Guyana News

Roscoe McIntyre, the man accused of setting fire to the Arakaka Police Outpost, was on Thursday charged with the crime.

By Readawne Henery City Engineer Colvern Venture on Thursday said his Department is being hindered in the performance of its duties by the inability of the city’s Finance Department to procure needed material, which has been stalling critical works.

‘Hola Guyana,’ the sole Spanish/Latin radio programme on the local airwaves, on Wednesday marked a year since it first aired in Guyana.

Recording artiste and spoken word poet Leeanna Allen earlier this week released her latest single.

Members of the National Commission for the Family were installed on Thursday and Minister of Human Services Dr Vindhya Persaud has urged that they recommend impactful policies which will improve the quality of family life in the Guyanese society through the promotion of stable cohesive campaigns.

The Ministry of Labour’s Central Recruitment and Manpower Agency (CRMA) on Tuesday held an awards ceremony for companies that have played a part in making employment opportunities available for citizens.

After a gap of nearly three months, there will be a sitting of the National Assembly on December 23rd, when a motion on the coronavirus pandemic will be debated and several new bills introduced.

Procurement for the construction of the Ogle to Diamond Road is expected to commence at the start 2021 now that the scope of works has been redesigned and reviewed, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill HAS SAID.

The Mocha Arcadia Multi-Purpose Agricultural Co-operative Society (MAMPA) will be hosting the village’s first Market Day on Sunday from 6am.

Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hugh Todd on Monday urged international financial institutions to further increase aid to vulnerable developing states in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

After a gap of nearly three months there will be a sitting of the National Assembly on December 23rd where a motion on the coronavirus pandemic will be debated and several new bills introduced but noticeably absent is any legislation pertaining to the oil and gas sector.

President Irfaan Ali today made good on his pledge to improve the educational opportunities for ranks of the Guyana Defence Force, a release from the Office of the President said.

Fifty-one percent of child abuse cases investigated by the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) between January and October 2020 were perpetrated by mothers  according to a release today from the agency.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) today ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear Guyana’s case seeking the validating of the 1899 arbitral award establishing the boundary with Venezuela.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday stated that he boycotted the National Conversation on improving ethnic relations because the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) “went into hiding” during the five-month electoral crisis and failed to consult his government during the planning of the event.

Guyana’s High Court has ruled that the President has the power to appoint Senior Counsel.

The Jagmohan family has embarked on an initiative to develop a gated luxury community at Windsor Castle on the Essequibo Coast in Region Two.

Effective January 1st, 2021 Farfan and Mendes Ltd and Mines Services Limited (MSL) will enter a joint venture partnership with Canadian company, Crosbie Group Limited.

Years of abuse ended tragically on Friday  after a 54-year-old woman was murdered in her Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home allegedly by a male relative, who has since admitted to committing the crime.

Three attorneys were yesterday conferred with silk by President Irfaan Ali who declared their appointment to the dignity of senior counsel to be meritorious and deserving.