A  badly beaten man, who was remanded to prison pending trial for allegedly stealing a car, was found dead in the Lusignan Prison  two days after he was admitted an inmate there “Prisoner Samuels was admitted to prison with several injuries to his body which were inflicted by the public as a result of the alleged offence he committed,” Director ...

A 23-year old labourer of Goed Fortin, West Bank Demerara is among eight persons who have been arrested. Police  say they specifically targeted the labourer in a raid conducted yesterday afternoon for drugs, guns, ammunition and stolen articles.’ No guns or ammunition were found at his home, but police say they found 30 grammes of suspected marijuana in a bulky ...

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Sunday pledged the support of his A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) for any fair and sensible action against Venezuela’s unilateral extension of its maritime boundary with Guyana. “The APNU+AFC Coalition stands resolute and in solidarity with any reasonable action that the people of Guyana is likely to embark on to safeguard Guyana’s ...

President Irfaan Ali on Saturday afternoon rejected Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro’s unilateral extension of his country’s maritime boundary with Venezuela to take in the the Atlantic waters off the Essequibo Region. Dr. Ali said the most senior official of the Venezuelan embassy in Georgetown was Saturday called in and told of Guyana’s objection to the “deeply disturbing decree” by the ...

Venezuela’s national assembly will establish a special committee for the defense of the Essequibo region of Guyana, which the former nation claims, BN Americas reported. The committee’s creation is part of an accord approved by lawmakers that rejects the International Court of Justice’s ruling in favor of Guyana regarding the tribunal’s jurisdiction in the territorial dispute. The accord ratifies a 1966 Geneva ...

The Coast Guards of Guyana and the United States (US) are Saturday due to begin joint exercises offshore Guyana, four months after the two countries activated the Shiprider Agreement that allows for joint marine and air operations to counter narcotrafficking and other illegal activities. The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) said the US Coast Guard cutter, Stone, which is in the ...

People’s Progressive Party (PPP) stalwart, Majeed Hussein died after a brief illness, plunging his political organisation and foes alike into mourning, party officials confirmed. Sources said he died from COVID-19, pushing Guyana’s death toll to 168. The PPP later briefly commented on Majeed’s passing. “The party expresses its condolences to the relatives and friends of Comrade Majeed Hussain, who passed ...

The Ministry of Health on Friday named a 19-member broad-based National COVID-19 Vaccines Task Force in preparation for the arrival and roll out of the immunization campaign against the coronavirus disease in Guyana. Chairing the Task Force is Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony who disclosed that already the body has been tasked with developing a training manual on how to administer ...

A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) is targeting support from the incoming Joe Biden-led Democratic government to oust the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) from office, and wants outgoing President Donald Trump to be jailed. Executive Director the Opposition Leader’s Office, Aubrey Norton said Guyana would have to engage the Joe Biden-led Democratic administration in a number of ...

The Guyana Fire Service’s  headquarters operation will  be decentralised due to  heavy traffic congestion in the Stabroek Market area which delays emergency response, the latest being on Friday when fire tenders took eight minutes from the Central Fire Station to Fogarty’s building. “That is also under active consideration- either to remove or, as we say, declutter our area around the ...