Guyana News

Berbice has seen a steep decrease in snapper and trout prices due to the lack of buyers in Georgetown, according to the Chairman of the Corentyne Fisherman’s Co-op.

Non-governmental organisation Saving Hands Emergency Aid (SHEA) is currently seeking the public’s help in raising funds for two brothers, who were severely burnt about their bodies during an incident at their Corentyne, Berbice home one week ago.

After admitting to robbing a Cuban national out of frustration, a young man was yesterday sentenced to a year in prison for the crime.

Eight Guyanese are now the beneficiaries of scholarships to study medicine in Cuba.

Five international firms have submitted financial proposals to provide consulting services on legal matters in the oil and gas industry for the Ministry of the Presidency’s Department of Energy.

Following rehabilitation works priced at $11 million, the government’s guesthouse at Mabaruma was reopened by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Karen Cummings last Thursday.

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President David Granger on Thursday officially declared open the Foundation for Real Christian Education (FORCE) training centre at Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara, where he called for more attention to be paid to youth not in employment, education or training.

Said to be well known to the police, Jamal David will be spending the next 18 months getting acquainted with the prison service and its inmate population after he admitted to stealing from a woman’s home, which he broke into while she was at church.

The opposition PPP today accused GECOM of procrastinating as it is still to make a decision on the fate of the current house-to-house registration and a date for general elections.

The PNCR today defended the record of the APMU+AFC government on crime.

Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Andre Kellman was this morning charged with the sexual assault of a worker at the airport.

The third draft of Guyana’s Local Content Policy has received mixed reviews from the private sector, with some hailing the proposed measures to ensure that Guyanese benefit from the oil and gas sector, while others say more needs to be done.

If the Guyana Elections Commissions (GECOM) suspends the current national house-to-house registration process by the end of this month, the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) believes that there will be enough time to facilitate elections by the end of October.

The Ministry of Natural Resources will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB) and other stakeholders to make it harder for persons to import mercury as the country aims to reduce its wanton use in the mining sector.

There are over 25,000 active applications for house lots and the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) is working to clear the backlog, according to its Chief Executive Officer Lelon Saul.

The newly-commissioned Valmiki College for Business and Technology is aiming to equip youths with the skills needed to enter the working world.

The Guyana Prison Service last night said prison wardens were forced to put out a fire that was set in the security block of the New Amsterdam Prison. 

A $1.8 million facility for triage has been commissioned at the Port Mourant Hospital earlier this week so as to improve the comfort of visitors to the institution.

With funding from the Ministry of Communities, Georgetown’s City Council has commenced rehabilitation of main access road and the internal road network for the East Ruimveldt Market.