Guyana News

The five men who pleaded guilty to the murder of four fishermen in May 2016 during a horrific pirate attack on the Corentyne River were yesterday  sentenced to death  at the High Court in Berbice.

The generators which are expected to boost the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) generation capacity arrived in Guyana on Wednesday night according to a Facebook post by the power company.

The termination of two contracts under the Ministry of Agriculture for substandard work has seen the Office of the Auditor General recommend that systems be put in place to adequately monitor and supervise works to prevent recurrences.

On Thursday, December 14, 2023, in Argyle, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, His Excellency Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and His Excellency Nicolas Maduro, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela held discussions on matters consequential to the territory in dispute between their two countries.

Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton yesterday confirmed that although the Opposition was invited to the meeting between President Irfaan Ali and Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro they decided to opt out as the government was not “specific” about the meeting.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday strongly defended the government’s decision to give an across-the-board 6.5% increase to public sector workers – a hike which has seen some criticisms.

A Corentyne single mother of three is now contemplating her next move and is pleading for assistance after her house was completely destroyed by a fire on Tuesday morning. 

Residents of Hyde Park, Timehri, on the East Bank of Demerara have for months been experiencing issues with their potable water supply.

The Bar Council of the Bar Association of Guyana yesterday noted the passing of Justice Nandram Kissoon with deep regret.

The Government of Guyana has expended a total of $56,270,055 from its treasury to finance overseas travel for President Irfaan Ali and Vice President (VP) Bharrat Jagdeo.

Randolph Williams called ‘Travis’, a 27-year-old bartender of Cotton Field, Essequibo Coast, appeared at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Esther Sam, where he was charged with the rape of a child under 16 years.

Khadidja Ba, a 26-year-old Human Resources Officer of Crown and Oronoque streets, Queenstown, Georgetown, appeared yesterday before Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrate’s Court where she was charged with larceny.

Daniel Singh, 21, of 3rd Street, Grove, East Bank Demerara, yesterday appeared at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with break and enter and larceny committed on house of 66-year-old Prettipaul Singh of Grove Housing Scheme.

The remaining hospitalized survivor of the Sunday morning minibus accident on the Friendship, East Bank Demerara Public Road was yesterday discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital, Regional Commander, Superintendent Krishnadat Ramana said yesterday.

In the Declaration of Argyle, Guyana and Venezuela have agreed that neither will threaten or use force against the other in any circumstance.

President Irfaan Ali will now be going into the fourth part of meetings today with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro but says there is “absolutely no retreat” from Guyana’s position that the border controversy be determined at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

A meeting between President Irfaan Ali of Guyana and President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela is underway in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Following weeks of rising tension over their border controversy, Guyana and Venezuela are set for talks today in St Vincent and the Grenadines aimed at calming aggressive actions by Caracas to push its claim on this country’s Essequibo region despite an order by the World Court to desist.

The Auditor General’s Report covering the period January 1, 2018, to June 30, 2022 says that the Ministry of Education (MoE) “did not” effectively manage the Hinterland School Feeding programme rolled out in eighteen schools.

While 21,782 Venezuelan migrants have been registered  in nine administrative regions as of  July 11, 2020, the parliamentary opposition continues to question whether the government has taken any steps to modernise the associated institutional and legislative framework since 2020.