Guyana News

Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC has announced that Guyana has welcomed four leading experts in the field of Forensic Sciences to work in the Forensic Laboratory.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday deplored President Irfaan Ali’s decision to meet directly with teachers on matters which should be addressed with their union, the GTU.

To cope with unprecedented demand, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) last night announced that as a temporary measure  it will be disconnecting  large self-generating customers during the period of 6 pm to 10 pm.

Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha on Saturday acknowledged that the recently reopened Rose Hall factory has experienced problems but he is optimistic that it will attain fully capacity.

By Adrian Dey Although his after-action report suggested that proper fire-fighting equipment would have made the task easier for the GFS on the night of the tragic Mahdia dormitory blaze, Sub-officer Ryan Scott maintained that his team did their best given the circumstances.

As the probe continues locally, following the discovery of over three tons of cocaine on two vessels, one in Ireland and another in Spain, the Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), James Singh says that the owner of one vessel is cooperating with the local authorities and has given a statement, while the other vessel never docked here. 

Police are seeking legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) into the shooting of a Corentyne woman, Ashmin Mahadeo on Sunday morning.

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday said that the northwest ferry MV Malisha will depart the Goods Wharf for Mabaruma on Saturday, October 7th, 2023 at 3 pm.

An increase in allowances along with addressing hot classrooms were some of the issues highlighted by teachers at a meeting on Monday with President Irfaan Ali at State House in Georgetown.

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday said that one lane of the East Coast of Demerara Public Road from Belfield to Orange Nassau will be closed in intervals from today, October 5, 2023 to Monday, October 30, 2023.

Four persons have been charged with wounding a Capoey Mission labourer earlier this year.

The National Literacy Department of the Ministry of Education (MoE) yesterday announced the launch of a programme to target male students who failed to achieve a passing grade at the last National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examinations. 

President Irfaan Ali says that his Government is positioning Guyana as a “major destination for eco-tourism” with Central American nation, Costa Rica, as a model.

For their share in a US$300 million investment made with two other local businesses in the NRG consortium for the Vreed-en-Hoop Shorebase Inc (VEHSI), the Nazar ‘Shell’ Mohamed-owned Hadi’s World Incorporated has pulled out and is selling its shares to the other partners, a decision, Mohammed says, is based on personal religious beliefs.

Believing that a company awarded a nearly billion-dollar contract for the construction of a pump station at Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara, did not meet the bidding criteria, former Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson has written to the procurement commission asking for an investigation to be launched into the matter.

Attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes yesterday stated that his clients facing elections fraud charges continue to be denied their right to a fair trial as their case has been prolonged for three years.

A contractor clearing vegetation in the Friendship backdam on the East Bank of Demerara triggered widespread power outages yesterday.

President Irfaan Ali (left) yesterday received the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) award for his Leadership in Food Security and Sustainable Development during a special award ceremony last evening in San Jose, Costa Rica.

As testimony continued yesterday at the third public hearing in the presidential inquiry into the Mahdia dormitory fire, the proceedings were disrupted by a power outage.

The Government of Guyana yesterday hailed the 124th anniversary of the arbitral award that settled the boundary with Venezuela and reiterated that it is awaiting settlement at the World Court of the controversy that arose over the border in 1962 In a statement, the government said: “As Guyana commemorates the anniversary of the Arbitral Award of 3 October, 1899, we continue to adhere to and embrace the rules of international law and respect our pacta sunt servanda (agreements must be kept) obligation”.