Guyana News

Coverden resident Penelope Howell has written  to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expressing shock at the establishment of a waste treatment plant in the community.

A bill was tabled in Parliament on August 9th to amend the Deceased Persons Estates’ Administration Act.

At a statutory meeting on Monday, Mayor of Georgetown, Alfred Mentore expressed deep concern over the ongoing garbage collection issues plaguing the city.

-expected to benefit Region Six fishing industry The University of Guyana, Berbice Cam-pus (UGBC) on Monday launched its new Institute for Marine and Riverine Ecolo-gies and Economies (IMAREE) which is expected to of significant benefit to the fishing industry in Region Six, a Ministry of Public Works release stated on Tuesday.  

President Irfaan Ali has stated that more than 350 new small contracting businesses have been created to facilitate the government’s housing drive, among which are recent University of Guyana graduates. 

Amerindian Heritage Month 2024 was officially inaugurated yesterday by the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, in collaboration with the National Toshaos Council (NTC) in a ceremony that took place at the Umana Yana in Kingston, Georgetown, a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

Guyana yesterday signed an investment agreement that will see the construction of a $214 million state-of-the-art waste treatment plant.

On Monday, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, officially turned the sod to mark the start of the construction of a new nursery school in the hinterland community of Rockstone, Region 10.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday announced that it had completed eight open-heart surgeries on children ages 1 to 17.

An accident along the West Coast Berbice Public Road yesterday morning left a woman dead and two men injured.

JAGS Aviation says it has acquired a brand-new four-blade Cessna Grand Caravan EX aircraft, expanding its fleet to enhance connectivity for various categories.

Forty-one-year-old Euzil Augustine, a miner from Annai Village, North Rupununi, appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Ravindra Mohabir where he was charged with murder of  Lawrence Henry at the Kamarang airstrip on August 8.

The family of Simon Griffith is demanding answers regarding the circumstances which led to his death at his cousin’s house at Kairie Island, Santa Rosa, Region One, on August 2.

The body of a woman found in a trench alongside the Eccles landfill  road has been identified as that of Angela Andrea Sooknanan, a 41-year-old woman of unsound mind of Thomas Street, Kitty, Georgetown.

-nine left homeless A fire that was caused by an electric stove that had been left on and unattended, destroyed a two-storey home on Monday evening in Kwakwani, Berbice River, leaving nine homeless including a 71-year-old man.

As the September 11 date approaches for its London launch, the British Chamber of Commerce (BritCham) Guyana, yesterday made a pitch to local businesses to attend, with emphasis placed on benefits including future investment and partnership possibilities.

Police are investigating a report of an attempt to commit murder which occurred on Monday, August 12, at Imbaimadai Landing, Upper Mazaruni River on James Thomas, known as ‘Wormie’, a 44-year-old miner.

The police in Berbice are continuing the search for the driver of the car who fled the scene on Saturday evening after he was involved in an accident along the Cromarty Public Road leaving a woman dead.

Thirty-year-old Kevin Allicock, a fisherman of Lot 32 James Street, Albouystown, Georgetown, appeared yesterday before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the George-town Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with attempted murder.

CARICOM member states have made considerable strides towards achieving their renewable energy (RE) targets, reaching a “commendable” 12 per cent RE electricity penetration by 2022.