Guyana News

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday confirmed that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) had  voted to erase Marxism-Leninism and Socialism from its Constitution during the recent 32nd Congress.

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has announced the ideal sowing period for the second crop of 2024.

During an intelligence-led operation at a La Penitence Squatting Area home yesterday, police discovered a .32 Taurus pistol and a matching round along with 30.3 grammes of cannabis.

Pensioners queuing at the Bourda and East La Penitence post offices last week lamented the ordeal they faced while collecting their pensions and disability payments.

Part 74 Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Riverview, Georgetown about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

-says Ali at party’s 32nd Congress Guyana’s ongoing transformation and projected growth will continue under the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government. 

A Guyanese from the South Rupununi has been awarded with a prize by a prestigious UK charity for his efforts in the Indigenous-led protection and conservation of an endangered bird.

Clifton Hinds, 38, of Sarah Johanna Squatting Area was  granted bail in the sum of $500,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court on a charge of felonious wounding.

Shafeek Alli, a 22- year-old labourer of Cow Pen Street, Eccles, East Bank Demerara who pleaded guilty to robbing a pensioner was fined $75,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce on Friday last.

Jaybez Harrypersaud, 20, a labourer of Lot 29 Public Road, Providence, East Bank Demerara, was on Friday granted bail in the sum of $300,000 on a charge of break and enter and larceny.

Trinidad’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says Caricom is on alert and security agencies are working to combat any terrorist threat that could potentially affect the 2024 International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup.

Customers from Phillipi to No. 46 Village and surrounding areas in Berbice are being advised  by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) that the disruption in their power supply is as a result of fallen and leaning poles.

-as 32nd party congress opens -slams sterile `isms’ debate Addressing the 32nd Congress of the PPP yesterday, General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo declared that the party will focus on private sector growth and political pluralism without prejudice to the working people’s outlook that has guided it since its founding in 1950.

-IMF advises gov’t With Guyana projecting a huge windfall from oil revenues, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised that those monies be used towards ensuring a  long-term diversified economy with social measures designed to help the nearly 40% of the population living in poverty. 

-Media Institute of the Caribbean report In a report released on May 1st, the Media Institute of the Caribbean (MIC) says that Guyana’s Access to Information Act needs fundamental reform to comply with the tenets of the extant model legislation and it recommended that information officers be appointed at each public entity to handle applications.

The Ministry of Housing and Water (MoHW) has denied Opposition Member of Parliament, Roysdale Forde’s claim of discrimination in the apportioning of house lots.

The pillion rider who was critically injured following a motorcycle collision on April 19 on the Williamsburg Public Road, Corentyne, succumbed to his injuries last Sunday at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

On May 3rd, 2024, Leonard Caleb appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court in relation to the charge of possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking to wit 12.540 kg of cannabis and was sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $11,286,000.

Introduction This third part of Dear Land of Guyana, an autobiographical account by Moses V.

Twenty-eight-year-old Roy John, a miner of Friendship Village, Pomeroon River, appeared on Monday at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Teriq Mohamed to answer the charge of wounding clothes vendor Holly Monderson.