Guyana News

The Ministry of Public Works is inviting bids for the docking and rehabilitation of four ferries.

By Shuntel Glasgow In the wake of disclosures that there are 77  pit latrines in hinterland schools, the head of the toshaos council and the Chairman of Region Seven have called for their dismantling.

Bids are to be opened on Wednesday October 9th at NPTAB for a number of major road projects including an engineer’s estimate of $3b for the rehabilitation and construction of sections of the West Bank Demerara Public Road.

By Mia Anthony In a gesture aimed at supporting the differently-abled community, Mohammed’s Bookstore Limited of Trinidad and Tobago has donated a swimming pool to the SEND [Special Education Needs/ Disability] Diagnostics Centre in Turkeyen.

-questions still linger Two contracts for the four-lane highway from Meer-Zorgen to Schoonord were added together and is the reason a price tag of $15 billion is being stated for the two-phase project which seeks to shorten traffic times on the West Bank of Demerara, Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal has said.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has issued an urgent notice to some 18, 000 customers using prepaid meters that there are only four weeks remaining before the critical October 31 deadline for them to upgrade their devices.

Elroy Withrite, also known as ‘Eddie’, is set to be sentenced on October 15, following his guilty plea in the killing of Andrew Drakes on June 8, 2019, at Farm, East Bank Essequibo.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is preparing for its participation in the Twenty-Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and has already named ministerial leads for advocacy in key negotiation areas, a release from the CARICOM Secretariat stated yesterday.

-five other suspects to be charged soon The Guyana Police Force yesterday said that the search for Joshua David who was kidnapped on the evening of September 26 on Main Street, George-town, is still going.

Customers from Blairmont to Ithaca, West Coast Berbice were advised by GPL yesterday that their service interruption was due to a damaged medium voltage underground cable at Blairmont.

Residents of Wakenaam Island, Essequibo River are being assured that efforts are underway to resolve the issues with their water supply as quickly as possible.

The National Communications Network (NCN) is alleging that an A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)-affiliated councillor verbally assaulted a member of its staff who was at the time engaged in official duties.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) on Friday issued a rebuttal  to Tony Vieira’s letter to the Editor, titled, “Questions on the land conversion methods currently employed by GuySuCo,” and published in the October 3 edition of the Stabroek News, which the corporation insists contains several inaccuracies.

Months after numerous efforts to obtain updates on the Queen’s College flogging incident, the Ministry of Education yesterday said that the matter is now under legal review and was therefore sub judice.

Guyana’s education sector will receive a much needed boost as more than 1,500 trained teachers are set to graduate from the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE), reflecting the government’s commitment to have 100 per cent of  Guyana’s teachers fully trained by 2025.

In keeping with government’s commitment to ensuring the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) is staffed with qualified  officers, 226 ranks have graduated after completing training in several courses, a release on Friday from the GPS said.

Business and Economic Commentary by Christopher Ram Part 13 Introduction The Census is not only a core function of the Statistics Act of Guyana but is the very first function listed under the Act which was passed one year before the progression from a colony to a country.

The Protected Areas Commission (PAC) in collaboration with Schlumberger (SLB) Guyana, recently unveiled a new enhancement project at the Guyana Zoological Park, a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) has stated This initiative involves establishing a rehabilitated enclosure for various animal species, improving the zoo’s facilities, and providing a more comfortable living environment for its inhabitants, the release said.

Guyana is on track to welcome its one millionth passenger by November 2024.

-gov’t expected to go ahead By Khadidja Ba Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton has rejected a proposal by President Irfaan Ali that acting Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken be substantively appointed to that position.