Guyana News

(Reuters) – Shamar Joseph shrugged off injury to bowl at express pace for nearly 12 overs straight in Brisbane, claiming 7-68 as West Indies stunned Australia by eight runs to get their first test win Down Under since 1997 today.

Commentator Christopher Ram yesterday pilloried the government’s plans for massive hikes in the domestic and external debt ceilings and a steep rise in extractions from the NRF even as the Ministry of Finance sought to defend the move.

A meeting between the governments of Guyana and Suriname will be held soon to discuss the way forward regarding the financing of the proposed Corentyne River Bridge, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill says.

By Antonio Dey Chairman of Banks DIH, Clifford Reis yesterday disclosed that there was a shortage of Banks Beer on the market during last December due to technical issues with a bottling plant.

Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton on Friday rapped the government for its plan  to hike the withdrawal of oil money which he said would put Guyana’s economy at great risk and would likely rob the country’s future generations of their safety net and the possibility of creating opportunities.

President Irfaan Ali wants Africa and the Caribbean to commit to exploring opportunities for trade and collaboration on important issues, such as climate change and energy security.

Eighteen families from the border town of Lethem, Region 9 yesterday received the keys to their homes under the Lethem Housing Support Programme, a release from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) said.

The body of Tilach Nateram called ‘Boy’ or ‘Rice’, a 42-year-old fisherman of Number Four Settlement, Blairmont Village, West Bank Berbice (WBB) who was believed to have drowned sometime between 17.30 hours and 23.45 hours on Friday, was found on Friday  in a canal.

Minister of Health,  Dr Frank Anthony, accompanied by the Chairman of Region Six David Armogan, yesterday commissioned a newly constructed Health Post at Schepmoed in Region Six (East Berbice – Corentyne).

In an effort to ensure that its staff and students irrespective of gender, have equal rights, responsibilities and development opportunities, at the institution, the University of Guyana (UG) has officially launched a Gender Policy.

The recently upgraded Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the New Amsterdam Hospital Region 6  was commissioned yesterday by  Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony.

The three parties which together hold one seat in parliament have appointed Timothy Jonas SC to be their representative on the Constitution Reform Commission.

Travis Porter of Lot 504 West Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, Georgetown appeared on Friday before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with discharging a loaded firearm with intent.

Shadow Minister of Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes, has expressed disappointment that no formal apology has come from any female government minister over the abuse meted out to APNU+AFC MP Juretha Fernandes by two male PPP/C ministers during last week’s budget debate.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday commissioned a newly constructed Dental Clinic amounting to some $3m at the Cumberland Health Centre, Region Six.

Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Com-merce, Oneidge Walrond on Thursday underlined in Parliament that airlift capacity had expanded rapidly between 2021 and 2023.

On Friday evening in Accra, Ghana, Prime Minister of Mozambique, Adriano Maleiane, presented Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali, with the Global Africa Leadership Award for his “transformational” leadership.

Cassandra Jaikaran has been presented with a Guyana Legal Aid Clinic book prize which is conferred annually in the memory of the late Senior Counsel Miles Greeves Fitzpatrick.

Enil Ramrattan, a 41-year-old miner of Onderneem-ing Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast, was charged last week with the possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking (474 grams of cannabis).

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday attended the launch of Region Six’s  first Medical Laboratory Technician Programme.