Guyana News

Private Sector Commission (PSC) Chairman, Komal Singh yesterday told the launch of the Agri-Investment Forum & Expo that while Guyana has made significant strides in the agriculture sector, stakeholders must never lose sight of the ongoing problem with trade barriers.

The Joint Parliamentary Opposition – APNU+AFC is sounding the alarm that Guyana is headed towards a major health crisis as the rate of dengue infections continues to climb.

The sod was turned yesterday for a $304m magistrate’s court at Timehri.

Andrew Rodriguez, 43, of Timehri yesterday pleaded guilty to trafficking in cocaine and was jailed for four years while his co-accused, CJIA agent Duane Joseph, 20, pleaded not guilty and was remanded.

The Semple Family Founda-tion yesterday announced the passing of its founder member, trade unionist Norman Eric Semple.

Even as it evaluates complaints that Trinidadian companies are absorbing large amounts of foreign exchange for transactions here and in the Twin-island Republic, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said that government will intervene if there is a currency shortage.

Nine young Guyanese have received scholarships to pursue studies in various fields for a five-year duration in the People’s Republic of China, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday.

Cane harvesters who were transferred from the Rose Hall Estate as a result of its closure are continuing to strike as they are refusing to return to work there without any sort of compensation which they believe they deserve at this stage for sticking with the industry.

Hakeem Khan, (address not stated), appeared yesterday at the George-town Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to a charge of fraud.

Duty-free shopping will receive a much-needed boost with the opening of a duty-free facility at the Corentyne River ferry terminal at Moleson Creek.

A single mother is now at her wit’s end after the house she was residing in at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice suddenly collapsed while she and her eight-year-old daughter were inside on Thursday evening.

Some 500 residents of Bamia and Long Creek, Soesdyke-Linden Highway will are expected to receive  potable water for the first time as work on wells in these communities is in the advanced stage.

The police say they are investigating a report of the suspected death by suicide of  Hector Calvin Hartwell, a 40-year-old businessman of Lot 13 Windsor Estates, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

Desan Husbands called ‘Meds’ (address not stated) was charged yesterday with manslaughter following the death of a Sophia horse cart operator.

Executives of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday met with US Ambassador, Sarah-Ann Lynch and other officials at the US Embassy, on Duke Street, where discussions were held on crime and security issues.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday stated that due to the demand for the exportation and shipment of sand to several Caribbean states from Guyana, the government has decided to open a mammoth sand pit to sustain its supply chain.

The National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) has accepted the US$90m bid by Egypt-born, US businessman Ramy El-Batrawi as the winning tender and the process of finalizing the deal is currently underway, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has issued an advisory about the rising incidence of mosquito-borne dengue in Guyana and the region and it said 11 persons have died here so far this year from the affliction.

The Terms of Reference (ToR) for the long-awaited inquiry into the Mahdia dormitory tragedy that claimed 20 lives requires it to inquire into and report on the “events and circumstances leading up to and causes of the Mahdia dorm fire on the night of May 20th, 2023”.

Thirty-four-year-old Anthony La Rose called ‘Roodhoo’, a father of two, of Lot 280 Kuru Kururu, Linden- Soesdyke High-way, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Chief Magistrate (ag) Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus to answer to the capital offence of murder.