Guyana News

The Ministry of Public Works says that from tomorrow, Thursday 4th January 2024 to Friday 5th January 2024 (Time: 21:00hrs to 03:00hrs), Asphaltic Concrete paving works will be conducted on the Hubu Main Access Road, East Bank Essequibo, Region #3 (Parika First Koker to Nancy Bar).

Police are investigating the murder of  Tommy Roberts, a 35-year-old farmer of Wanakai Village, North West District, Region One, which occurred at about 7.10 pm on January 1st, 2024 in the village.

Minister of Health,  Dr Frank Anthony yesterday made a visit to the new Diamond Hospital construction site.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) recently conducted a successful medical evacuation of  two young patients from the Chinoweing Health Post in Region Seven to receive urgent medical care.

Government will be moving this week to initiate a number of projects with the signing of the contract for the Wismar Bridge, turning of the sod for the New Amsterdam Hospital, and advertising Requests for Proposals (RFP) for national gas projects, among them.

A fire which started at Port Mourant, Corentyne just before 10 last night completely destroyed two houses and the owner of one of them died.

Guyana yesterday took up its seat as an elected member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term: 2024-2025.

The Ministry of Health is working assiduously to improve the time taken to diagnose cancer and a major move this year will be that of telepathology which will allow remote visualizing of images on a video monitor rather than viewing a specimen  through a microscope.

The Ministry of Labour yesterday said that it recovered $69m last year on behalf of workers.

Anthony Haynes was shot dead at Grahams Hall, East Coast Demerara on December 31st and a two-month-old baby was reportedly injured at the same time, sources say.

A former policeman, John Moore, 23,  of Second Front, East La Penitence, Georgetown, yesterday appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman, at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and was remanded over possession of a rifle, pistol and ammunition.

The body of Owen Smith Jnr aka ‘Tonkie’, a 25-year-old miner of Santa Cruz Village, North West District, Region One,  was yesterday pulled out of the Barama River at about 7:30 am by the police with the assistance of relatives, a police report stated.

A 29-year-old man from 1015 Kilcoy/ Chesney Settlement, Corentyne, Berbice, was caught with 2 grammes of marijuana in a parcel stashed in his underwear yesterday morning at the New Amsterdam Prison.

Sookraj and Sons General Store in New Amsterdam was broken into during the wee hours of Tuesday and over $400,000 in items were stolen.

Twenty-seven year-old miner, Michael York, appeared yesterday before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman at the George-town Magistrate’s Court, where he was charged with break and enter and larceny.

President Irfaan Ali this afternoon announced that Minister of Public Service, Sonia Parag is to take up the post of Minister of Local Government.

The police today issued bulletins for three men over the attempted murder of Safraz Khan on July 6th last year on Austin Street, Campbellville.

The GFS has defended its performance at a New Year’s Day fire at La Grange that left nine persons homeless.

In accordance with the Natural Resource Fund Act 2021 and the approved Budget 2023, the Government of Guyana made its eighth and final transfer, totalling US$152.1 million (equivalent to G$31.6 billion) from the NRF on December 27, 2023, to the Consolidated Fund.

Police ranks stationed at Brickdam in Georgetown have arrested a man who attempted to smuggle marijuana concealed in a bowl of soup into the Camp Street penitentiary.