Guyana News

At the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, Guyana and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) today signed an Air Services Agreement to promote and facilitate airlines to operate air services between the two countries, as well as other countries.

-outgoing Ambassador As she praised the  relationship between China and Guyana, outgoing Chinese Ambassador Guo Haiyan, last evening announced that trade between Beijing and Georgetown had increased by 31 per cent and reached US$800 million for the first half of this year.

-cites failure to uphold mandate One of Guyana’s political parties, A New and United Guyana (ANUG), has launched a scathing criticism of the performance of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) citing egregious errors along with a failure to fully uphold its constitutional mandate.

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has a new president. A release from the bank announced that its Board of Governors yesterday elected Daniel Best, a native of Barbados, as the seventh President of the institution, underscoring the CDB’s commitment to visionary leadership and sustainable development across the Caribbean region.

Erisa John, a 30-year-old miner of Casey Creek, Baramita, North West District, was arrested on December 1st 2024, and charged yesterday with the murder of Deon Thomas.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), General Secretary Lincoln Lewis, has criticized the government over the disbursement of the $100,000 cash grant, calling the process arbitrary and saying the figure should have been tripled.

The Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) (Special Projects Unit) in collaboration with Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) issued an advisory yesterday informing the general public that emergency maintenance works are currently being carried out along Avenue of the Republic in Georgetown.

The Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) is advising all truck drivers and operators that effective immediately, heavy vehicles are prohibited from using the Railway Embankment carriageway.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) yesterday acknowledged the ongoing water supply challenges being faced by residents of the New Cummings Lodge Housing Scheme and surrounding areas.

The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday announced that Guyana’s tissue culture facility is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2025, significantly boosting plantlet production from 13,000 to one million annually.

Traffic Chief Senior Superinten-dent Mahendra Singh is advising members of the public that when and where a wheel clamp is used in Georgetown to address errant drivers such a clamp originates from the Brickdam Police Station, Alberttown Police Station or Traffic Headquarters.

Yesterday afternoon, a team from the Mahaica Meadows Housing Deve-lopment met with Minister of Housing and Water,  Collin D Croal, and Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA),  Sherwyn Greaves, to discuss key areas of interest.

The world of software development is undergoing a transformation, driven by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI).

The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) is gravely concerned about the ongoing industrial action at the Port of Port-of-Spain in Trinidad and Tobago, which it says has severely disrupted regional trade and impacted businesses in Guyana.

One Communications (formerly GTT) recently signed a new University of Guyana (UG) Student Plan agreement with the recently elected University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS) to help students in their studies, stay connected, and access critical academic resources, a release from the utility company stated on Tuesday.

The Suriname Guyana Chamber of Commerce (SGCC) is calling for the governments in Georgetown and Paramaribo to take decisive action to resolve the longstanding New River Triangle border matter, which it said has remained unresolved for over a century, a SGCC release on Monday stated.

The Ministry of Education, through its Deputy Chief Education Officer (Tech-nical), supplied Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the newly established Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) Block at Queen’s College.

-court told Two Cubans who were to be deported for overstaying their time here are going back home on their own tickets.

Frankie Speede, a 33-year-old miner of 5 Miles Housing Scheme, Bartica, appeared at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Teriq Mohamed to answer a ganja charge and was placed on bail after pleading not guilty.

The Ministry of Health’s Vector Control Services, in collaboration with the Guyana Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM), yesterday hosted the Malaria Country Dialogue at the Ministry’s boardroom, Brickdam, Georgetown, a release from the Ministry of Health (MoH) stated.