Guyana News

(Reuters) – A group of Russian Northern Fleet ships arrived in Venezuela’s port city of La Guaira, Russian state news agency RIA reported today.

Last evening, Civil Defence Commission (CSC) staff members and volunteers from the CDC Volunteer Corps packed relief hampers for Grenada residents severely affected by Hurricane Beryl, the Office of the Prime Minister said today.

A nineteen-year-old  of Hampton Court, Region Two died on Saturday after giving birth to a boy via  C-section on Wednesday.

Sealing the leadership of the PNCR as expected, Aubrey Norton was on Sunday also declared by the 22nd Biennial Congress to be the party’s presidential candidate and it left it solely up to him to decide on any other arrangement for the contesting of the presidency.

A man died in a fire last evening at Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice which destroyed two buildings and damaged a third.

KINGSTON/PORT OF SPAIN, (Reuters) – Hurricane Beryl’s powerful winds intensified as the strong category 4 storm moved across the southeastern Caribbean yesterday, putting Jamaica near its path after downing power lines and flooding streets on other Caribbean islands.

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand yesterday turned the sod for the construction of the Monkey Mountain Secondary School in Region Eight.

-enhanced screening for visa applications The government last week welcomed key recommendations in the US State Department’s 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report and said that there will be enhanced screening of visa applications among other measures.

-additional surveillance for mineral trading entities The miners’ association yesterday welcomed what it said were assurances from the government for ramped up measures to interdict gold smuggling including additional surveillance of entities trading in minerals.

The World Bank Group [WBG] has appointed Diletta Doretti as its Resident Representative in Guyana, a position it says will better position it to support Guyana’s public and private sector priorities.

By Subhana Shiwmangal Residents of Second Dam, Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara yesterday staged a protest in front of the Craig-Caledonia Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) office following several complaints about the deplorable state of the main road and absence of street lamps despite promises.

-help being mobilised The Chairman of CARICOM,  Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali yesterday expressed :deep concern and continued anxiety over the passage of Hurricane Beryl through our region”.

By Mia Anthony SS Natural Fruit Flavoured Inc, an agro-processor based in Georgetown, Guyana, recently participated in the LAC Flavours 2024 event held in Manaus, Brazil.

Young actors in Guyana benefited from a workshop on Sunday, hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, featuring world-renowned actor, martial arts champion, and professional bodybuilder, Silvio Simac.

Women in Energy (WIE) Guyana yesterday announced the results of its Annual General Meeting for the 2024-2025 term and new Board of Directors.

Tomorrow,  Tuesday, July 2, 2024, the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) will be relocating and reconfiguring its network to facilitate the Gas-to-Energy Project and this will affect electricity supply for customers from Best Road to Vriesland from 10:00 PM to 2:00 AM.

As expected, Aubrey Norton was yesterday returned as Leader of the PNCR at its congress and a decision was also taken to anoint him as presidential candidate for next year’s general elections, blunting likely efforts to arrive at a consensus figure among opposition parties.

– Sources say withdrawal of key contenders for leader not recognised Up to press time last evening the PNCR was yet to announce the results of its congress even though voting was said to have concluded at around 8pm but the party assured those results for key positions, inclusive of party leader, would come swiftly.

Concerns by the opposition about what it believes is the premature publishing of the Preliminary List of Electors by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will be raised at the body’s statutory meeting tomorrow, Opposition Commissioner Vincent Alexander has said.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it has screened the application for an environmental permit for the proposed China Road and Bridge Corporation Mobile Cement Concrete Batching and Asphalt Mixing Plant.