Guyana News

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department has begun an investigation into a fatal workplace accident which resulted in the death of a 35-year-old dredge owner, on 5th June 2024.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Blairmont Estate is now poised to enhance its focus on workers’ safety and health as it has undergone its first round of comprehensive training for members of the Joint Workplace Safety and Health Committee (JWSHC).

The British Chamber of Commerce Guyana (BritCham Guyana) has announced that its much-anticipated London Launch Event is confirmed to take place on September 11 at the prestigious Lord’s Cricket Ground, in the Thomas Lord Suite, a release yesterday from the Chamber stated. 

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) today said it has launched an investigation in relation to an allegation of sexual assault committed on a male Police Constable by a male Superintendent of Police.

The Ministry of Finance today announced that approval has been granted for 7,782 Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) Scholarships and that the successful candidates will be notified shortly by email.

The police today said that South Ruimveldt resident Sooklall Pharous, 55, died in an accident at the junction of South Road and Oronoque Street at around 6.25 pm yesterday.

–AG says after exchange with CJ in court Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC yesterday said that the continued non-compliance by the judiciary with the law requiring decisions within a certain period cannot be justified.

Vice President (VP) Bharrat Jagdeo announced on Thursday that the government is exploring the options of e-schooling and a voucher system to allow parents to enroll their children in private schools, to ensure that they receive a quality education.

The family of Munaisar Sewcharan, the 66-year-old pedestrian who was struck down and killed by a motorcyclist at Mc Doom on Thursday, is demanding justice.

A decision is anticipated in the upcoming week regarding the Queen’s College flogging incident.

More than 100 Soesdyke-Linden Highway residents were yesterday allocated lands in the Village of Swan on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway by the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GLSC).

Vendors at the Charity Market in Region Two have voiced concerns regarding various features of new stalls, as they compared them to their previous 12 x14 stalls. 

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department has begun a probe into the  workplace fatality that occurred at the Springhall sluice located at Farm/Woodlands, West Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (E.C.D).

In support of preparations for the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), the United Nations (UN) System in Georgetown collaborated with the French Diplomatic Office in Guyana to organise an edition of ‘Blue Talks’, a multi-stakeholder discussion and debate, a UN Guyana release said yesterday.

Oil and gas support facility, Guyana Shore Base Inc (GYSBI), yesterday announced the expansion of its Technical Scholarship programme at the Georgetown and Leonora technical institutes for ten persons from Region Three, a release from the company stated.

As part of its efforts to extend its outreach to other regions, the Public Pro-curement Commission (PPC) conducted a training session at the Watooka Guest House in Linden, Region Ten.

Cabinet has decided that the descriptor `Negro’ is no longer to be used in the operational manuals of state agencies.

Police in Regional Division 4C conducted ‘Cordon and Search’ operations on Thursday in the Sparendaam and Beterverwagting Police Station Districts, where several locations were searched.

The Ministry of Education announced in a release on Thursday that its Unit of Allied Arts and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Guyana have formalised their partnership by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to initiate the 2024 Guyana-China Friend-ship Youth Leadership Development Competition. 

An East Bank Berbice businesswoman and a construction worker were both on Thursday arrested in connection with an unlicensed firearm at Islington Village, Greater New Amsterdam.