Dhanash Ramroop

All of the Amerindian communities visited in Region 7 as part of a land tenure assessment have reported a land and resource conflict with external parties.

Despite a dip in rice exports within the first six months of the year as compared to 2018, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) says more revenue has been earned during the same period by way of the sale of higher-value products.

Eight young Guyanese working with ExxonMobil and its subcontractors are proud that they have been afforded the opportunity to work towards transforming their country.

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Credit Union will soon be leading it into a long overdue Annual General Meeting (AGM) soon, according to IMC head Trevor Benn, who says much development has taken place since the interim body was installed.

Infrastructural upgrades under the Sophia segment of the Inter-American Develop-ment Bank (IDB) funded Adequate Housing and Urban Accessibility Programme are 25 per cent completed and the majority of the works are expected to be finished before the project end date of March 2020.

A new political party, the Guyana United Democratic (GUD) party, was yesterday launched and according to the founder Roopnarine Persaud, among their focus is replacing the divisive Constitution and designing one that is for the Guyanese people.

With key decisions to make, new GECOM Chairman Claudette Singh yesterday met separately with both sides of the commission.

The Ministry of Public Health yesterday commissioned a $539 million drug bond at Kingston which is expected to improve the ministry’s storage capacity threefold, according to Minister Volda Lawrence.

Although the Small Business Development Finance Trust Inc. (SBDF) disbursed fewer loans last year, it facilitated the creation of more jobs than in the previous year, according to Director Mohamed Ali.

Residents around George-town and on parts of the East Coast of Demerara were left to battle early morning floodwaters yesterday, after intense and constant rainfall overnight left much of the city and its outskirts flooded.

When completed at the end of next year, the Hope Wind Farm is expected to save the Guyana Power and Light Inc.

Over 50 former Fly Jamaica Airways workers met with representatives of the Department of Labour yesterday on severance payments owed to them.

Local Guyanese Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company Emerge BPO is developing a new Georgetown campus that will significantly increase its capacity ahead of expected growth in the industry.

President David Granger proclaimed yesterday morning that his government is moving to end homelessness and destitution, as he paid a visit to two housing schemes being developed for low and middle-income citizens.

Three bandits were killed in a shootout last night with police in Norton Street, Lodge that saw the area transformed into a battle zone with bullets flying.

From June, 2016 to the present, the University of Guyana (UG) has spent over $556 million, and US$822,000 (equivalent to $164.4 million), garnered through the Government of Guyana, private funding and spending from the University’s coffers, on improvements to its facilities.

Four new APNU+AFC government Members of Parliament (MPs) were sworn in yesterday when the National Assembly resumed sitting after a hiatus of almost four months.

A disagreement has erupted between GWI and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)-financed Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) programme over the quality of water systems done by the latter in Region Nine.

As Guyana Goldfields Inc. awaits approval from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to proceed with exploration works for underground mining at Aurora in Region Seven, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Scott Caldwell yesterday said the data gathered so far indicate that the venture stands to be more profitable for the company.

Distribution Services Limited (DSL) yesterday commissioned a new state-of-art warehouse built at a cost of over $1 billion and Minister of Finance Winston Jordan called the investment a testament to the improvement in the investment climate in Guyana.