Guyana News

As part of its efforts to expand healthcare accessibility in the hinterland of Guyana, the government has commissioned a telemedicine unit in the village of Waramuri, located in the Moruca sub-district, Region One.

(Reuters) – The nation’s largest oil trade group, which includes Exxon Mobil and Chevron, filed a federal lawsuit yesterday seeking to block the Biden administration’s efforts to reduce planet-warming emissions from cars and light trucks and encourage electric vehicle manufacturing.

Linden Benjamin, a 56-year-old resident of River View, Ruimveldt, Georgetown was on Wednesday fined for supplying a prohibited item to a prisoner.

A total of 7,783 applicants from across the 10 Administrative Regions have been selected to be a part of the  Guyana Academy of Online Learning (GOAL) scholarship programme for the 2024 batch and they will be attending 20 different institutions These institutions are in Guyana, Trinidad, the Dominican Republic (DR), the United Arab Emirates, Germany, India, Costa Rica, Malawi, Zambia, Spain, and the United Kingdom (UK).

The Unit of Allied Arts hosted its Music Content and Methodology Workshop yesterday at the National Racket Centre and participants heard about plans for a steel pan festival.

The Bank of Guyana (BoG) today announced the revocation of the licence of Confidential Cambio, the agency linked to Nazar Mohamed and Azruddin Mohamed.

The Ministry of Public Works today said that recent flooding in the Rupununi has caused significant traffic disruptions due to the incomplete Pirara Bridge and the inundation of the ByPass Road and Bridge.

The government and local regulatory agencies remained tightlipped yesterday on  claims by the United States that some  10,000 kilogrammes of gold was smuggled out of this country between 2019-2023.

In a major move towards the elimination of Hepatitis C in Guyana, the Ministry of Health, through the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) yesterday launched the National Hepatitis Guidelines and Laboratory Strategy.

Akeem Bristol, 29, of Lot 3 Old Road Craig, East Bank Demerara, yesterday appeared before Magistrate Annette Singh at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

Tyrese David, a 22-year-old construction worker of Lot 105 Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara, was arrested on 2024-06-07 and charged on 2024-06-11 with the offence of possession of a firearm without a licence.

Guyana’s longest serving Sergeant-of-Arms of Parliament (in Guyana referred to as the Mace Bearer), Kenneth Carnegie King MS, was on Monday laid to rest with glowing tributes coming from both government and the opposition, thanking him for the  service he provided to this nation.

Construction has commenced on the much-heralded Silica City located along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway and according to a release yesterday from the Department of Public Information (DPI), 74 of the 110 contracted young professional houses are in the foundational stage.

Dental services provider Cobeer Persaud has sued Eccles heavy machinery business, Phoenix Welding and Fabricating Inc over alleged damage and noise caused by heavy vibrations.

A Ministry of Housing and Water release yesterday stated that six families from the communities of Haslington, Non Pariel, Lusignan, Good Hope and Cummings Lodge, received the keys to their new ‘Core Homes’ and Certificates of Inspection under the Adequate Housing and Urban Accessibility Programme (AHUAP).

-Canal No. 1 pump station to be completed by the end of July Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha has disclosed that the design for the massive Hope-like Canal to be constructed in Region Three will be completed soon.

A Berbice businesswoman and a construction worker were on Monday remanded to prison after they were charged with being in possession of an illegal firearm.

On Tuesday, Police from Regional Division 4C, acting on information received, went to an area in the Victoria Backlands, East Coast Demerara, about three miles from the Victoria access road, where they saw two plots of land measuring about two acres being prepared by a 33-year-old resident of the village.

Nabadaningi Gobin, a 40-year-old labourer of Lot 161 Charlotte Street, Georgetown, was arrested on 2024-04-07 and charged on 2024-06-11 with the Offence of Possession of Narcotics for the Purpose of Trafficking.