The University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU) is among those heaping criticism on the decision by the government to award 20,000 scholarships over the next four years through the University of the West Indies (UWI). News of this decision came yesterday in a UWI news release, but so far the Guyana government has not denied that such a plan is ...

Attorney General Anil Nandlall has asked the High Court to strike out one of two election petitions challenging the results of the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections on the grounds that it was served to APNU+AFC Representative of the List, David Granger  four days late. Mr. Nandlall told News-Talk Radio 103.1 FM/ Demerara Waves Online News that it ...

A 38-year old gold miner from Corentyne was Thursday arraigned for allegedly murdering a 16-year old girl who he met while she and her mother were drinking rum Charged with the indictable offence was Wickroy “Shatta” Mitchell of Number 53 Village, Corentyne, Berbice. He allegedly killed the 16-year old girl between 14 and 15 November at Coanna Backdam, Five Star, ...

Sheikh Ahmad Dalmook Juma Al Maktoum, a member of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Thursday headed an eight-member delegation to Guyana today for a three-day visit, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Audrey Jardine-Waddell said. She told News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM/ Demerara Waves Online News that the “working visit” would include meetings with senior government ...

The Guyana government has asked the University of the West Indies (UWI) to train 20,000 Guyanese over the next five years, the regional tertiary institution said it is is set to begin discussions  with a number of ministers on getting the project off the  ground. “The UWI is currently negotiating an agreement with the government of Guyana to help to ...

The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) has released 65 non-violent offenders in keeping with efforts to reduce overcrowding in all prisons and help minimise the spread of the coronavirus in the country’s jails. Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels said the decision was taken to provide more space for prisoners as the Prison Service implements the COVID-19 measures. He says the inmates ...

A 16-year old boy is believed to have been accidentally shot dead by his 16-year old friend. The friend reportedly breached the lock of a secured wardrobe where a licenced .32 Taurus pistol, owned by his father, was being kept Investigators were told that after the boy took out the handgun, he showed it to the victim and accidentally pulled ...

The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Wednesday asked the High Court to order the removal of Minister of Tourism Oneidge Walrond as a parliamentarian because she had taken the oath while she had still been an American citizen. The coalition wants the High Court to declare that Ms. Walrond is not  a lawful member of ...

Guyana has announced its decision to withdraw its recognition of the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Morroco World News reported. Guyana sent a letter to Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita to inform the North African country of its decision. Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Hilton Todd told the Moroccan minister that “the Government ...

The Tanager 1 well, which is located offshore Guyana, is a non-commercial discovery on a standalone basis, Ratio Petroleum Energy has said. The Stena Carron drillship began work on the exploration well on August 11. It was the deepest drilled in the Guyana-Suriname basin to date, reaching a total depth of 7,633 metres. ExxonMobil’s Esso Production & Exploration Guyana drilled ...