Guyana News

President Irfaan Ali on Friday unveiled plans to facilitate the training of 2,000 Guyanese youths in nearshoring, which he believes holds tremendous potential and has urged ExxonMobil Guyana to make these opportunities available.

The Opposition APNU+AFC, while taking pains to assure of its commitment to a unified front on the territorial controversy between Guyana and Venezuela, has been less than pleased with the effort put forward by the administration in its response to Caracas’s latest round of aggression.

It has been ten days since four fishermen were reported missing after they ventured out to help recover one of their boats which had sent out a distress signal.

A 30-year-old sawman of Mashabo Village, Ron Raphael, is believed to have drowned on Friday afternoon12.30 and 13.00 hours after bathing in Lake Mashabo located on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two.

Civil society group, the Oil and Gas Guyana Network (OGGN) has raised questions about the depth of an audit of US$7.3b in ExxonMobil expenses for the years 2018 to 2020 but said that even the basic findings warrant a full-scale forensic examination being commissioned by the government.

The man who is accused of being the mastermind in the murder of four fishermen in May 2016 during a horrific pirate attack on the Corentyne River, last week pleaded guilty midtrial at the High Court in Berbice.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Friday said that it is sickened by the remarks of Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday to describe its Chairperson, Cathy Hughes, a woman, wife, public personality and elected official.

Suriname Airways Chief Executive Officer, Captain Steven Gonesh and other company representatives met on Thursday with Dr.

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday announced that students and teachers at the Baramita Primary School in Region One (Barima/ Waini), will receive 600 tablets along with internet connectivity.

In the wake of the report of arrests connected to house lots allocated by the Ministry of Housing and Water, APNU+AFC has reiterated a call for a forensic audit of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).

On Friday,  the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA), as part of the South Rupununi Circuit Development Project in collaboration with Visit Rupununi, the Inter-American Development Bank, Compete Caribbean and SwissContact, officially launched six  new experiential tourism products at Manari Ranch, South Rupununi.

Following a recent interception which led to charges against two persons, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has expressed alarm at the smuggling of arms and ammunition in personal consignments.

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has announced the commencement of major rehabilitation works at the East Ruimveldt Market within the next two weeks.

Senior Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh, on behalf of President  Irfaan Ali, yesterday delivered over 300 solar home energy systems to residents of hinterland communities in Region Six, including the indigenous villages of Orealla and Siparuta.

Addressing 424 scholarship recipients for 2023/2024 at the National Culture Centre yesterday, Public Service Minister Sonia Parag emphasised that the programme aims to empower Guyanese with the necessary skills and qualifications to excel in their chosen fields.

In the wake of the report of arrests connected to house lots, APNU+AFC has reiterated a call for a forensic audit of the Central Housing and Planning Authority.

Air Force Brigadier General Marc Le Bouil, Commander of the Armed Forces in French Guiana, has reaffirmed his country’s support to peace and security amid the current regional challenges, according to a release today from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) held a press conference yesterday to highlight the recent success of a kidney transplant performed on a 7-year-old, by a team of locally-trained Guyanese surgeons.

The Opposition is still not satisfied with the approach taken by the PPP/C administration regarding its handling of the latest Venezuelan threat to Guyana’s sovereignty and is suggesting among other things, the need for what it refers to as enhanced defence diplomacy.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony and others yesterday turned the sod for the construction of a new building for the University of Guyana’s College of Medical Sciences.