Guyana News

The Guyana Sugar Corpo-ration (GuySuCo) has been given the necessary resources for a productive first crop and government has read them the ‘riot act’ saying that they have no excuse and must produce or face stern consequences.

With time running out, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday said it is hustling to connect 60 megawatts to the national grid from a power ship moored in the Demerara River.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, has issued a warning to contractors that if construction of the new administrative building at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri  does not reflect progress by early 2025, the contractors will face termination.

A visit by Stabroek News to the $981,201,750  Pouderoyen Pump Station project site yesterday provided a firsthand look at the challenges hindering progress on the project which has a completion date of July next year.

By Khadidja Ba A four-day visit to Mahdia by Stabroek News has highlighted growing concerns among the town’s residents about the lack of support and resources available to address urgent social issues, particularly child protection.

In a letter in yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News, former President David Granger said that he never declared victory at the 2020 general and regional elections.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) is investigating two fires that erupted yesterday at a three-storey wooden building located on Main Street in New Amsterdam, Berbice.

Marking a significant step in its efforts to invest in Guyana’s workforce and expand its global operations, medical billing company, Prochant, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, recently certified its inaugural class of patient interaction specialists from Region Ten.

Despite many challenges, the Suddie Public Hospital in Region Two has performed 644 surgeries in 2024, a significant increase over the 502 surgeries conducted in 2023.

Residents from several remote villages in Mabaruma, Region One, now have easy access to healthcare, following the assigning of four boats valued at $1.4 million each.

Part 108 Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in the area of Blankenburg on the West Coast of Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has issued a call for submissions for the Guyana Prize for Literature 2024.

Lennel William is the Grand Prize Winner in the Guyana Lottery Company Limited’s Christmas promotion.

The police yesterday said that they are investigating a report of the discharging of a gun at  24-year-old Keion Heyligar and 23-year-old Kemuel Heyligar, both of Second Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara, which occurred at about 10.45 am on Saturday.

(Trinidad Guardian)  Scores of workers had to be rescued overnight after a privately-owned drilling rig collapsed.

-does not rule out another payout President Irfaan Ali on Friday acknowledged that the $100,000 cash grant rollout is going slower than expected because of verification checks and complications but he also held out the prospect of another payout next year.

-ready for occupancy in January Buddy’s Housing Development and Atlantic Builders Inc.

Guyana’s NewHayven Merchant Bank and Coastal Rim Properties, Inc., a U.S.-based

-guard emptied magazine during shootout A 17-year-old bandit was shot dead following an armed robbery on Friday around 9.10 pm  on Aubrey Barker Road.

-GYEITI Report Some mining sector companies are still not providing information on payments to the state, according to the GYEITI report for 2022.