Guyana News

An unemployed Buxton man was yesterday morning nabbed with 119 grammes of marijuana concealed in Pringles and Lay’s Stax containers.

Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in the areas of Cummings Lodge and Industry on the East Coast Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

A bill which will  facilitate domestic and international arbitration as a method of resolving disputes was tabled on Monday during the 69th Sitting of the National Assembly at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.

Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to enhancing water service by 2025, in the attempt to afford improved access to treated water on a 24-hour basis.

Despite facing challenges, such as having to be outside during harsh weather conditions, the Calvary’s Mission Food Pantry (CMFP) in New York, continues to serve over 1,400 people weekly, and has restarted its humanitarian efforts in Guyana.

At about 6.30 am today, the Police say they arrested Eion Bennons, a 36- year-old labourer of Charlestown, Georgetown, and the ‘operator’  of an unregistered horse cart on the public road at Prospect, East Bank Demerara.

(Trinidad Express) Vinworth Dayal, who walked into the Central Bank in December 2019 and tried to exchange more than $28 million in $100 cotton bills for polymer notes, has been committed to stand trial for money laundering.

The UK is preparing to send a warship to Guyana in a show of diplomatic and military support, the BBC says.

More than two weeks after it vowed a thorough probe of a controversial pump station contract, the PPC remains silent on the way forward and MP David Patterson is mulling legal action as the next step.

By Antonio Dey Five of the generators which are projected to boost the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) output for the Christmas season have been installed.

Seven persons are now homeless after a fire at `B’ Field Sophia yesterday morning said to be caused by faulty wiring.

The Government of Guyana issued 4,739 employment visas for the period September 1, 2020, to June 30, 2023, according to data provided during the 69th sitting of the National Assembly.

All six companies have accepted the terms of the sale for their respective oil block/s awards, following the 2022 licensing round auction and government is optimistic that the agreements would be closed soon, Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat says.

Karibee rice across Guyana has seen close to a 3% increase in prices and according to the Chairman of the Number 36 Village, Corentyne rice milling operation, Nand Persaud & Company, Rajendra Persaud this is mainly due to the increase in transportation and labour costs.

The post-mortem examination which was done on the body of the man who was found buried in a shallow grave in the backlands of Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne on Tuesday revealed that he died as a result of an incised wound to his head and neck and gunshot injuries to his neck. 

The body of a girl who fell off of a boat in the Kaituma River on Thursday has been recovered.

On December 18, 2023, the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital’s surgical team, led by obstetricians Dr.

By Shabna Rahman Naomi Ramdehol, a domestic violence survivor, of the Parika Sea Dam, East Bank Essequibo, who is facing a tough life financially, recently lost her son to a brain tumour, so celebrating Christmas is the last thing on her mind.

On Wednesday, Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai inaugurated $44.9m worth of projects funded by the government – including a solar system – in the Deep South Rupununi village of Aishalton.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday again demanded that the government conform to its legal obligations under the Constitution and Laws of Guyana by engaging in collective bargaining with the union for all outstanding matters from the year 2020 to date.