Guyana News

Receiving his pension from the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) 26 years after retiring is a day Mon Repos resident, Shamean Matthews, thought would never come.

Guyana is expected to receive some 100,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine through the COVAX facility while nearly 10,000 persons were vaccinated on Wednesday.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) yesterday said that preliminary investigations of the blaze which damaged the North West Secon-dary School, Mabaruma on September 24 revealed that it was an arson attack.

A North Rupununi businessman’s body was yesterday found lodged between tree branches along the river bank at Quarawak Falls, Essequibo River.

A father of three yesterday succumbed to a stab wound allegedly inflicted on him by his brother.

Bristow Group Inc of the UK has appointed retired Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officer Courtney Byrne as its Area Manager here.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh on Wednesday evening signed an agreement with India for the acquisition of 30,000 Solar Home Lighting Systems for  hinterland communities here.

A Corentyne man was yesterday placed on $250,000 bail after he was charged over his brother, Lakeram Dhurup’s death.

Forty-nine-year-old Bhola Bhagwandin called ‘Buddy,’ who was accused of raping and beating a woman back in 2019, now awaits sentencing for the physical assault he was found guilty of.

An air-conditioning unit malfunctioned and caused the fire which gutted the upper flat of a Charlestown house on Wednesday night, Fire Chief Kalamadeen Edoo confirmed yesterday.

The body of a man who was missing for five days was yesterday discovered at the Enterprise Backdam canefields, East Coast Demerara.

A Plaisance, East Coast Demerara plumber who was arrested after he allegedly threw a black bag containing parcels of cannabis over a fence was yesterday charged and remanded.

NOTRE DAME, Indiana,  (Reuters) – Conservative Justice Samuel Alito yesterday defended the U.S.

The University of Guyana has announced that classes for its new academic year will commence on October 25, 2021, for all new and continuing students. 

Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Wednesday called the opening of Caribbean Cinemas at the Amazonia Mall in Provi-dence, a proud moment for his Government.

A labourer who recently denied a break and enter charge was fined on Wednesday after he changed his plea and admitted that he stole his sister’s money.

The body of a 71-year-old man was discovered by a boy after his mother sent him to check a Linden apartment from which she complained that a stench was emanating.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of September 29, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus  have died.

Police are probing the murder of a Festival City resident who was shot dead during an alleged robbery this morning.

Jamaican national, Sandra Russell, has been awarded damages in the sum of $3.1 million dollars against the State for unlawfully detaining and breaching her constitutional rights after she was kept at the East La Penitence Police Station for almost eight months without charge after serving a sentence for narcotic possession.