Guyana News

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth this year is expected to be 2.6% compared to the originally projected 4.4% when budget 2016 was presented earlier this year, Finance Minister Winston Jordan said today while presenting his budget for 2017.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in a tweet today he would end the United States’ “deal” with Cuba unless a better one was made, reflecting his campaign pledge to reverse President Barack Obama’s moves to open relations with the Cold War adversary.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s bolivar currency has depreciated an unprecedented 60 percent in a month against the U.S.

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force say they are making stringent efforts to apprehend a male suspect, who indiscriminately discharged several rounds from a handgun, in the vicinity of a popular gas station, located on the East Coast of Demerara.

The police today said that a male domestic violence suspect who assaulted and tried to disarm an armed police constable, was early this morning shot to his right elbow, at Diamond, EBD.

Former President Donald Ramotar yesterday called on the government to set up a Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the D’Urban Park construction project.

-land for workers on the tableBy Shabna Rahman With the 2017 budget to be presented today, a major announcement is likely on the way forward for sugar with GuySuCo Chairman Dr Clive Thomas telling Stabroek News on Friday of a possible rationalisation of the industry to four estates.

Following allegations of misconduct and lawbreaking levelled against police at the Springlands Berbice, Precinct, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan on Saturday assured residents in the county that thorough investigations will he conducted.

The delayed review of the financial model of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) is expected to be completed soon even as Oslo awaits details on Guyana’s much touted plans for a “green economy.”

A regular weekend hangout at the popular Wings and Things Bar on Mandela Avenue on Sunday morning, halted with the shooting of one of the area’s residents, following an altercation between him and another patron.

Chief Justice (ag) Yonette Cummings-Edwards on Friday ruled that the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) had provided sufficient evidence to support its decision to deny entry into the country of a container of condensed milk from Malaysia.

Amidst complaints of it being unreasonable and not practical, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has publicly restated its right to search any local aircraft.

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force on Friday last conducted a 12-hour drug eradication exercise at Gateroy, Upper Berbice River, during which four fields measuring about 8 acres were found cultivated with Cannabis Sativa with an estimated 10, 000 plants measuring between 2-6 feet in height and with a weight of approximately 21000 kilograms, police said yesterday.

Quick response on the part of an inmate and prison officers of the Lusignan Prison on Saturday evening, led to the extinguishing of a fire of electrical origin, which broke out in one of the institution’s dormitories.

To commemorate the life of Claude Alphonso Merriman, President David Granger unveiled a bust at the Merriman Mall on Vlissengen Road on Saturday.

Education Minister and Working People’s Alliance (WPA) leader, Dr Rupert Roopnaraine should publicly address his role as a director in the private company that supervised the controversial D’Urban Park project, says his fellow party executive Dr David Hinds.

The Maritime Administration Department says that all vessels entering and leaving the Waini and Pomeroon rivers must report to the authorities.

The Sixteenth Rupununi Expo  kicked off on Saturday with scores of patrons from across Guyana and persons in the diaspora participating, GINA said.

The People’s National Congress Reform says it is deeply saddened at the passing of Fidel Castro, the former President of Cuba.

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) is warning that with immediate effect the Guyana Fertiliser Wharf, north of Muneshwer’s Limited on the Demerara River has been deemed unsafe for the mooring of vessels.