Guyana News

Although the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has been assisting the Neighbourhoood and Regional Democratic Councils to relieve the community of Black Bush Polder, Corentyne  from flooding, the NDIA says it cannot be blamed for the problem which began after heavy rains on May 24th.

Chief Labour Officer Charles Ogle has invited 27 oil and  gas contractors to a meeting on Friday to discuss the “basic element of employment relationship”, a statement from the Ministry of Social Protection said yesterday.

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, will meet with his counterpart in Suriname this week to put systems in place for the continuation of the Suriname-Guyana ferry service.

Part one of a three-component workshop on Care for the Elderly, which is being spearheaded by the Office of the First Lady, began yesterday at the Guyana Red Cross Society (GRCS), where 27 women were participants.

In yesterday’s Accountability column by Anand Goolsarran headed `The proposed special investigation/value-for-money review of the CJIA expansion project’, it was stated that the contract for the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport was signed by the then Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn in Jamaica.

Sections of Georgetown, the East Bank Demerara and Berbice were scheduled for a five-hour blackout this evening as a result of the de-energising of the submarine cable which links the Kingston and Vreed-en-Hoop stations.

The Ministry of Agriculture today said that it is safe to consume all poultry products following concerns that had arisen here over the deaths of Muscovy ducklings due to suspected Duck Hepatitis Virus.

Government yesterday defended the role of President David Granger in changes to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and outlined a number of actions taken to protect Guyana’s territorial waters and reinforce border security.

The Guyana Poultry Producers Association views the recent ban by Trinidad and Tobago on the importation of raw and cooked poultry meat from Guyana as a precautionary measure and does not foresee any issues for the poultry market here since Guyana does not export poultry to that country.

Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) president, Nicholas Boyer, says that the State Assets Recovery Agency’s (SARA) investigation into the award of oil blocks is a waste of time, given that there is no existing Petroleum Commission or other supporting regulatory system.

Bandits yesterday afternoon carted off approximately $300,000 from the MS Hack and Son Supermarket located at Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara in the ninth robbery suffered by the business over the years.

Edinburgh, Berbice residents on Saturday night were left with no choice but to capture a burglar after New Amsterdam police failed to respond to their calls.

A group of Berbice cattle farmers are ready to approach the courts, as they feel they are being unfairly removed from their farming lands by the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary-Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA).

Guyana needs to get independent help to craft its plans for the oil and gas sector, while also building local capacity, the former head of Brazil’s oil and gas regulatory body Nelson Narciso Filho has said. 

Minister of Youth Affairs within the Ministry of the Presidency, Simona Broomes yesterday morning visited the parents of seven-year-old Ciara Benjamin who died in an accident on Saturday on the Agricola public road.

The Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission (GWCMC) recently liberated a jaguar that was trapped at Lima Sands, Essequibo Coast and has warned that persons could be fined up to $2 million and jailed for three years for violating laws relating to protected species.

The opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic wants an investigation by the Audit Office of the spending of monies from the Demerara Harbour Bridge’s Asphalt Plant to fund the controversial feasibility study for the planned new bridge crossing.

With a plan to open a public centre where Guyana’s land history will be catalogued, the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) is seeking a historian to undertake the work needed to get the process started.

Director of the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) Professor Clive Thomas has written to the Chief Justice asking that an application which challenges the legitimacy of the agency be urgently disposed of.

Every Sunday afternoon in a small community along the Essequibo Coast, a group of women gather in the home of Angela Singh, to discuss various ways to decrease the ever-rising social issues that plague the community of Vilvoorden.