Guyana News

A woman who was seen setting a Norton Street house on fire has been detained by the police.

Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Vinceroy Jordan, yesterday requested an update on the number of pump stations completed but was told by Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha that this information would be provided shortly as the projects that have begun, are soon slated for completion.

The Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA) yesterday announced that the Caribbean Investment Forum will be held in Guyana this year and its head, Deodat Maharaj, hopes that when CARICOM leaders meet here next month that plans for the intra-regional ferry service are finalised.

APNU+AFC MP, David Patterson on Monday grilled Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira on whether the public was getting value for money from expenditure on the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) which he has frequently accused of not doing its work.

By Antonio Dey Chairman of Banks DIH, Clifford Reis on Saturday said the food and beverage company will be moving to the courts amid failed efforts by the Georgetown Mayor & City Council to remove vendors from Demico House (Stabroek, Georgetown).

The completion of the new North Ruimveldt Secondary School is now three months behind schedule.

To modernise and improve accessibility to training and upskilling opportunities, the Board of Industrial Training (BIT) recently met with representatives from the US-based online learning platform, Coursera.

The police have advised Lethem business owners to invest in quality cameras and to screen their guards prior to employment.

Food For The Poor  (FFTP) (Guyana) Inc has partnered with its sister organization in Canada to launch the Baramita Literacy Project – ‘Empowering Women and Girls through Literacy and Numeracy’ in Baramita, Region 1.

One new local manufacturer has earned its Made in Guyana certification while two new medical laboratories have earned their Laboratory Certifications courtesy of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS)    A GNBS release on Monday informed that Kraftia’s of 356 Powis Close, South Ruimveldt Gardens, Georgetown, was on Wednesday, January 10, certified to use the Made in Guyana Standards Mark on their locally manufactured products, under the Permit to use the Made in Guyana Certification Mark programme, which aims to promote quality in the local manufacturing.

Nishart Samsundar appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a cannabis charge and was jailed for four years.

A glimpse of the ongoing maintenance works being carried out along the Rupert Craig Highway from the National Infectious Diseases Hospital to the University of Guyana Road.

Public Advisory: Air Quality Update: Tuesday, 30th January, 2024.  The Environmental Protection Agency hereby notifies the public that there is a current development of a visible haze around the East Bank Demerara and East Coast Demerara regions.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has expressed concern at the prevalence of unauthorized persons accessing school buildings/compounds to conduct various activities involving students and the potential compromising of  their safety.

President Irfaan Ali on Monday evening in a Facebook livestream disclosed that efforts are in the works to increase the salaries of sugar workers and to improve the skillset of the cane harvesters so as to enhance their income within the industry as government continues along the path to optimize GuySuCo’s productivity.

In a groundbreaking achievement, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Monday successfully performed its first laparoscopic (minimally invasive surgery) donor nephrectomy.

Aaron Leitch, a 34-year-old District Crop Extension Officer attached to the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) died following an accident around 8 yesterday morning along the Tacama trail, Ituni District, Region Ten.

A West Berbice labourer who earlier this month pleaded guilty to the 2019 murder of a man whom he fatally struck with an iron bar was yesterday sentenced to thirty years in prison at the High Court in Berbice.

A vendor has been charged by the police for having a gun without a licence after he visited the Brickdam station for a renewal of the document when he didn’t have one in the first place.

Military leaders from the Caribbean and the United Kingdom are currently in Guyana for the United Kingdom and Caribbean Heads of Defence Conference 2024, a release from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) said yesterday.