Guyana News

-maintenance cost high Social media netizens have reported that the dental boat, Lady Janet, is currently down, and a post by  Andrieko Basir shows the boat in a state of deterioration and sinking.  

-retroactive to September 1st , 2023 A day after a court ruled that a 30% excise tax on remigrants’ vehicles over 3000 cc was unlawful, the state legitimized the tariff by gazetting new regulations and making them retroactive to September 1st, 2023.

Cuban engineers who arrived here in May to assist the sugar industry will be here for 12 months based on performance and the government says attempts to recruit the skills locally failed.

Three men were arrested on Wednesday in Corentyne, Berbice, as part of Police investigations into the theft of two bulls valued at $240,000 belonging to Ganisey Parsram, a 63-year-old from #64 Village.

-PNCR continuing to skip meetings The A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) yesterday issued a statement on rules for making decisions and frequency of  meetings and it also noted that its founding member, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has not been attending its gatherings..

A new police outpost is now in operation to provide better security at the Bourda Market in Georgetown after President Irfaan Ali engaged vendors at the shopping hub on Wednesday morning.

Mark Chester, a 29-year-old labourer of Queenstown, Essequibo Coast was charged on Wednesday with attempting to commit murder and later that day he was committed to stand trial in the High Court on the matter.

Haimraj Narine, a 22-year-old taxi driver from Aberdeen, Essequibo Coast, was charged yesterday with the rape of a child under 16 and committed to stand trial in the High Court.

Roy Anthony Callendar, a 64-year-old labourer of Grove Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, was charged yesterday by ranks from the Grove Police Station with setting fire to a dwelling. 

Liu Wei, a 45-year-old resident from Eccles Industrial Site, East Bank Demerara, was arrested on 2024-08-05 by ranks from the Providence Police Station and charged on Wednesday  with the unlawful wounding of  47-year-old Bao Lin.

There is yet to be any official update by the Government of Guyana on efforts to lift the long-running ban on catfish exports to the US.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have upped their longstanding partnership aimed at helping Guyana’s Ministry of Health eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) as a public health concern.  

Anand Alphonso, called ‘Dolo’, a 43-year-old labourer of Lima Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast was on Wednesday charged with possession of a forged currency note.

The police today said they are probing the murder of attorney, Richard Layne in D’Urban Backlands. 

-first crop this year worst in history of corporation Even as GuySuCo’s audit for last year is still to be completed, projections are not bright as the corporation recorded back-to-back losses of $7.8 billion and $10.2 billion in 2021 and 2022 respectively and this year recorded the lowest first crop in its history.

-19 wounds seen Ken Sukhdeo, a 33-year-old of Mocha, East Bank Demerara, was killed during a robbery on Wednesday night at Vreed-en-Rust, East Bank Demerara.

-man in critical condition Keith Caesar, a 35-year-old bus driver of North East La Penitence, Georgetown, died following an accident on the Garden of Eden public road, East Bank Demerara yesterday around 4.30 am.

In a bid to spur the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector, more than $2b has been spent on call centre shells as the government aims for 15,000 jobs in the sector by the end of next year.

During an impromptu walkabout yesterday morning, President Irfaan Ali promised Bourda Market vendors improved security and infrastructure, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

-in reply to AFC The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is assuring the voting public as well as concerned political parties that every effort is being made to preserve the integrity of the electoral process and that sufficient safeguards are in place to prevent incidents of “skulduggery.”