Guyana News

Schoolchildren have been found loitering at the Stabroek Market and the Ministry of Education has been taking steps to ensure that they get to their schools.

Businessman and Presidential Candidate for the Change Guyana party, Robert Badal, says discussions with other new parties about coalescing were frustrated by the lateness of talks, which left a narrow, insufficient window for discussion and agreement before Nomination Day.

Twenty-two employees from several government agencies and the disciplined services are now certified to conduct safety and health inspections onboard Floating Production and Storage Offloading (FPSO) vessels.

The Bartica Mayor and Town Council has been presented with two trailers to boost their solid waste collection efforts, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said on Monday.

A 37-year-old man who claimed that someone placed a small parcel of cannabis in his pants pocket while exiting a boat at the Bartica Stelling was granted bail yesterday after he denied the charge that was read to him at a city court.

A youth facing three theft charges was yesterday released on bail moments after he denied the allegations.

GECOM today ruled that the leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP), Lenox Shuman be removed from the list of candidates submitted by his party as he was a dual citizen at the time.

Cuban medical specialists have confirmed that President David Granger’s medical examination shows that he has improved to the satisfaction of his doctors and that he is in good health, according to a statement today from the Ministry of the Presidency.

Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon, yesterday urged all government MPs delinquent in filing their declaration of assets to the Integrity Commission to do so immediately. 

By September of this year, the CARICOM Secretariat should be powered by solar energy thanks to US$18M in financing from Japan via the Government of Guyana.

Two out of the four men intercepted by CANU ranks last Friday were charged with trafficking narcotics and were remanded to prison yesterday.

A pedestrian of Herstelling, East Bank Demerara (EBD) was killed on the Eccles Public Road by a drunk driver during the wee hours of yesterday morning and the driver is currently in police custody assisting with investigations.

Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix yesterday said that Assistant Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken will be tasked with doing an assessment of the Venezuelan migrant population in Regions 1, 7, 8 and 9 Felix and Director General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Kester Craig yesterday told Stabroek News that they had sought assistance from the police force hence the assigning of Hicken and Senior Superintendent Fazil Karimbaksh to their operations.

During the fiscal year of 2018 the administration of Region 9: Upper Takutu – Upper Essequibo was cited for millions in overpayments as well as for the acceptance of poorly executed or shoddy work.

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson yesterday stated that a contract for power purchase from the Giftland Mall has been signed and in a matter of weeks the company will be able to begin supplying power to the electricity grid.

A cyclist  died on Saturday night after a motor vehicle hit him as he was riding  along   the Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara public road.

Guyana’s first “Open and Affirming” Church, was launched two weeks ago under the title “Hope of Christ Anglican Church The United Anglo-Catholic Church.”

Four persons have been arrested following a brutal attack carried out on a pensioner and his family by persons who claimed that the pensioner’s son had stolen from them.

The Citizenship Initiative (TCI), one of nine political parties contesting the March 2 General Elections, officially launched their campaign on Sunday declaring themselves “fairly confident” that they will find a place at the head of the “plurality of parties” set to enter the National Assembly.

The Department of Energy (DE) last night announced that the oil tanker MV Yannis has successfully lifted Guyana’s first shipment of crude.