Guyana News

JN Fund Managers Limited has successfully arranged the execution of a J$900 million (US$5.78m) debt financing for FosRich Company Limited which is aiming to enter the PVC manufacturing business here.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill on Wednesday lamented that the Lamaha Street extension works are behind schedule, the latest in a series of projects that have encountered delays.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS), the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region 5 have completely extinguished fires that were burning in the Bushlot and Woodley Park areas this week.

The Bartica Regatta Committee has unveiled a series of events running from March 16 to April 1st with the key powerboat race day set for March 31.

The police in Region Six have arrested two persons in connection with the shooting last Tuesday evening which resulted in the region’s Deputy Regional Executive Officer’s (DREO’s) mother being injured.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the government are today expected to discuss the way forward regarding negotiations on better salaries and wages as outlined in the union’s collective bargaining agreement.

Amid a claim by the city that it controls  land on which a five-star hotel is to be built by a Qatari investor, the lands and survey commission yesterday again asserted that the state has lien over the area and it declared that it is prepared to defend the relevant transport.

An application by defence counsel for some of the 2020 elections fraud accused, for access to GECOM minutes has triggered another delay in the long-awaited hearing of the case.

Hundreds of people showed up at the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) headquarters on Robb Street, saying they were told small business cash grants were being handed out, but Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister, Kwame McCoy denied any such distribution.

Exxon Mobil Corp. yesterday filed for arbitration to retain its preemption rights over Hess Corp.’s

The contract for the construction of  the Onderneeming Primary Schoolin Region 2 valued at $130,821,128 was signed yesterday between the Government of Guyana – through the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) – and Builder Hardware, General Supplies & Construction according to a release from the Ministry of Finance.

Individuals interested in working in the public sector or applying for promotions can now do so online, as the public and police service commissions (P/PSC) launched a  website yesterday.

Chief Citizen Alfred Mentore says that a letter has been sent to President Irfaan Ali urging him to heed the city’s concerns as it relates to the construction of the Qatari hotel on disputed lands along Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown.

The backlog of applications in Region Three will be addressed soon, as the Ministry is gearing up for the allocation of approximately 3,000 residential lots at Wales, West Bank Demerara, according to a release from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA).

The efforts of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) to join the case of its member union, the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) met with success yesterday.

Bryan Ogle, the Chief Executive Officer of Panther Security Service and Kumar Sarran, the proprietor of Montra Restaurant and Bar, yesterday donated four brand-new motorcycles to the Guyana Police Force Transport Department along with Tactical Equipment to the Tactical Services Unit (TSU).

The 60th meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday revealed that 31 payment vouchers for drugs, totalling $3.8 million, had bill dates before the dates of the requisitions to purchase.

Several persons have been contacted by the police in the Arimu double murder and robbery and they are presently being questioned, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said on Monday.

On Tuesday at his Brickdam office, a team from the Full Smile Foundation, met with Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony to discuss collaborative opportunities for medical and dental outreaches across Guyana later this year.

Anthony Bartolomey, a food vendor of Princes Street, Georgetown, appeared before newly appointed magistrate, Michelle Matthias, at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday where he was charged with three different offences.