Guyana News

In a move to maintain tranquillity in  residential areas, trucks, articulated, and heavy-laden vehicles are now restricted from traversing narrow community streets.

In the interest of lowering stone prices, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo earlier this week told contractors in Region Six that government gave out eight new quarry licences, six of which have come into operation.

By Shuntel Glasgow Amid concerns that employers are getting off scot-free in cases where workers die on the job, the mother of a teenager who was electrocuted is calling for justice for her son and accountability.

Thirty-six-year-old Quacy Jamal Craig, who was wanted by the police over the murder of  Dexter Horsham in 2023 at West Ruimveldt, was apprehended on Friday following a lively police chase.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security yesterday inducted Geraldine Agatha Quintyn into the club of centenarians.

‘You work for the people and communities that elected you. You must have good governance, transparency and accountability.

As part of its efforts to spearhead upcoming Emancipation activities and celebrations, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport on Friday distributed grants to a number of African organisations to assist in the preservation and promotion of the rich cultural heritage of Africans, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated.

President Irfaan Ali assured the 170 children participating in a national youth camp organised by Men on Mission (MoM) that the government is dedicated to moulding them into exemplary citizens.

United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai will travel to Quito, Ecuador from July 30 to August 1, 2024, and Georgetown, Guyana on August 2, 2024.

Two Solar Photovoltaic Mini-Grid Systems totalling over $45 million were commissioned in the communities of Sebai and Canal Bank in the Matarkai Sub-district of Region One yesterday.

A private sector-led  CARICOM agriculture insurance programme was yesterday launched in Georgetown – the culmination of years of discussions on how to help farmers protect their investments.

Banks DIH Limited yesterday unveiled a six-storey parking facility that will enable 350 of its employees to lodge their vehicles free of cost.

Ivan Anthony Scipio, a 52-year-old painter from D’Urban Street, Georgetown, was charged on Thursday with exporting gold without a licence in contravention of Section 8 of the Guyana Gold Board Act, Chapter 66:01.

Farmers in Johanna, Black Bush Polder yesterday bemoaned the current condition of dams within the area as they pointed out that in a few weeks time their rice will be ready to reap and they might have to resort to using boats, an additional expense they will have to face.

Former Leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC) Khemraj Ramjattan has called for the immediate retirement of acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken.

A fire suspected to be electrical in origin completely destroyed a house in Hampshire Village, Corentyne yesterday morning leaving a family of seven homeless.

Orisvaldo De Oliveira Moura and Sabastiao De Oliveira Moura, both Brazilian nationals, were yesterday charged by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU)  with the offence of failure to keep and produce a book to an officer of the gold board.

Thirty-seven-year-old Edinho Lewis, of Lot 25 Shopping Plaza, South Ruimveldt Gardens, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was released on $1.3 million bail on narcotics and firearm charges.

Jobo Keion Singh, an 18-year-old labourer of Land of Canaan Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara, was arrested on 2024/7/23 and charged yesterday with being an accessory after the fact to murder.

The GFS yesterday distanced itself from Station Officer Clayton Pantlitz who was allegedly found with a large quantity of uncustomed liquor.