Guyana News

Amid continuous complaints from citizens regarding substandard work being produced by the contractors on the government’s home construction assistance programme, Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal confirmed that one contractor so far has been terminated.

By Antonio Dey Alliance For Change (AFC) spokesperson on Finance Juretha Fernandes has slammed the government for mismanaging the Amerindian Development Fund, stating that several hinterland communities are yet to witness advancement as promised by the Irfaan Ali regime.

The Ministry of Public Works through Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd has communicated with governments in the Caribbean to help locate the missing fishing vessel ‘ASEYAH One’ with its four crew members as search efforts continue.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) will embark on a series of educational sessions for its clerks along with representatives from various agencies.

Rawle McKenzie and his wife Sarah Wilson, who died following a crash on Monday last, close to the Ruimveldt Police Station, had been heading to the market at the time of the incident.

The government has approached the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) for a US$76.2 million loan to build three water treatment plants in Regions Two, Three, Five and Six respectively, and is calling on contractors to submit bids for the project. 

Last week, two senators from France visited Region One to express France’s solidarity with Guyana in the face of Venezuela’s illegitimate and baseless claim on the Essequibo region.

Stabroek News spoke to members of the public at Timehri Base Road, East Bank Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) recently held a children’s fire safety camp at the Lusignan Community Centre that saw several schools from the East Coast Demerara in participation.

The Office of the President (OP)  here has posted images of Trinidad and Tobago’s Galleons Passage which it said will be operating between Guyana and Trinidad and later Barbados as part of the creation of a regional ferry service.

Even as government awaits funding on the US$759m gas-to-energy (GTE) project, works are forging ahead at the West Bank Demerara site with pipe laying, constructing of internal roads and a materials offloading wharf, pile driving, as well as land preparation and other tasks.

Vice President,  Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said that the government  is working on a biometric project that will allow the authorities to use facial recognition software to track people with criminal records and pinpoint their exact location at any given time.

As Guyana works to establish the commission as agreed upon under the Declaration of Argyle for Dialogue and Peace between Guyana and Venezuela, ahead of the planned meeting in Brazil, this country will also swiftly ensure that an ambassador is appointed to Brasilia.

A Region Five, West Coast Berbice accident yesterday afternoon involving two motor cars has left a pedestrian dead and a parked lorry with damage.

Over 200 jobs will be added to the economy in Region Three through the operations of a $30 million marine facility at Nismes, West Bank Demerara, which was commissioned yesterday, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday held a man at Crabwood Creek, Corentyne with over 200 lbs of ganja but another man escaped.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips commissioned two solar mini-photovoltaic (PV) farms at Aishalton and Karaudarnau in Deep South Rupununi, Region Nine on Friday.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has stated its disapproval with the view that government spending on several new medical institutions around the country may be a case of unnecessary and questionable expenditure, and is being done at the expense of health workers.

Prime Minister (PM)  Mark Phillips has declined to answer why an entity that comes under his office refused to supply information that had been requested by the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) in relation to a probe of a complaint by Akamai Inc.

Yesterday, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers conducted an operation in Norton Street, Wortmanville.