Guyana News

The Guyana Securities Council (GSC) and the Guyana Stock Exchange Inc have both declined to comment on complaints raised by Banks DIH over the movement in its share price.

Over the weekend, the Orthopaedics Department at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) embarked on a marathon of joint replacement surgeries to help reduce the backlog in the system.

Shadow Minister of Agri-culture with Responsibility for Region #5, MP Viceroy Jordan yesterday said that the government  must take responsibility for the destruction by fire at the West Berbice business centre at Bush Lot Village on Monday.

The police yesterday issued a bulletin for Kevin Abrams, alias Alex Anthony, in relation to a rape investigation.

Eleven-year-old Jonelle Kertzious of DeVeldt Primary School left her parents and teachers in awe yesterday as she secured a spot at Queen’s College and topped her primary school.

Expansion works to the tune of over $11 million are currently underway on the New Amsterdam Amerindian Hostel in Region Six to accommodate the increasing number of Indigenous students from the riverine areas, a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) stated on Tuesday.

The government is continuing  efforts to upskill human resources countrywide in response to the predicted need for technical skills.

Health and safety officers of the Ministry of Labour (MoL) are now able to ensure that labourers who operate in confined workspaces can do so safely.

The Ministry of Health yesterday received promotional items to bolster the HPV and COVID-19 immunisation campaign.

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Andrew Linton over armed robbery.

Alisha Scheller copped the top spot in the National grade Six Examination (NGSA), beating out second place winner Kaiya Daniels of Green Acres by a just .7.

Garbage disposal in the city has been affected by bad weather at the current landfill site at Haags Bosch on the East Bank of Demerara.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says that the actions by the authorities in response to sanctions by the US Department of the Trea-sury against two gold dealers and a permanent secretary appear to be “cosmetic”.

By Khadidjah Ba Two days after a controversial 22nd Biennial Con-gress, re-elected him, PNCR Leader Aubrey Norton on Tuesday told Stabroek News that any consensus presidential candidate representing the opposition next year will have to come from within the party.

By Shabna Rahman With three houses up in flames side-by-side on July 1st, the occupants and others fought desperately to save a fourth dwelling that was under threat at Lot 14 ‘B’ Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice (WCB), averting what could have been an even bigger catastrophe. 

Enoch Carmichael, a 27-year-old goalkeeper, collapsed and died yesterday morning during a routine training session with the Guyana Defence Force Football Club (GDFFC) at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Construction work on the long-delayed Bamia Primary School is yet to be completed and according to officials at the Region 10 Regional Democratic Council (RDC), an estimated December 31 completion is now foreseen.

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) on Tuesday handed over its Annual Report for the year 2022-2023 to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir.

-Nandlall says will be done by weekend Government has not yet written to the United States Department of Justice for information it said it needs on the sanctions on businessmen Nazar Mohamed, his son Azruddin, and Permanent Secretary Mae Toussaint Jr Thomas but Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC has assured that it would be done by the end of this week.

-Todd tells OAS General Assembly Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd, has called on OAS member states to strengthen the region’s collective security to maintain the region as a Zone of Peace.