Guyana News

Members of the Guyana-Palestine Solidarity Group yesterday picketed outside the National Cultural Centre to send a message of disapproval to visiting US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

The PPP/C and the PNC have not ruled out having external observers at their respective congresses this year saying the decision would have to be taken by the parties’ electorate, according to PPP/C General Secretary Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, and PNC Leader Aubrey Norton. 

The International Development and Relief Foundation (IDRF), a Canada-based non-governmental organisation announced that it had successfully completed the Gatekeeper Suicide Prevention training for Regional Mental Health Leads (RMHLs), in collaboration with the ministries of Health and Education in Guyana.

Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Triumph, East Coast Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

A fire that resulted from a slack connection and faulty electrical wiring has caused significant damage to the structure and contents of a Montrose two-storey wooden and concrete home on Saturday night.

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has failed to provide answers regarding the amount of money spent on the construction of the Parika Market, according to Opposition Member Ganesh Mahipaul.

Tyreece Gonsalves, a 21-year-old labourer of Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo was remanded to prison last Monday on  two counts of burglary.

Twenty-nine-year-0old Ryan Adams was placed on self-bail after he appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weaver at the Georgetown Magistrates Court last Monday charged with robbery.

Some 18 students of the University of Guyana (UG) were rewarded for their academic excellence some of whom were praised for overcoming hurdles such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

While reiterating his party’s call for a national approach to defence and security, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton is requesting an update on the probe into the helicopter crash which claimed five members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) last year.

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, and Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh met with the contractors who submitted expressions of interest for the construction of the drainage and irrigation canals which are expected to be constructed at Letter Kenny and Number 52 to 54 villages on the Corentyne Coast, in Region Six and form part of government’s national flood risk management plan.

Reyon Jones, 26, of Lot 1 Mandela Avenue Georgetown appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weaver at the Georgetown Magistrates Court on Monday last, charged with armed robbery.

A team from the Commonwealth Secretariat, led by the Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland KC, is in Guyana for the 46th Regular Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government.

Saudi Arabian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Adel Al-Jubeir who is heading his country’s delegation to the CARICOM Heads of Government Summit arrived today.

𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐎𝐌 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 The Caricom Heads of Government Meeting is slated to open at the National Cultural Center today (Sunday February 25th, 2024) at 16:30 hrs.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr.

The Guyana Government and the IDB yesterday clinched a US$90m loan deal which will see the upgrading of at least 19 primary schools and the building of six new ones.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Representative of the US to the United Nations arrived here yesterday for talks with the Guyana Government and to attend the CARICOM Heads of Government conference beginning today.

A US$22m financing deal has been worked out for a planned Sheraton Four Points Hotel at Houston with IDB Invest playing a major role.