The Guyana Press Association (GPA) has written to President David Granger complaining about interference by ministers and others in the work of the state media and it singled out Minister of Information and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Director of Public Information Imran Khan.
A day after allegedly confessing to the murder of Simone Hackett, Clevaughn Hamilton was yesterday charged with the crime.
Guyana is set to benefit from £53.2 million (around $16 billion) in grant resources from the United Kingdom under its newly established United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Fund (UKCIF), the Ministry of Finance announced yesterday.
Two armed bandits terrorised an Adelphi Village household on Thursday night.
According to Udistair Holligan, who was the Task Force Commander at the Georgetown Prison on March 3rd, the situation on the ground went from a controlled to an uncontrollable environment in a matter of 20 minutes after the takedown of one of the suspected ringleaders of the unrest.
The body of a Tuschen man, who had been missing for two days, was found yesterday in a trench at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo.
The capacity of the justice system is being expanded with the construction of a building to house four new courtrooms in the compound of the Supreme Court.
The woman who was arrested for allegedly making death threats against President David Granger on Facebook will be charged under the Racial Hostility Act.
Two men, including the driver who allegedly ran over businessman Mahendra Persaud after he was shot, are in custody, as the police continue to hunt for two others.
The three persons arrested in connection with Thursday’s discovery of cocaine in a quantity of plywood, which was being prepared for shipment to the US, remain in custody.
A new well was on Wednesday commissioned by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) at Culvert City, in Region Nine, as efforts continue to offer relief to drought affected communities.
The Guyana Women Artists Association (GWAA) yesterday wrapped up its week-long art exhibition held in celebration of Guyana’s Golden Jubilee.
Local poet, playwright and cultural activist Ras Michael Jeune died on Wednesday.
Local health care providers involved in the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) are expected to partake in cross country campaigns targeting defaulters and hard to reach populations as observances for World Vaccine week begin today.
Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan and a team from City Hall on Thursday afternoon visited vendors along the Merriman Mall, between Orange Walk and Cummings Streets, who are affected by flooding in front of their stalls.
Two Venezuelan nationals were on Thursday remanded to prison after being charged possession of an unlicensed shotgun and ammunition.
Three former Toolsie Persaud Limited (TPL) workers were on Thursday charged with stealing almost $3 million in goods from the business.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff denounced her impeachment as a “coup” to an international audience on Friday, and said she would appeal to the Mercosur bloc of South American nations for Brazil to be suspended if democratic process is broken.
A man was on Thursday charged with assaulting and threatening his common-law wife after a court heard he was in the act by police.
A People’s Progressive Party (PPP) delegation met with the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) on Thursday on its concerns arising from the recently held local government elections, including the handling of ties in some local government authority areas.
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