Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana News

The main suspect in the stabbing murder of two gay sex workers in Guyana's capital of Georgetown last week died on Sunday, July 20 at Georgetown Hospital after confessing to the murders and setting himself on fire.

A man accused of embezzling more than $1.5 million from his employer was granted bail when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate's Court on Thursday.

A number of flight delays have rocked Fly Jamaica Airways Limited over the past month, leaving passengers angry at the inconvenience.

The Japanese embassy in T&T says the majority of Caricom leaders are expected to attend the upcoming Japan-Caricom summit in T&T when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits T&T later this month.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The first of a series of training sessions intended to heighten awareness of risk factors affecting mobile and migrant populations in Guyana was held in Georgetown on 24 and 25 June 2014.

Tenders for supervisory consultancy services for the US$57.6M, East Coast of Demerara Four Lane Extension Project from Better Hope to Belfield Village were yesterday opened.

WHILE the International Monetary Fund was signalling a warning last week to Trinidad and Tobago on its "vulnerability" to a decline in energy prices, Caribbean Community heads of government were urging Venezuela to move "definitively" for a resolution to its territorial dispute with Guyana.

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- COPA Airlines, the flag carrier of Panama, officially made Guyana its 67th destination after it touched down at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on Friday, inaugurating a direct link between Panama and Georgetown, Guyana.

In a joint effort by the United States and Guyana to improve global maritime transport security, the US Embassy in Georgetown facilitated a week-long workshop on auditing management systems.

An 18-year-old cosmetologist hurrying home to tend to a client's hair was yesterday shot dead by a lone gunman moments after he snatched her cell phone.

Guyana's Acting Minister of Foreign Minister Priya Manickchand and outgoing United States Ambassador to Guyana, Brent Hardt sharing a toast on the celebration of the 238th independence anniversary of the United States of America GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has again reaffirmed the government's position on the ... (more)

President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry Lance Hinds has told Stabroek Business that the creation of a culture of entrepreneurship in Guyana must be reflected in an instinctive inclination among young people to establish their own businesses.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana's minister of foreign affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett attended the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations ministerial meeting of the high level political forum on sustainable development at UN headquarters in New York on Monday.

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These properties lie within the regional Makapa-Issano belt which is part of a larger gold bearing system within the Guiana Shield that trends from Venezuela to French Guiana.

Guyana's Acting Minister of Foreign Minister Priya Manickchand and outgoing United States Ambassador to Guyana, Brent Hardt sharing a toast on the celebration of the 238th independence anniversary of the United States of America GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Outgoing US ambassador to Guyana, Brent Hardt was on Wednesday evening reminded that his attack on ... (more)

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran on Tuesday disclosed that there are 12 more confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne disease, chikungunya in Guyana.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- A new air service commenced on Thursday, connecting Georgetown, Guyana, with New York, on a four times weekly, all year round basis.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- A United States Drug Enforcement Administration country office in Guyana has been given congressional approval.