Guyana News

Selected high school students will have their education base widened with exposure to music production and recording engineering through a collaboration between the Ministry of Education’s Allied Arts Unit and Kross Kolor Records.

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has initiated a plan to mitigate the decline in surface water supply in various regions by increasing the number of wells, according to Ramchand Jailal, the executive director for hinterland services.

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is currently awaiting legal advice to decide its next course of action concerning the two garbage compactors that were procured by F&H Computer Supplies and Merchandisers since May, but did not meet the council’s specifications.

A 36-year-old construction worker of Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara was arrested on Friday night, after police on mass patrol found him near a barrel containing 424.5 grammes of cannabis.

Even as they provide support to Guyana in building a much needed robust stock and bonds  market, regional investors from the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) should also use the opportunity to explore investing with locals in the myriad sectors here as there is strong financial generating potential, Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh has said.

Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Crabwood Creek in Berbice about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has waived the requirement for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the proposed US$29 million specialty hospital in Providence.

Residents of the indigenous community of Capoey in Region Two are calling on the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs as well as the regional administration, to conduct an audit of the Capoey village council. 

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – The head of Exxon Mobil’s XOM.N shale oil and gas business, a unit involved in merger talks with rival Pioneer Natural Resources PXD.N,

At around 00:30hrs today, Police ranks were on mobile patrol on Church Street when they observed a black Toyota Tacoma #GAD 8333 parked in the centre of Church Street between East and Cummings Streets.

The contentious $865 million Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara, Pump Station contract award to Tepui Group was flawed, as not only should the company have been disqualified for not meeting the bidding criteria but the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) erred when it lumped two other contracts to the award, former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says.

Projecting that he will be re-elected in 2025, President Irfaan Ali on Friday said that the country will be exporting corn and soya by 2027 and he stressed the importance of digitization.

Following weeks of complaints about potholes on the Central Corentyne Highway and poor repairs, the authorities yesterday began patching sections of the thoroughfare.

Former Auditor General, Anand Goolsarran, is suing Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo for in excess of $30,000,000 for allegedly slanderous statements he said Jagdeo made against him at a press conference and a public rally back in March of this year.

President Irfaan Ali on Friday took a swipe at former president, Donald Ramotar who was reported to have said recently that he supported a renegotiating of Guyana’s much criticised Production Sharing Agreement with ExxonMobil.

Preparations are underway for Guyana to host the second AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF23) that will see an anticipated 1,500 foreign delegates from over 100 countries later this month and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) is assuring that Georgetown will be ready.

To improve the State’s capabilities to tackle financial crimes including the civil and criminal forfeiture of proceeds of and properties acquired through these crimes, the Attorney General’s Chambers will partner with the Asset Recovery Unit (ARU) of the Regional Security System (RSS) to host a workshop in Guyana from tomorrow to the 13th of October, 2023.

A fire of unknown origin that started around 7:41 pm yesterday completely destroyed a house at Theatre Alley, Republic Road, New Amsterdam, Region Six.

A 38-year-old woman of El Dorado Village, West Coast Berbice died yesterday morning after she was run over by a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) bus on the Foulis Public Road, West Coast Berbice.

Courts’ “Operation Trans-formation,” a home make-over promotion captured the attention of Maya Persaud, Miss India Guyana 2021.