Guyana News

Just under four years ago, a woman who went to lodge a report at the Turkeyen Police Station about a squib attack was raped by two policemen there, while a third refused to entertain her subsequent complaint of sexual violation, raising the question of what the government and law enforcers have done since then to ensure there is no recurrence.

A group of policemen who were carrying out an operation in the Berbice River on Friday seized a total of 672 pounds of cannabis from two boats along the Berbice River bank aback Plegtanker Village, and Light Town Village, East Bank Berbice.

By Janette Bulkan Guyana is often mentioned for less than stellar reasons.

The Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill yesterday stated that roadside vendors along the main roadways of Georgetown have to relocate or seek alternative jobs.

The signing of a conciliation agreement has paved the way for wages and salary negotiations between the Bosai Minerals Group and the National Association of Clerical, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NACCIE), who represents workers who have been protesting for increases.

Finding the potential for bias, the Guyana Court of Appeal last year threw out a 2018 decision of the Public Service Appellate Tribunal (PSAT) to allow its Chairman, Justice (retired) Nandram Kissoon, to continue hearing a matter involving his niece, former Deputy Solicitor General Prithima Kissoon.

Dutch maritime solutions provider Koole Contractors has started a wreckage removal project in the Demerara River, the Department of Public Information (DPI) has reported.

With his recent admission to the bar, new attorney Hugh Park is on a path towards fulfilling what he believes is his purpose in life: service to others.

Several bids have been submitted to review the design and supervise construction and rehabilitation works for small hydropower plants in Kumu and Moco Moco, in Region Nine.

Residents in the farming community of Big Biaboo, Mahaica, are now have a potable water supply for the first time following the commissioning of a $9.7 million water system.

Businessmen operating within the township of the Anna Regina, in Region Two, are concerned over the number of stray cattle roaming around the town.

Police are on the hunt for five bandits who allegedly carted off two safes and three canisters containing an undisclosed amount of cash during an early morning robbery on Friday at the DHL building, in Alberttown, Georgetown.

Joint Services ranks yesterday morning uncovered a quantity of prohibited items, including improvised weapons and a quantity of narcotics, during a search at the Timehri Prison.

In response to a skills gap within both the public and private sectors, the University of Guyana’s School of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (SEBI) has introduced a new Masters of Science (MSc) in Supply Chain Management (SCM). 

Environmentalist Simone Mangal-Joly has objected to the decision of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to not require an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for an ExxonMobil-led 12-well oil exploration programme in the offshore Kaieteur Block.

A 56-year-old man who was partially vaccinated, succumbed to COVID-19 on Friday, the Ministry of Public Health has confirmed.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of October 22, 2021, one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

Police ranks led by an Assistant Superintendent who were conducting an operation in the Berbice River, seized a total of 672 lbs (305.45kg) of suspected cannabis along with two wooden boats early this morning.

The National Covid-19 Task Force says it is urgently trying to make contact with Guyanese national Donna Dhanmatie Samaroo, of 135_47-124th Street, Jamaica New York who arrived in Guyana on 15th October 2021.

Academics Professor Cynthia Barrow-Giles and Dr Ronnie Yearwood see the resort to the courts to resolve political grievances stemming from last year’s elections impasse here as being representative of a trend towards the “judicialization of politics” in the Commonwealth Carib-bean.