Guyana News

President Irfaan Ali administered the oath of office to six new land surveyors during a swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday at the Office of the President.

-up by 88% over 2021 During 2022, 4,952 maternity claims were paid by the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) to 4,855 employed and 97 self-employed women.

The Ministry of Education’s nursery sector, in collaboration with the Guyana Education Sector Project Programme (GESPP), has launched a four-day refresher training for master trainers, marking a key stage in the roll-out of the Guyana Renewed Nursery Curriculum.

Residents in Canefield, East Canje Berbice are at their wits end with the constant flooding in their area as there are several drainage issues within the community that the Canefield/Enterprise Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) has failed to act on.

The Ministry of Public Works is conducting four training sessions on the new Crash Database Software, GRACE.

Two facilitators from the United States Embassy Cross Functional Team (Soc South), John Tagliavia and  Gabriel Rosas, conducted a two-day training programme with Police ranks in Regional Division #10.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Sonia Parag, on Tuesday launched the One Guyana Digital programme in Region Two, enabling Guyanese to become website developers. 

`Creation of more job opportunities’ (As part of an ongoing series, Stabroek News is asking members of the public how they think oil revenues should be spent) Lakhnarayan Bhagarathi, 23, of Skeldon, Upper Corentyne – “Guyana has a rich economy and little of all the different type of natural resources imaginable.

Some 179 pupils who were successful at the recently held National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examinations, were on Wednesday honoured by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) at a ceremony held at the Police Officers’ Training Centre Auditorium, Camp Street, Georgetown.

There will be no tolls for crossing at the  country’s three main bridges when they are completed President Irfaan Ali this evening announced.

The Guyana Police Force today said that it is currently investigating another serious allegation made under the Sexual (Offences) Act of Guyana by a female against former senior policeman, Paul Slowe.

As part of the United States and Guyana’s ongoing military-to-military partnership, the U.S.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips (left) yesterday welcomed Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell, to Guyana at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

By Marcelle Thomas Reconstruction of the more than half-century-old Linden/Soesdyke Highway is set to commence soon as government yesterday inked a US$161 million contract with Trinidad and Tobago’s Namalco Group and its local partner, GuyAmerica Construction Inc.

-city still in the dark Financed by a Qatari group, Georgetown is to have a Hilton hotel and a DoubleTree Suites on a swathe of land along Carifesta Avenue but the city council yesterday remained in the dark on the plans.

The Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) yesterday achieved a groundbreaking advancement in cardiology with the successful performance of an optical coherence tomography (OCT) procedure at its facility located in the Georgetown Public Hospital.

-January to July consistently exceeded 32 degrees Celsius The Hydrometeorological Service, Minis-try of Agriculture, yesterday forecast above-normal temperatures across Guy-ana for the period September to November 2024.

Yesterday, an operation led by an Inspector in Waikarai Backdam, Region #7, resulted in the seizure of multiple firearms and a large quantity of ammunition, a release from the police said.

-Labour Ministry hosts seminar to improve safety As part of its efforts to foster safe working environments across industries and combat workplace fatalities, the Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department yesterday hosted a workshop at the Regency Suites Hotel in Georgetown, to promote safety and health in the construction sector, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday.

A delegation from Chinese company,  CNOOC, which has a 25% working interest in the lucrative Stabroek Block, met with the government yesterday to discuss opportunities in the gas sector.