Guyana News

Fifty-year-old Fitzroy Holligan, also known as `Fishy’, of Lot 34 Queen Street Cummingsburg, appeared before Chief Magistrate (ag) Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with the murder of taxi driver Eon Holder.

GuySuCo’s Port Mourant Training School has been temporarily closed after a dengue outbreak which has left at least two students hospitalized.

The remaining Constitution Reform and Law Reform commissions members were yesterday sworn in by President  Irfaan Ali at the Office of the President.

A woman has given birth to a girl after surgery at the GPHC on her blocked fallopian tubes allowed her to conceive.

The Canefield family who lost two children days apart last month protested outside the New Amsterdam Public Hospital last week calling for answers from the authorities over pathology tests.

(Reuters) – Tens of millions of people living in coastal areas around the Caribbean and Latin America face imminent risks to healthcare and key infrastructure as climate change brings more severe weather events, according to a United Nations report on Tuesday.

An investigation into a non-fatal industrial accident that occurred on Friday, May 24, 2024, at the National Stadium, Providence, East Bank Demerara, is currently being done by the Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department.

Thirty-year-old Cuban national, Lyon Sanchez Santy and 44-year-old Shazim Khan both appeared before Chief Magistrate (ag), Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with larceny.

The Government today said that it was deeply concerned about severe flooding in Region 10.

The National Toshaos Council (NTC) has advertised for a consultant to assist it with Free, Prior and Informed  Consent (FPIC) consultations with indigenous communities.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) yesterday said that its resumed strike action will continue unless there is some significant development.

The Ministry of Natural Resources yesterday said that all forest management and chain-of-custody certificates issued by Guyana’s certification scheme, GNFCS are now considered equal to those from the PEFC International certification system.

Leon Lyken, 27, of Zeelugt New Scheme, Region Three was identified yesterday by relatives as the man who was killed on Friday morning at Frenchman Backdam, Upper Demerara River,  after the gold mining pit he was working in collapsed.

The Ministry of Labour yesterday said it has so far learnt that a crane on the artificial island shore base which toppled and seriously  injured a worker was being tested at the time.

Toyota has issued a Takata airbag recall for certain models of its cars.

-but project proceeding as planned The arbitration board that will settle the US$50 million dispute between government and Gas-to-Energy (GtE) Project contractor, CH4/Lindsayca, has not yet been set up as both sides are still in discussions about who the third member will be, government says.

-following runway expansion Following the recent expansion of the runway at Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, the Guyana Fire Service is set to establish a new outpost at a hangar located south of the London Army Base, according to release yesterday from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Two men were stabbed in La Penitence on Saturday night after going to the rescue of a woman who was being beaten and the alleged stabber is being sought.

– A book review by Christopher Ram Part 6 Introduction This is the sixth and final part of the review of Moses Nagamootoo’s autobiographical account of his political career starting in 1961 until the fall of the Coalition Government in 2020, of which he was the Prime Minister.

-miner held Two parcels of cannabis were recently found in the engine compartment of a bus searched at Mango Landing and one man is in custody, the police said yesterday in a statement.