Guyana News

The prawns project being developed at Onverwagt, Region Five is poised to produce 12 tonnes of Vannamei prawns per crop, with each tonne valued at approximately $4 million.

Residents of Paruima, Upper Mazaruni, Region Seven, have raised concerns about deterioration of the recently commissioned airstrip.

Daniel Badley, a 19-year-old of Lot 41 Second Street, Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara, and Lot 102 Quamina Street, Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara, was charged along with two juveniles for the offence of murder committed on John Williams, which occurred on May 11 at Commerce Street, Georgetown.

-another suspended The Medical Council of Guyana (MCG) yesterday said that Dr Anil Solomon has been removed from the register of medical practitioners in Guyana following a finding of professional misconduct and malpractice.

The Sea and River Defence Bill 2023 was yesterday passed during the 12th Parliament of Guyana, with the aim of strengthening the country’s flood management system.

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department is currently probing the workplace accident that occurred at Kwakwani, Region Ten (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice), on the morning of May 14, 2024 that injured two employees.

-stage protest A small group of fishermen in Region Two yesterday staged a protest to draw the attention of the Ministry of Agriculture’s Fisheries Department to several issues including the need for more protection at sea During the protest, they highlighted the challenges they face at sea and following the demonstration, they met with regional officials to discuss their issues.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday announced that its 8th delegates’ conference will be held on June 29, 2024, in Georgetown.

Michael Harry, 26, of Block ‘Y’, Diamond Village, East Bank Demerara, and Chris Harrycharan, 36, of Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara, appeared yesterday at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Sunil Scarce where they were charged with break and enter and larceny.

The Ministry of Housing and Water, through the Central Housing and Planning Authority, remains committed to peaceful resolution as it relates to the issues of informal settlers and it says it has dealt fairly with the Success, East Coast Demerara squatters.

Osante Benjamin appeared yesterday before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with possession of ammunition.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service Dr Ashni Singh presented five external loan agreements to the National Assembly on Thursday.

The Central Executive Committee of the People’s National Congress Reform decided at its meeting last Wednesday that the Party’s 22nd Biennial Delegates Congress will be held over three days from Friday, 28th June to Sunday, 30th June 2024.

The Medical Council of Guyana (MCG) today said that Dr Anil Solomon has been removed from the register of medical practitioners in Guyana following a finding of professional misconduct and malpractice.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday asserted that Permanent Secretaries (PS) can be members of political parties.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday confirmed that Paul Cheong is the new Chief Executive Officer of GuySuCo and he restated  that 5,000 hectares of land at the Skeldon Estate will return to production.

Twenty-one-year-old Keron Boyer, a security officer, appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate (ag) Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with the murder of 16-year-old Benjamin Seaford.

General Secretary of the PPP, Bharrat Jagdeo, yesterday said that the party has not yet discussed the allegations and the probe of rape against party executive and former minister, Nigel Dharamlall, but it will not stall its meetings for appointments to other positions pending the completion of the police investigations.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) team which visited Guyana this week met with civil society leaders and representatives to discuss effective community policing relations.

Eusi Wilson yesterday appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus  at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, where he was sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $19,800,000 in relation to the possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking to wit 22kgs of cannabis, CANU said yesterday.