Guyana News

A total of 818 officers and ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) have been promoted with effect from January 1, 2020, the GDF said in a press release last night.

The Ministry of Public Telecommunications and M&P Investments Incorporated have signed a $116 Million contract for the renovation of the old call centre in Linden.

Up to December 20th, 2019, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) allocated 1,298 house lots across all administrative regions, surpassing its target of 1,000, according to its Director of Operations Denise King-Tudor. 

A Memorandum of Agreement for revised wages and salaries for Junior and Senior employees for the calendar year 2019 was signed yesterday between the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial & Industrial Employees (NAACIE) at NAACIE’s Head Office in Kingston.

Kevin Allicock, a fisherman who had been convicted in November for wounding a drinking companion, was yesterday sentenced to 12 months behind bars after he was found guilty of shooting at a city constable.

Bhabendra Chandrashakar, businessman, “For the New Year, I’m hoping for the economy and the cost of living to be better because to me it dropped.

A Corentyne family of three is now homeless for the new year after a fire of unknown origin completely destroyed their one-storey, two-bedroom house.

Many people use the end of the year to reflect on what they could have done differently to transform their lives.

The death of a longtime canteen operator has plunged past and present University of Guyana (UG) students into mourning.

Seven past employees of the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) were celebrated in a simple ceremony at the Boardroom of the Corporation on Monday.

Tenders were yesterday opened for the construction and delivery of two pontoons for the Georgetown and Vreed-en-Hoop Ferry Stellings, both pontoons were estimated at just over $25 million.

Having considered their high quality of service in the legal profession, and with confidence in their knowledge of the law, President David Granger has announced the appointment of four long-serving legal practitioners as Senior Counsel with effect from January 1, 2020.

People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) presidential candidate Irfaan Ali yesterday maintained that he will not be a puppet for former president and current PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo should his party win office.

A Princes St, Wortmanville resident died yesterday afternoon after he collapsed upon seeing a fire destroying the apartment building that he and others called their home. 

Banks DIH’s after-tax profit zoomed by 10.7% from $4.085b last year to  $4.524b this year.

An ex-soldier was yesterday charged with the manslaughter of Rose Hall vendor, Stephen Lewis when he appeared at the Whim Magistrate’s Court. 

Guyana and Suriname yesterday signed a tourism accord in Paramaribo, according to a statement from the Ministry of Business.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Central Housing and Planning Authority of Guyana (CH&PA) Lelon Saul has said that Guyanese who have the means to purchase land on the open market should do so, while assuring that land prices will not increase despite the anticipated oil-driven economic boom, which is usually accompanied by an increased demand for land.

There is a need for strengthened HIV and AIDS awareness and sensitisation programmes, according to Deputy Programme Manager of the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) Dr.

A man of Guyanese parentage was arrested and charged with five counts of attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed five persons who were celebrating Hanukkah on Saturday in New York City.