Guyana News

The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) and DHL have embarked on a partnership for expedited shipping in Anna Regina, Region Two.

While conducting a routine operation at a cargo company adjacent to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, EBD, yesterday, the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) intercepted a motor car with registration number PWW 5561 with 57 lbs of cocaine.

Three men died in accidents at Cotton Tree, Little Diamond and Swan over the weekend, the police said today.

Even as the Commander of the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) praised Guyana for the strides it is making to increase the number of women recruited, the army has embarked on a programme that will qualify reservists to be permanent staff and further up the 9.4 per cent of total women it has on roll.

By Abigail Headley “We do not see ourselves as a country that promotes division.

By Shuntel Glasgow Aspiring psychologist Nashava Thompson won awards for best spoken word poetry as well as best evening gown at the Miss Emancipation Pageant at the National Culture Centre on  Saturday evening, before finally snagging the title and crown ahead of six other contestants.

Former head of the Department of Law at the University of Guyana (UG) Dr Alicia Elias is the new Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago.

Mayors and Deputy Mayors of the ten municipalities will be sworn in today by President Irfaan Ali at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday announced that it exempted the Guyana Waste Solution’s application to collect and transport non-hazardous solid waste from an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as it deemed that the company will employ sound environmental practices.

As part of its efforts to improve the quality of education and provide equal opportunities to students in rural areas, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has announced that schools in the hinterland will officially be using the renewed curriculum tailored for primary schools as of September 2023.

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in the areas of Leonora and Stewartville on the West Bank Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

The Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) has announced that its planned public hearing on appeals filed against the decision of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to exempt the proposed operation of the radioactive source storage and calibration facility at Houston, East Bank Demerara from an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been postponed.

The successful medical evacuation conducted by the Guyana Defence Force Medical Corps (GDF) earlier today, saved the life of a 17-year-old female from Mabaruma, Region 1.

President Irfaan Ali on Friday evening at an Emancipation celebration at State House urged those gathered to value their freedom which he said means not abusing it. 

An organisation to assist the Afro-Guyanese community was launched yesterday at Rahaman’s Park, Houston, Georgetown.

The United States has said that it plans to introduce a resolution at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to authorize a “multinational force” in Haiti after Kenya expressed a willingness to lead the mission, and according to President Irfaan Ali Guyana is part of CARICOM’s effort.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has expressed consternation at what it says is an emerging trend in the private sector and amongst citizenry for sham partnerships to get around the local content law.

Three persons are in custody after they were arrested on Friday night by ranks from the Mabaruma Police Station who acted on information received and searched a resort at Kumaka, Region One where they found 831 grams of suspected marijuana and 20 grams of suspected cocaine.

In preparation for the new school term in September, the Ministry of Health, backed by New York’s Mount Sinai Health Systems and Hess Corporation, will soon be launching a Comprehensive Child and Youth Health Programme.

The village of Karaudarnau in Region Nine is the beneficiary of a brand new $14 million agro-processing facility specifically designed to enhance the value-added production of peanuts cultivated within the community, and catering to both new and existing agro-processors.