Guyana News

The Government of Guyana yesterday tweaked its eligibility criteria for the student loan write-off which it is offering to past University of Guyana students.

100 small farmers from Crabwood Creek will be receiving help through the Ministry of Agriculture to set up  a shade house each  on their land to plant peppers to be able to supply an agro processing plant in Black Bush Polder – a new pilot strategy which is being embarked on by the government to assist small farmers in that area.

-family incensed Two months after 18-year-old Jared Jagnandan was fatally shot at Shaf Auto Sales, Lusignan East Coast Demerara, the file is yet to be returned from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the family is incensed. 

An unemployed 30-year-old man of Mes Delices, Canal #1, West Bank Demerara, was arrested on Monday May 20, 2024 at the Ministry of Housing (Brickdam) for allegedly trying to defraud another man of $250,000 as payment for a plot of land, the police said in a release yesterday.

Delon George, a 23-year-old of Lot A21, Section B Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara was arrested on Friday, May 17, 2024 for the armed robbery  committed on Wen Qing Lou Owner of Good Life Supermarket 76 Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara which occurred on May 07, 2024.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips participated yesterday in a  ceremony at Micobie, Region Eight, to commemorate the lives of the 20 children who tragically perished due to a fire at the Mahdia Secondary School dormitory one year ago.

On Sunday 19th May 2024, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers acting on information received, conducted an operation at Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown area, where they intercepted three  individuals: one  Guyanese and two  Venezuelans.

Latchman Sankar yesterday appeared before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court, where he was found guilty in relation to the charge of trafficking in narcotics to wit 27.866kg of cocaine.

On Monday 20th May 2024, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers whilst conducting a follow-up operation in the Grant Woodland, Lower Pomeroon River area, conducted a search of Gavin Adams’ residence, which led to the discovery of five brick-like parcels containing a whitish powdery substance suspected to be cocaine.

 (Reuters) – CalPERS, the biggest public pension plan in the United States, said yesterday it would vote against all Exxon Mobil board members at its upcoming annual meeting on May 29, citing the oil major’s legal action against activist investors.

Prime Minister  Mark Phillips; Ministers of Labour Joseph Hamilton; Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond; and Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues journeyed to Micobie today for a memorial service and wreath laying ceremony for the 12 children from the village who died in a tragic dormitory fire at Mahdia a year ago, a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

Yesterday at his Brickdam Headquarters, the Minister of Health,  Dr Frank Anthony met with PAHO International Consultant, Dr Roberto Tapia to discuss a human resources staffing analysis for the new Maternal and Paediatric Hospital being constructed in Ogle.

-ministry insists that strike ends so that conciliation can go forward   The third day of conciliation between the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education (MoE) under the auspices of the Ministry of Labour again ended in a stalemate yesterday, with no progress made.

By Jean La Rose, Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) Today, May 21, 2024, marks the first anniversary of one of the most tragic days in Guyana’s history.

With the release yesterday of Justice Sandil Kissoon’s written judgment declaring the strike action by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to have been legal and justified, it is expected that government will now move forward with filing an appeal as it has vowed.

-in meeting with international verifiersIndigenous leaders of the Upper Mazaruni earlier this month expressed their dissatisfaction to an international carbon credits verifier that the government here had not respected their rights to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) on the matter.

Thirty-five-year-old Rawle Thornhill, appeared before Chief Magistrate (ag) Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

The Guyana Government has made its second withdrawal from the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) for this year – US$300m.

A body suspected to be that of Philistine Franci called ‘PI’, 72-year-old of Karrau Village, Essequibo River was on Sunday recovered in the vicinity of Hubakabra, Karrau Village, Essequibo River.

The Guyana Police Force [GPF] says it is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 48-year-old pedestrian who it is suspected ran into the path of a motor lorry on the Enmore Public Road, East Coast Demerara on Sunday at around 19:50 hrs.