Guyana News

President Irfaan Ali today expressed sadness over the deadly earthquake on Friday in Morocco that has claimed over 2,000 lives.

By Joseph Allen In a bid to ease the bottleneck in the supply of stone needed for the construction industry, a new quarrying company was declared open yesterday in Batavia, an Amerindian village in Region Seven.

Four persons including a schoolgirl died in a head-on collision in the area of De Hoop, Mahaica last evening.

At a press conference at State House yesterday, President Irfaan Ali disclosed that Guyana’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew mid-year by an estimated 59.5% while its non-oil economy rose by 12.3% during the first half of 2023.

Government is mulling lifting the income tax threshold and increasing the daily minimum wage but a decision would be based on the current analyses that are being undertaken by finance personnel, President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced.

Police are probing a fatal accident at Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara in which motorcyclist Andrew Alli, 51, died yesterday at about 11.20 am.

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton yesterday challenged President Irfaan Ali to produce correspondence to back up the claim that Ali had eight times formally reached out to him in an attempt to fulfill his [Ali’s] constitutional mandate.

Sugar workers who were arrested on Monday after they allegedly attempted to block the Canje Turn with wooden poles and structures to stop the free flow of traffic maintain that they were stripped down, photographed, and placed into lock-ups by police in Region Six.

Steering clear of a commitment to the confirmed appointments of  a Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chief Justice of this country, President Irfaan Ali yesterday said this will occur at the “appropriate” time.

Ashram Boodhoo, 50, also known as ‘Socks’, of Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara who was beaten in the head by his friend over a joke at a birthday party on July 3, died on Thursday after being discharged from the Infectious Diseases Hospital on August 20.

Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton on Friday said that he has informed ExxonMobil of APNU’s and the AFC’s focus to elicit more benefits from oil extraction for the Guyanese people by utilizing provisions in the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA).

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday commissioned a newly constructed Health Post in the Quiko community, located in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo).

With some $420 million owed to the Bank of Guyana by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) for its Sugar Trading Enterprise Pension Scheme (STEPS), President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that government will pay the outstanding sums.

A Brazilian mechanic, Walter Oliveira, 49, who was reported missing after an accident involving a boat on Friday around 18:00 hours at Suriname Landing, Middle Mazaruni River, Region Seven, has been found dead.

Mobile phone company Digicel has concluded a summer promotional campaign in which millions were won by contestants in its  “Deal or No Deal” game shows.

The police say that they have arrested two persons who allegedly mugged an 18-year-old at around 11 am yesterday at Mandir Street De Willem, West Coast Demerara.

City Mayor Alfred Mentore yesterday said that the Promenade Gardens are open to the public despite the fact that on three separate days, visits by this newspaper found it closed to visitors.

Minister of Health,  Dr Frank Anthony, yesterday commissioned a $14M staff quarters-building at Yupukari Village, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo).

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Lee, a powerful Category 3 storm, was expected to move well north of Puerto Rico and the U.S.

President Irfaan Ali today hinted at the lifting of the minimum wage and the income tax threshold and also announced that a Democracy Award will be unveiled on October 5th.