Guyana News

Some 30 roads are set to be rehabilitated in Sophia. Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, made the disclosure following a walkabout in the area yesterday, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill has clarified that the standard national approach will apply to small business grants under the Sustainable Livelihoods and Entrepreneurial Development (SLED) programme.

Police are investigating the Friday morning discovery of an unidentified male of Indian ethnicity.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Wednesday reminded all importers, wholesalers and retailers that all imported packages/units of alcoholic/tobacco products must be affixed with an excise stamp in accordance with Regulation 212 of the Customs Act, Chapter 82:01.

The Rotary Club of New Amsterdam (RCNA) has constructed and commissioned a multi-million dollar Reading Canopy at the New Amsterdam branch of the National Library, Republic Road, Vryman’s Erven. 

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, visiting Haiti’s capital today, said international aid has not met the impoverished country’s growing humanitarian needs, and urged more support for the Haitian police to fight gangs.

The 16-year-old complainant  has decided not to pursue her rape allegation case against, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall.

A fire of unknown origin claimed the lives of a man and his two children yes-terday morning at Lot 8 Drysdale Street, Charles-town, Georgetown.

As part of the Government’s agenda to improve access to financing, Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance Dr.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday afternoon met with all the key players involved in the Linden to Mabura Road Project and warned the contractor against any delays.

The police are investigating a fatal accident that claimed the life of twenty-six-year-old Joshua Blackett of Lot 568 Toucan Drive, South Ruimveldt Gardens, Georgetown.

Yesterday’s disclosure by the police that the complainant who pressed a rape allegation against the Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall no longer wishes to proceed has naturally drawn sharp reactions and concerns.

Finding that now former Attorney General Basil Williams SC had slandered his then predecessor Anil Nandlall SC over allegations of law reports being stolen from the AG’s Chambers, a High Court judge has awarded Nandlall damages to the tune of $10m.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill on Thursday engaged vendors of the Plaisance Railway Embankment reserve about their relocation for a four-lane road project.

In a sign that precautions still have to be taken, the Ministry of Health yesterday announced a death from the COVID-19 virus, the first since February 13 this year.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday said that it will resume the continuous registration exercise on July 4, 2023, for eligible persons, at all of its permanent Registration Offices in the ten Administrative Regions.

Sections of a three-storey building at Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara, were damaged by a fire on Thursday evening that started as a result of flammable vapours released from a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder. 

Ex prison officer and bodybuilder Warren George, who back in May was convicted on charges of assault, has been sentenced to two years jailtime.

The United States Embassy in George-town yesterday donated a 17-seat passenger bus to the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, valued at US$25,000 ($5.2m).

Yesterday  Queen’s College (QC) alumni as well as students gathered at the school’s auditorium to welcome former headmaster, Clarence Trotz, 90.