Guyana News

The Ministry of Natural Resources has responded to yet another social media post which targets Minister responsible for youth, Simona Broomes.

The Board of Directors of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) was appointed by President David Granger, as opposed to the Prime Minister, and is therefore legally constituted, according to Chairman Leslie Sobers.

Director of Children’s Services and Head of the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA), Ann Greene has called for laws to be instituted against bullying to protect LGBTQ+ youth, according to a release from the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD).

A man has been sentenced to two years in jail for stealing his employer’s jewellery, which he was later seen wearing in the profile photo he used for his WhatsApp account.

The Guyana International Petroleum Exhibition (GIPEX), which is scheduled to host its second expo here next month, says no taxpayers’ money will be used for the event and that rates for participating companies which are 100% Guyanese are subsidized.

Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, on Saturday, reiterated the importance of birth registration to residents of Khan Hill, Barima-Waini (Region One) , a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency yesterday said. 

A passport office is to be established at Mabaruma in Region One.

-Trotman In the wake of the recent killing of gold dealer Deon Stoll, government is looking at ways of ramping up security for the sector in the capital.

Guyanese students have clinched the top CAPE and CSEC 2019 awards, according to the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC).

A man was on Saturday found dead along the Number 76 Village, Corentyne Public Road in what appears to be a hit-and-run, since broken glass from a vehicle’s headlight was found on the roadway. 

Australian gold miner Troy Resources has restarted work in some areas and Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman says that he is confident that by the end of this month there would be production from the company.

Payments from hundreds of defaulters have boosted the coffers of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which has advertised a number of vacancies as it begins scaling up preparations for oil and gas oversight.

On Saturday evening, three bandits armed with guns and machetes pounced on a young couple in Port Mourant, Corentyne, robbing them of over half a million dollars in cash and jewellery.

A Rosignol, West Coast Berbice pensioner, who was charged last year with the murder of his girlfriend, on Thursday pleaded guilty to manslaughter when he appeared in the High Court in Berbice.

Conservation International-Guyana (CI-G) is pioneering a project that could see the development of mercury-free jewellery under the El Dorado brand.

The Iwokrama Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development says it is seriously concerned about illegal activities in its forest and said it has already imposed penalties on one tourism operator and a gold miner is now being placed before the court.

Minister of Natural Re-sources, Raphael Trotman on Saturday committed to purchasing a new speed boat engine for the community of Red Hill in the Mabaruma sub-region, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Jafar Gibbons, who was recently elected as the President of the University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS), has already made a change that will benefit the students on campus, according to a press release from the UGSS.

On October 5th, 2019, four Corentyne fishermen left home to head out to sea to ply their trade with the intention of returning with an income to take care of their families.

As part of a slew of improvements to their community, residents of Ituni, Upper Demerara-Berbice are now receiving up to eight hours of water supply following the installation of a well in their community by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).