later set afire.

A Venezuelan man whose name the police gave as  Animal Sonja, 51,  of Valencia, Venezuela was fatally beaten on New Year’s Day at Arau mountain top, Cuyuni River.

As over $1 billion owed by the Panamanian government to the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) for rice sold to the country remains in limbo, a proposal is being put forward for consideration by the GRDB to offer a commission to millers.

At a press conference held on Friday in the boardroom of City Hall, City Engineer, Colvern Venture expressed his dissatisfaction with the accomplishments of his department for the year 2021.

GUYANA DEFENCE FORCE ANNOUNCES ITS OTHER RANKS PROMOTIONS FOR 2022   In accordance with Part III Section 16 of the Defence Act 15:01 of 1977, the Chief of Staff Brigadier Godfrey Bess, MSS, is pleased to announce the promotion of One Thousand Twenty-One (1021) other ranks of the Guyana Defence Force.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) responded to a report of a fire at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation at about 5:24 am this morning.

The Ministry of Health today reported 206 more cases of COVID-19, a surge in recent days indicating that Christmas festivities had led to a rise in numbers.

Newly-elected leader of the PNCR, Aubrey Norton says that the reality is that the PPP/C is the government of Guyana and President Irfaan Ali and his office are accepted, but it does not change his belief that the 2020 election was manipulated to give those results thus making the government an “installed one”.

President Irfaan Ali last evening announced a plan for more oil and gas scholarships for government employees and launched a blistering attack on APNU+AFC MPs over the pandemonium they caused at Wednesday’s sitting of Parliament even as he continued to defend the provisions of the controversial Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill.

The Ministry of Education yesterday released its schedule for the reopening of schools on Monday, January 3, 2022.

Despite around 10 reports being filed with the police and a range of government and non-government options to battle domestic violence, Malini Wahid, 48,  was not provided with the protection she needed and on December 10th she was murdered by her husband who later took his own life.

A wide range of concerns relating to export challenges were raised by the Guyana Rice Millers and Exporters Association during a meeting with President Irfaan Ali, who has since committed to assist exporters in finding cost-effective solutions.