Guyana News

The PPP/C government yesterday tabled a bill in the National Assembly for a huge increase in the annual extraction of oil revenues from the Natural Resource Fund (NRF).

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday told the National Assembly  that the government is continuing to work towards cutting the electricity cost by 50% as according to him the Gas-to-Energy taskforce has made substantial advances.

Making his presentation on budget 2024, Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton yesterday unveiled a People-Centred Development Strategy (PCDS) which he said that an APNU administration will focus on if elected.

By Abigail Headley Aviation Advisor to the government Lenox Shuman has resigned from his post with the intention of establishing a “100% Guyanese-owned” airline.

Fifty-four-year-old Dhanraj Theophilus is set to be sentenced on February 5th for the 2018 fatal beating of his then 18-year-old common-law wife, Lorinda Thomas, with whom he shared a child.

Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony announced on Thursday that the government  this year will launch a special eye care programme for children and the elderly.

Port Kaituma carpenter Tyron James is now awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to the 2018 killing of his reputed wife, Evadnee Baptiste, with whom he became enraged after seeing her dancing with another man.

Seventh-day Adventists across Guyana can now benefit from access to quality financial services, as the Guyana Conference of Seventh Day Adventists has been officially registered as a Co-operative Credit Union.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC has ordered embattled Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC), Rudy Small, to pay defamation damages amounting to $20 million to nurses attached to that hospital.

Two Berbice men were on Thursday held with 175 lbs of cannabis, according to the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU).

A 33-year-old miner was relieved of his licensed .32 pistol with 10 live rounds and an undisclosed amount of gold on Thursday at Sand Hill Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region 7, by two masked men armed with handguns.

Thirty-four-year-old Ryan Perez appeared before Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday where he was charged with possession of firearm and ammunition without a licence.

A fire of unknown origin destroyed a house that belonged to Julissa Roberts, a 32-year-old housewife and Tavis Callender, a 33-year-old miner, at about 9 on Wednesday night at Four Miles (Squatting Area), Bartica, Essequibo River.

Food for the Poor (FFTP) yesterday said that on Tuesday, January 23, it partnered with the Marriott Hotel “Serve 360 Sustainability Programme”, to provide food relief to forty  vulnerable families in the South Georgetown/Sophia areas.

Motorcyclist Ramaldo Easton, an employee at GTM, is nursing non-life threatening injuries after being involved in an accident at Camp and Robb streets in Georgetown, in the area between the ITEL and Teleperformance buildings.

The Guyana Relief Council (GRC) yesterday distributed assistance to 12 families who lost their homes and were displaced due to fires.

Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party, Lenox Shuman today announced his intention to establish a national airline.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has expressed its disagreement with the views and criticisms of the National Budget 2024 by accounting firm, Ram & McRae, in its publication, Budget Focus 2024.

Yesterday, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Guyana and Venezuela held their first meeting of the Joint Commission under the Argyle Declaration in Brasilia, Brazil and Georgetown has proposed an agenda.

Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues yesterday said that the government is expected to allocate some 10,000 house lots in 2024, as she stressed that the government is making investments in projects that add value to people’s lives.