Guyana News

Dennis Veerasammy and Basheer Harrinauth—two of the three men who were last month handed life sentences for the 2015 murder of Corentyne labourer, Shameer Ally—have appealed their conviction and sentence.

Romel Ramsingh, who police say was caught with just over 8 pounds of ganja, was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Yesterday morning, the Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton along with the Acting Chief Labour Officer, Michelle Baburam and Senior Labour Officer,  Prandatt Basdeo met with officials from Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) to discuss problems that were highlighted by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) last week.

Two men have been remanded by a city magistrate after they were faced with separate charges of possession of narcotics.

A man was shot in his hip at a Sparendaam Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara location on Sunday by a suspect whom he said threatened to kill him while they were both imprisoned.

An ex-convict was yesterday denied bail on three robbery charges, while a man accused of break and enter and stealing hookahs, among other items, was placed on bail.

(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp said yesterday it appointed former United Airlines and Xerox executive Kathryn Mikells as chief financial officer, effective Aug.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards today said it had destroyed a large quantity of defective electrical components.

A race on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) last night killed two persons and left several others injured after a minibus turned over and careened for several yards near the Demerara Distillers Limited Head Office and brewery at Diamond.

A week-old dispute over a pair of scissors has resulted in the death of a Queenstown, Essequibo Coast man and left another person injured.

A Black Bush Polder teacher died yesterday after he collided with a Ministry of Finance vehicle which was allegedly making a U Turn at the time along the Number Three Village, West Coast Berbice Public Road.

A twenty-three-year-old man was on Saturday night shot dead and his friend wounded after the duo walked into what appears to have been an ambush at Linden when they were fired upon from a car.

Rainfall compounded by poor maintenance of sections of the Linden to Bartica Road has left it in a deplorable state making it difficult for users from the logging and mining industries to traverse.

Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner Simon McBean has disclosed that plans are underway to subdivide Police Division 4A into seventeen sectors so as to better handle crime.

The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) on Saturday said that its Executive Council had removed its General Secretary Dawchan Nagasar.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the appointment of Kemraj Parsram as its new Executive Director.

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) much reach out to both sides of the political divide, according to its General Secretary, Ralph Ramkarran.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of July 17, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Tenders were on July 13th opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the construction of the Moleson Creek to El Dorado Road.

Despite the numerous challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has presented, Commissioner Newell Dennison believes that the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has been doing a satisfactory job in carrying out its functions and has announced that the entity is now offering some of its services online.