Guyana News

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha on Thursday handed over two mini excavators to the Region Two Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Administration and a long boom excavator to the Bethany Amerindian community.

As part of the Ministry of Education’s commitment to inclusivity across the education sector and in support of government’s efforts to empowering persons with disabilities, six visually impaired trainee teachers at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) have been presented with laptops to assist in their academic journey.   

The police are investigating the murders of  Mohamed Kalameeden Nasir, a 30-year-old carpenter of Lot 1, Stewartville, West Coast Demerara (WCD) and Arvinda Roopram, a 25-year-old  construction worker of Lot 52 Stewartville, WCD, which occurred at about 2.50 am today in the vicinity of the District Club located at Leonora.

Following consternation over the Phillipai Primary in Region Seven having a latrine, an Education Ministry survey has found that 77 hinterland schools have such outdoor facilities, sources say.

-says she was not told of cannabis in alleyway By Shuntel Glasgow Debbie Tyson  says there were no grounds whatsoever for the recent police search for narcotics at her Lot 86 BB Eccles, East Bank Demerara home which came up empty-handed.

The township of Linden in Region Ten has long been struggling with flooding and poor drainage and as such, Prime Minister (PM), Mark Phillips and the Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, held a meeting yesterday with stakeholders to address these issues.

-incident stemmed from breach of turn system at Stabroek Square A man was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for felonious wounding.

Factory workers attached to the Rose Hall Estate have called off a strike after the corporation decided to replace the new production manager they had protested against.

The police yesterday said that an autopsy showed that Meshach Pierre, a 30-year-old mammologist died on Thursday from compression injuries to his neck.

Twenty-six-year-old Nick Wellington appeared yesterday before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charge of break and enter and larceny.

-over $65m in stock carted off Thieves recently broke into Samtronix, a smartphone and electronic gadgets store located at 136 Regent Street, Georgetown, and carted off over $65 million of stock.

Chief of Defence Staff Brigadier Omar Khan on Thursday decorated thirty-three  Officer Cadets (OCDTs) of the Standard Officer Course number fifty-six with their new badges of rank, elevating them to the rank of Ensigns.

Business and Economic Commentary by Christopher Ram Part 11 The bureaucracy in Guyana can at times – and in different places – be stifling, overbearing, frustrating and totally unproductive.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr.

A radio host was yesterday morning busted with over $4.3m worth in marijuana during a road stop at Weldaad, West Coast Berbice and was remanded to prison after she opted to plead guilty to the offence. 

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited honoured sixteen RightStart account holders for their outstanding achievements in the National Grade Six Assessment, Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate, and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination at a  ceremony at Cara Lodge Hotel, Georgetown on Thursday.

Shaima Muna, a 27-year-old female Guyanese radio host and singer from  Charlestown, Georgetown, was nabbed earlier today  by Police with 14,515 grams of cannabis at a roadblock at Weldaad, West Coast Berbice and pleaded guilty when she appeared in court.

-on target for March 31 deadline The new Demerara Harbour Bridge has sound structural integrity that will not be compromised during its 100-year lifetime and can withstand collision impacts from large vessels, the Ministry of Public Works yesterday assured.

The Ministry of Agriculture through the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) yesterday commissioned a pump station at Cozier, Region Two.

The Ministry of Agriculture on Wednesday said that the Office of the Auditor General will verify and certify an audit of a reported discrepancy at the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC).