Guyana News

-but Adventure pump station still not in operation 30 months on Several major sluices along the Corentyne coast are being cleared to expel floodwaters out of Black Bush Polder but a pump station that could have provided relief is still not in operation 30 months after construction began. 

Self-confessed drug trafficker Barry Dataram was late last month sentenced to time served on one count of a drug indictment he faced in a US court by Judge Edward R.

By Shuntel Glasgow As the teachers’ strike entered its 53rd day yesterday, parents are continuing to express concern over their children being at home for prolonged periods.

A combination of high tides and rainfall is continuing to cause the water levels to rise in Rockstone Landing, Region 10, resulting in flooding in certain areas.

Eighty students graduated on May 18 from classes run by the  Humanitarian Mission Guyana Inc at Port Mourant, Corentyne.

Quinn  Neblett of Lot 3 Sussex Street, Albouystown, appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with possession of  narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) is calling for justice for Jared Jagnandan, the 18-year-old tragically killed on March 21, 2024.

Dexter Aulder called ‘Tex’, a 46-year-old businessman of Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara, appeared today at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Teriq Mohamed to answer to a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC has denied objecting to calls for the end of the use word by “negro” by the police in the description of suspects.

Government’s plan to transport cane from Skeldon to Albion for processing should be reassessed as the 41 miles average trek poses not only potential cane juice depletion to an already crippling industry but adds expenses way above production costs, the APNU+AFC has said. 

The Samoa Agreement could be signed by Guyana’s Ambassador to the European Union Sasenarine Singh who leaves for Brussels next week as the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) meeting did not afford the opportunity for it to be signed there, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd said.

Guyana is poised to soon see the disbursement of the US$500 million loan facility extended last year by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to assist this country in hastening its infrastructural development agenda, even as the bank looks at another initiative targeting small- and medium-size businesses (SMEs).

Businesses that formally expressed interest in providing goods or services for ExxonMobil during the last quarter of last year are being invited to a meeting later this month as the company wants feedback from its vendors on the request for information process to make doing business with them smoother.

By Khadidja Ba In just seven years, Guyana has witnessed a remarkable rise in the number of active drones, with over 700 registered under the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).

Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in several areas in Linden, Region Ten about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, primarily the Hope and Justice Centre, conducted a sensitization and collaboration session with the administrative staff of Regional Police Division 4 ‘C’ last Friday.

Ranks from Regional Police Division #7 and members of the Purple Heart Youth Group held a storytelling and poetry activity on Saturday with the aim of fostering creativity and enhancing literacy skills among youths.

Roseann Bumbury, one of the accident victims injured in a head-on collision on May 13 at Long Creek on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, which took the lives of six persons, is still a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) recovering from her injuries.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is inviting sealed bids for the sale of five derelict vehicles.

Three primary schools are slated to be constructed in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) in the near future.