Guyana News

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) yesterday said that its resumed strike action will continue unless there is some significant development.

The Ministry of Natural Resources yesterday said that all forest management and chain-of-custody certificates issued by Guyana’s certification scheme, GNFCS are now considered equal to those from the PEFC International certification system.

Leon Lyken, 27, of Zeelugt New Scheme, Region Three was identified yesterday by relatives as the man who was killed on Friday morning at Frenchman Backdam, Upper Demerara River,  after the gold mining pit he was working in collapsed.

The Ministry of Labour yesterday said it has so far learnt that a crane on the artificial island shore base which toppled and seriously  injured a worker was being tested at the time.

Toyota has issued a Takata airbag recall for certain models of its cars.

-but project proceeding as planned The arbitration board that will settle the US$50 million dispute between government and Gas-to-Energy (GtE) Project contractor, CH4/Lindsayca, has not yet been set up as both sides are still in discussions about who the third member will be, government says.

-following runway expansion Following the recent expansion of the runway at Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, the Guyana Fire Service is set to establish a new outpost at a hangar located south of the London Army Base, according to release yesterday from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Two men were stabbed in La Penitence on Saturday night after going to the rescue of a woman who was being beaten and the alleged stabber is being sought.

– A book review by Christopher Ram Part 6 Introduction This is the sixth and final part of the review of Moses Nagamootoo’s autobiographical account of his political career starting in 1961 until the fall of the Coalition Government in 2020, of which he was the Prime Minister.

-miner held Two parcels of cannabis were recently found in the engine compartment of a bus searched at Mango Landing and one man is in custody, the police said yesterday in a statement.

A new Committee of Management has been elected to replace the Interim Management Committee (IMC) formerly governing the Rosignol Fishermen Cooperatives Society Ltd, according to a release yesterday from the Ministry of Labour.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) held its 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday, May 24, 2024, at the Marriott Hotel, Georgetown, Guyana.

The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Doodnauth Singh, a 40-year-old labourer whose decomposed body was discovered lying on a bed on Sunday morning at his friend’s Lot 188 # 70 Village Corentyne, Berbice house.

The Arbitration Bill 2023 was passed by the National Assembly of the 12th Parliament on Friday, May 17th marking a significant milestone in Guyana’s efforts to modernize its arbitration framework.

To observe its 30th anniversary in Guyana, the China Medical Team, in collaboration with the Guyana-China Friendship Society recently hosted an open day  featuring the 19th China Medical Team.

On Sunday, the Sheraton Hotel in Doha was lit with the colours of the Golden Arrowhead, as the Embassy of Guyana in Qatar hosted its first Independence Day reception.

Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton, Democratic US Congressman of Illinois, Jonathan Jackson along with his technical team yesterday visited Kaieteur Falls.

Dr Frank Anthony, Minister of Health, Guyana was today elected the First Vice President of the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.

A worker at the Vreed-en-Hoop Shorebase Inc (VEHSI) artificial island facility on the West Coast Demerara has been hospitalized with injuries after a 400-tonne crane toppled over during a load-testing operation and  investigations have been launched by both the company and Ministry of Labour.

– honours road crash victims among fallen heroes In what could be seen as a signal of the government’s concern over the burgeoning road carnage, President Irfaan Ali on Saturday night highlighted the deaths of two Region Ten teachers in a recent crash on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway in his address at Guyana’s 58th independence flag-raising ceremony at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground in Linden.