Guyana News

CARICOM and the United States have committed to working together to support durable and resilient supply chains in the region. 

More families are now seeking justice after losing memories of their loved ones due to the sand being moved from the burial ground in Murphy Dam, Rosignol, Berbice by a well-known contractor in the area.

Insurance company, Assuria has launched its 10th branch here – this time at the  recently opened West Central Mall on the West Coast Demerara.

The man suspected to have murdered his wife, Christina Holder, a 42-year-old cook working at Princeville Backdam, Potaro on Monday morning has been arrested.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) yesterday said that it has been certified as the sole bargaining agent on behalf of the supervisors of the Guyana Gold Board (GGB).

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill says the geotechnical examination done on Red Road Providence on Saturday has been completed and modeling works are underway to determine the kind of stabilization that is needed. 

The police are investigating the murder of Christina Holder, a 42-year-old cook working at Princeville Backdam, Potaro in Region #8.

Police in Region Eight are investigating the death of a miner, who was chopped about his arms, allegedly after making remarks about another miner’s mother.

Police in Region Seven have arrested a man, who is accused of raping a 10-year-old girl multiple times.

With no response from the company since a demand letter was sent last month, the government is of the view that Troy Resources has given up on Guyana and won’t be returning, leaving behind debts of $2.6 billion in royalties and over US$500 million to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), top government officials said.

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) has indicated that the vessel that was caught by the Spanish authorities with one ton of cocaine just a few weeks ago, left the shores of Guyana without the drugs, which were subsequently loaded at sea.

By Bebi Oosman Residents of Mara, Upper East Bank Berbice; Man-chester Village, Corentyne and several other villages recently informed Presi-dent Irfaan Ali that they were grateful for the work being done in the region through the agencies which fall under the Ministry of Agriculture.

The Government of Guyana is spearheading a drive to have pharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturing done locally by foreign investors in an effort to boost the region’s self-sufficiency and reduce import dependency.

Work on Red Road, Providence, East Bank Demerara has ceased after further movement was encountered during the soil compacting process.

As part of the government’s continued focus on agriculture, residents and farmers of Karrau Village Region Seven, are to benefit from a $5 million food hub which will consolidate all the agricultural produce from the community at a central location, and provide a ‘ready market’ for the farmers, according to a release from the Department of Public Information.

Only one of the three men shot in Independence Boulevard, Albouystown last Saturday night, remains hospitalised and one of the victims believes the shooting stems from a fatal shooting in the same yard.

New Vision Labs Inc has received its environmental permit from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), following an application that was made in June this year.

President Irfaan Ali on Saturday expressed his disappointment with the pace at which the East Bank Berbice main access road is being done by the Ministry of Public Works, as according to him despite having the finances and dry weather, the engineers have been going slow.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has waived the requirement for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) pertaining to an oil and gas chemical storage facility at Prospect, East Bank Demerara by Itha-Ca Energy Partners (IEP) Inc.

Ramesh Charran, a 28-year-old fisherman of Lima, Essequibo Coast was charged on Tuesday with the offence of larceny on Alyah Persaud, a 26-year-old domestic worker of Lima on the 22nd July 2023 and was sentenced to two years imprisonment.