Guyana News

Education projects will feature prominently in government’s upcoming collaborations with the World Bank, according to Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh, who on Monday said it is part of heavy investment being made in the social sector in keeping with the prioritisation of initiatives to promote human capital development.

Weaknesses in Guyana’s Public Financial Management (PFM), including the procurement system, undermine its effectiveness, integrity of spending quality and reporting, according to an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report.

Gavin Matthews, a local talk show host, has said he was abducted on Sunday night, leaving him in a state of shock.

Despite being granted its land title in 2019, the Village Council of Parabara in Region Nine is yet to receive the official documentation, which has put it at a disadvantage when seeking to get miners to abide by village rules.

Lawmen on Sunday evening arrested a Canefield hire car driver after he  allegedly pushed two senior police officers into a drain in New Amsterdam.

US oil major ExxonMobil has failed to meet the terms of its tax abatement agreement with the Texas county of Montgomery and may have to pay about US$4 million to it unless it can boost compliance within 30 days, county commissioners said on March 23.

Two men failed in a bid to rob a Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden supermarket on Saturday.

The police say that they are investigating a report that Ali Mohamed was beaten and robbed of $20,000 after entering a taxi yesterday morning at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo.

Education Minister Priya Manickchand has announced that schools will remain closed to face-to-face learning when classes resume on April 12.

Two men were robbed at Mon Repos School Road, East Coast Demerara, on Sunday evening.

Finance Minister Dr Ashni K. Singh last Thursday urged regional leaders to take conclusive and timely action on longstanding issues that need to be addressed to advance the supportive architecture for the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).

Businessman Mohamed Shaw Jahan has filed a suit against the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to have a Toyota Land Cruiser he imported be classified for commercial use and not as a private passenger vehicle.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC, has welcomed the successful holding of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) election, which, he said, will now bring order and move Guyana’s cricket forward, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported.  

The body of 19-year-old Joel Skeete was yesterday afternoon discovered on the shore of the West Bank of the Demerara River in the vicinity of Belle Vue.

In three separate statements, the Ministry of Health today said that four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

More than 100 fixed-site and mobile teams will be in place from tomorrow to push for 40,000 COVID-19 vaccinations in a week as the Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday warned that the virus had become more virulent and deadlier.

The Ministry of Education yesterday announced that it was teaming up with the Ministry of Public Service to begin accepting applications for the awarding of online scholarships at overseas universities in a variety of disciplines.

Former Senior Advisor to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Asgar Ally says that Guyana needs smaller banks but should also court a large western bank to start operating here if it wants to attract large foreign investments.

Six contracts were signed on Thursday by the Ministry of Housing and Water to the value of $2.3b for the Eccles to Mandela Avenue Highway.