Guyana News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Captain Jason Holder has broken into the top 20 of the One-Day International rankings for the first time in his career, following strong performances during the just concluded Tri-Nations Series.

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, today (right) received a final copy of the Coastal Engineering Design Manual for the Guyana Sea and River Defences from European Union (EU) Ambassador, Jernej Videtič.

The police in ‘D’ Division say they are investigating a shooting incident during a robbery which occurred at 0100h.

Gold production at the Canadian-owned Guyana Goldfields Inc (GGI) for the first half of this year has been estimated at 75,000 ounces and the company has entered an agreement to expand the capacity of its Aurora mine in Cuyuni/Mazaruni.

One of two planes that left Guyana illegally under the cover of darkness on Saturday has been given clearance to leave Anguilla and the other was grounded in the British overseas territory, Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson has said.

A 19-year-old labourer perished in a mysterious fire which destroyed a two-bedroom house in the De Willem, West Coast Demerara (WCD) squatting area on Saturday night.

American oil firm ExxonMobil will be drilling more wells after an appraisal well confirmed the presence of a significant deposit of oil in the location close to where the first well was drilled.

It is important that Guyana move quickly to enact anti-discrimination laws as discrimination and homophobia “is a very real problem” for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LBGT) community here, outgoing Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy here, Bryan Hunt has said.

A police rank died on Saturday afternoon after he lost control of the car he was driving and it flipped over in the vicinity of the Bamia Creek on the Linden/Soesdyke highway.

President David Granger on Friday said that protected areas will be established in all 10 regions of the country.

The Guyana Power and Light is inviting bids for the construction of an 11 MW plant at Anna Regina on the Essequibo Coast and one for 5.5 MW at Canefield on the East Berbice.

Waste management is taking up over 50% of the revenues of the Beterverwagting /Triumph Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) and councillors who were elected at historic local government polls are now confronting problems which have led to frustration with one already contemplating resignation.

Following the award of $130 million in contracts for rehabilitation works in several communities including High Dam, Caracas, West Canje, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon recently visited a number of East Berbice projects.

An audit of the existing stock of Styrofoam food containers in the country must be completed before a date can be set for the enforcement of the ban on the use and sale of such containers.

The Ministry of Social Protection, with support from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has sanitised its database as part of the process to digitalise the old age pension service, the Government Information Agency said on Friday.

Guyana and Suriname will face off in the first Inter-Guianas Spelling Bee competition today from 10.00 am in the auditorium of NCERD, Battery Road, Kingston.

The sister of Mohamed Shameer, the Pomeroon River boat collision victim whose decomposing remains were found buried in a shallow grave more than 60 miles from the scene, is continuing to question the delay in the filing of charges by police against two suspects.

With mayoral elections due each year, Georgetown’s Chief Citizen, Patricia Chase-Green  will have her stewardship put to the test and the current controversy over the parking meters contract could be a defining moment.

Guyana will continue to import oil from the existing supplier, Petrotrin of Trinidad and Tobago while it also considers markets in non-CARICOM Caribbean Islands.

The ‘A’ Division of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday held its second annual Youth Expo under the theme ‘Moulding and fusing the youths for a healthier and brighter future.’