Guyana News

Following a government outreach to Region Two, the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) is to desilt a  number of Pomeroon River canals.

With the Carambola Fruit Fly (CFF) prevalent in the hinterland, the head of NAREI has emphasized the importance of its control and eradication to limit the serious threat to farmers.

As part of the government’s aim to revive Indigenous languages across the country, the Indigenous Arecuna alphabet book has been completed.

Fifty of the 79 students who enrolled in a Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training Programme last year under the Ministry of Public Security’s Citizen Security Strengthening Programme (CSSP) graduated on Friday.

The government has recognised 51 of its public servants- representing various ministries, departments and agencies- for their years of service and dedicated efforts to the government and country.

Upon returning from the 2019 Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) summit, which concluded last Saturday in New York, one of the two delegates who represented Guyana, is planning to raise more awareness about human rights with the help of YHRI Guyana members.

Police Constable No. 24045  Winston Cooper, 32 , of Lot 761 East Ruimveldt who is stationed at the Presidential Guard was found lying in an unconscious state on Mandela Avenue Public Road with injuries to his head  about 5:30 this morning, the police say.

Minster of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman has absolved himself of any responsibility for not expressing sooner that the lack of ring-fencing provisions in the Production Sharing Agreement with ExxonMobil’s subsidiary could negatively affect revenue earned by Guyana from the oil operations.

There is no law barring senior public servants from applying for state lands and Head of the Project Management Office of the Ministry of the Presidency, Marlon Bristol, followed all necessary protocols when he applied for three parcels two years ago, head of the GLSC, Trevor Benn says.

A 17-year-old boy died after being struck by a car while crossing the Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo public road yesterday and the driver of the vehicle, a police constable, is in custody.

Geotechnical engineer Charles Ceres says he will be filing a libel complaint with the police against Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo and PPP/C parliamentarian Anil Nandlall after he said they distorted the manner in which he had been allocated several parcels of land.

Government and the opposition are expected to deliver written submissions to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) today but to date, are yet to meet to discuss any of their individual proposals.

A minibus owned by Secretary of the Bartica Minibus Association, Diane Banwarie, was torched in a suspected act of arson yesterday morning.

Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson says that there is about $60m available in the budget for road works on the Essequibo River island of Wakenaam.

Government has embarked on climate smart agricultural practices to assist farmers in dealing with the effects of climate change.

Police in Bartica are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Bartician Lionel Bradford, who was found dead on Saturday morning in front of his bicycle repair shop.

Pointing to what he said was a void in knowledge, a Houston, US-based Guyanese lawyer last week concluded a second oil and gas training conference and expressed disappointment at government’s disinterest in the forum.

One week after he was told to lead his defence to charges of unlawful possession of guns and ammunition, Kacey Chapman last week told a city court that it was one of his now freed co-accused who left the items in his car.

By David  Comissiong Citizen of the Caribbean Way back in the 1970s, when I was a teenaged school boy at Harrison College in Barbados, I stumbled across an electrifying book entitled “Poems of Resistance from British Guiana”, authored by one Martin Carter, and read such inspiring words as :- “You come in warships terrible with death I know your hands are red with Korean blood I know your finger trembles on a trigger And yet I curse you – Stranger khaki clad.

A 23-year-old mason was granted $160,000 bail by a city court on Friday, after he was accused of robbing two minibus passengers of valuables amounting to $133,000.