Guyana News

(Trinidad Express) The restructuring of Digicel has been successfully completed, its founder Denis O’Brien told the Express yesterday, as he announced that he would be stepping down as the company’s chairman and assuming a non-executive position on the board.

Buoyed by a victory that has seen the US deciding to pause approvals for pending and future applications to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from new projects, climate activists are now aiming at overseas projects that Washington may support and this could possibly impact on Guyana’s project which is awaiting a financing decision from the US Ex-Im bank.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has advised the Guyana Police Force to not institute criminal charges against the contractor allegedly involved in the removal of sand from a burial ground at Murphy Dam Cemetery, West Bank Berbice, which resulted in several tombs disappearing.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, in his closing presentation on the 2024 budget debate on Friday said that the APNU+AFC owes the people an explanation as to why they ended legal proceedings against Booker Tate in relation to the Skeldon Estate when they came into government.

In a report for 2023, the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) has cited the arrests and convictions of seven persons who it described as “major drug traffickers”.

The first batch of 60 residents from Laing Avenue, Georgetown, received vouchers valued at $250,000 each to upgrade their homes yesterday, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

Thirty squatters, previously residing in makeshift dwellings along the East Bank Demerara (EBD) river dam, now own comfortable homes at Diamond, EBD.

A New Amsterdam, Berbice man who was found to be in possession of 30 grammes of cannabis in South Ruimveldt, Georgetown was found guilty and sentenced to six months community service by Magistrate Clive Nurse yesterday.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) today noted with concern, reports of operations at the Guyana Stock Exchange (GSE), and its effect on the business community in Guyana.

There was an outpouring of support and slew of congratulations for local cricketer Shamar Joseph yesterday on the heels of his stellar West Indies Test cricket debut against Australia, with Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali saying his country and the region could not be prouder of him.

Three people, including a teenage girl, were arrested following drug busts by the police.

Fires at two separate locations yesterday have left nine people homeless and in a disturbing development, at one of the fire scenes, firefighters were assaulted by residents while going about their duties.

As at the end of 2023, the Integrity Commission said, some 628 persons out of 1,580 had outstanding declarations and according to the law, the commission will publish the names of defaulters by the end of the first half of this year.

There has been a 61% increase in the telecommunication sector since it was liberalised, Prime Minister Mark Phillips told the National Assembly on Friday, adding that Guyana now has three submarine fibre optic cables with the latest expected to become operational this year.

Stabroek News spoke to members of the public at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

A man wanted by the police in relation to complaints of simple larceny, larceny from the person, assault and break and enter larceny, was yesterday shot in the foot by the police while being arrested at Plastic Bag Street, Rose Hall, Corentyne, Berbice.

By Antonio Dey While lauding the government for its 2024 fiscal plan, Deputy Speaker Dr Asha Kissoon expressed disappointment that medical doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital are not earning livable wages and salaries in light of the conditions they work under to deliver efficient healthcare to citizens.

A twenty-year-old died early yesterday morning after he lost control of his motorcycle on the Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara public road.

Police are investigating an alleged chopping and shooting incident that occurred yesterday between 02:15 hrs and 03:00 hrs, involving a group of men between the ages of 24 and 30 at Pitt Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice.

Fifty pairs of scissors were among the items seized when police conducted a search of over 3,000 patrons who attended the much-hyped Armageddon DJ Clash at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence, East Bank Demerara on Saturday night.