Guyana News

Yesterday, at his Brickdam Headquarters, the Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, accompanied by his Advisor, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Malcolm Watkins, met with a delegation from the European Union Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (EU-TAIEX).

The United Nations Security Council at the request of President Irfaan Ali is set to this afternoon address Venezuelan Presi-dent Nicolas Maduro’s approval of the creation of a new state in Essequibo, Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud said last evening on the social platform X formerly known as Twitter.

A 56-year-old saleswoman of Recht Door Zee, West Bank Demerara was murdered on Sunday by her 69-year-old husband who then ingested a poisonous substance and later succumbed at the West Deme-rara Regional Hospital.

Justice Navindra Singh yesterday ruled that Chief Cooperatives Development Officer (CCDO) of the Ministry of Labour Janaknauth Panchu is restrained from intervening in the elections of the new Committee of Management (COM) at the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU).

Auditor General Deodat Sharma has undertaken an examination into the protracted construction of the Bamia/Amelia’s Ward Primary School in Region Ten (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice).

The family and relatives of 11-year-old Mark Harry-paul, who died after he was struck in the head when a teenage boy slammed a gate shut at Strathspey Primary School, have said they will hold a protest today over the Director of Public Prosecutions’ (DPP) decision not to charge the teenager.

A 43-year-old labourer of Belmont, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Allan Wilson charged with the possession of narcotics with the intent to traffic.

  The Guyana School of Agriculture last month received a brand new multipurpose agro processing facility funded by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).

A 25-year-old miner was on Friday charged and sentenced for assaulting three police ranks and resisting arrest.

The tug and barge which collided with the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) around 19:30 hrs on Sunday and caused damage to the tune of over $10 million, have been removed, Public Works Minister Juan Edghill told Stabroek News yesterday when contacted.

Government will appoint a substantive chief executive officer for the Guyana Power and Light Company when the time is right but in the interim, Executive Management Committee Head Kesh Nandall will be responsible for answering questions on issues relating to the utility company.

As an improvement on the Good Success to Timehri road is underway Project Manager at the Ministry of Public Works Mark Greene is urging truck drivers to not do anything to hinder this significant development.

On Saturday, 20 Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) families received the keys to their new homes from the Ministry of Housing and Water.

Justice moved swiftly in the case of a 36-year-old security officer of Buxton, who was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison for possession of 15 live AK-47 ammunition rounds when he appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) says that the adoption of “the Organic Law for the Defence of Guyana Essequiba” on 3 April 2024, by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, has occasioned an unacceptable escalation of tensions between that country and the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, and has threatened to undermine peace and security in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Clinton Chase, a 70-year-old unemployed resident of Lot 148 Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown, was discovered dead on April 7th, 2024, at 10.30 pm on the northern parapet infront of his home.

GEORGETOWN,  (Reuters) – Guyana’s efforts to use its natural gas resources to fuel a power plant that would slash the South American nation’s energy costs have snagged on construction delays and threaten to curtail the rising oil hotspot’s revenue this year by about $1 billion.

Sarah Bacchus Arjoon, a 56-year-old saleswoman from Lot 755 Recht-door-Zee, was murdered yesterday, allegedly by her husband Khemraj Arjoon, 69, who later died at the West Demerara Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted under guard after ingesting a poisonous substance.

By Shuntel Glasgow The General Council of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has proposed three options that can be executed in the face of the government’s seeming reluctance to proceed with talks: resumption of strike action, arbitration and a move to the court.

By Subhana Shiwmangal A woman and her mother are now suffering from recurring headaches after they were forced to sit in the sun on the floor of the pontoon, MV Hercules, to make the journey between  Bartica and Parika route during the Easter Regatta festivities.