Guyana News

Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Vinceroy Jordan, yesterday lashed out at Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, over the sum of $1.3 billion allocated towards the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), flagging the Board as the main driver of production, varieties, and yields within the rice industry.

Today’s first meeting under the Argyle Declaration of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Guyana and Venezuela in Brasila is important as it paves the way for talks between the two countries  on other important matters such as energy security and climate, President Irfaan Ali says.

Rohan Narine called Prem Narine, a 52-year-old businessman of Cullen Public Road, Essequibo Coast, was charged yesterday with the rape of a female.

Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs Amanza Walton-Desir on Tuesday questioned the lack of sustained effort by the government to keep  Venezuela’s illegal claim to Essequibo in the forefront of all international interactions and suggested the establishment of a Foreign Relations Council.

APNU+AFC Member of Parliament, Khemraj Ramjattan during his presentation on the 2024 budget in the National Assembly on Tuesday deplored the government’s allocation to infrastructure as according to him more money should have been apportioned  to lowering the cost of living in the country.

Opposition Member of Parliament Geeta Chandan-Edmond was yesterday helped from the podium during a budget debate presentation and taken to the hospital after her speech appeared slurred and incoherent.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (GHDS) on Sunday celebrated its 50th anniversary at the Pandit Reepu Daman Sanskritik Kendra in Ganges St, Prashad Nagar, Georgetown.

To a defamation claim brought here against it and State-owned media entities by New York-based Guyanese political commentator—Rickford Burke—who is seeking more than $500m in damages, the government’s contention is that the court lacks jurisdiction to hear the case.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday received 13 motorcycles which were donated by several private sector entities/businesses from across the country, including Innovations America, J’s Supermarket, Two Brothers Service Station/Shioil, Jaigobin Hotel and R.

Nineteen-year-old Justin Oliveira appeared yesterday  before Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with armed robbery.

AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will rule on Friday whether or not they will grant emergency measures against Israel following accusations by South Africa that the Israeli military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide.

A one-year-old child and a man died last evening after an accident at the Junction of Heroes Highway and Diamond Main Access Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

The Caribbean private sector consortium – Connect Caribe – was yesterday launched and it anticipates that it will secure the US$50 million needed to make a modern regional cargo and ferry service a reality by the end of this year.

Fifty-eight-year-old Lennox Clementson, a passenger in the minibus that was involved in the collision that claimed the lives of three in the vicinity of the Ruimveldt police station on January 8, succumbed to his injuries on Sunday night.

A team of US Army advisors assigned to the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) are in Guyana to facilitate knowledge exchange and leadership training with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

An accident on Monday night claimed the life of a 34-year-old pedal cyclist on the Den Amstel Public Road, West Coast Demerara (WCD).

President Irfaan Ali yesterday swore in Attorney at Law, Emily Dodson as the new Chair of the Law Reform Commission.

By Shuntel Glasgow While the residents of Rosa Drive and Buttercup Place in South Ruimveldt Park insist that they are not against development, they are now forced to negotiate the now deplorable Aubrey Barker Road as contractors’ dump trucks traverse the roadway recklessly en route to the De Endragt Housing Scheme development aback Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara.

By Antonio Dey While public infrastructure is important, Shadow Minister of Finance Juretha Fernandes on Monday urged the government to strike a balance and invest more in the economic development and sustainability of Guyanese.

Twenty-four-year-old Shaquawn Alleyne also known as `Iswe’ of Lot 500 Block 55 Wismar, Linden, appeared virtually at the Linden Magistrate’s court yesterday before Magistrate Wanda Fortune charged with murder.