Guyana News

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) under the Ministry of Agriculture has set plans in place for the construction of a flood embankment at Kokerite Savannah and construction of a drainage and irrigation structure at Yakusari Cattle Savannah, both in Region Six, Berbice.

President Irfaan Ali this afternoon confirmed that Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall will proceed on administrative leave following allegations of sexual assault.

President Irfaan Ali and First Lady Arya Ali are now parents of a second child.

ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, EEPGL registered a massive profit of $577.7b for 2022, a mind-boggling 437% increase from the previous year.

By Joseph Allen The Guyana Police Force is currently probing the killing of a 19-year-old construction worker of Laing Avenue, West Ruimveldt, Georgetown and the burning of a house allegedly in retaliation for his death. 

With PPP/C General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo promising that the party’s long-awaited congress will be held either later this year or early next year, sources say that membership has “grown exponentially” and the number of delegates will be the highest since the party was formed.

Amidst controversy over whether the body of notorious murder convict and death-row inmate, Royden Williams,  should have been handed over to his family or retained by the state for burial, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC had said that it was the latter which had control of final rites.

As part of an effort to achieve a production target of 100,000 tonnes of sugar in 2024, President Irfaan Ali on Friday evening announced that bilateral discussions are currently underway with the Dominican Republic (DR) for their assistance in boosting the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) cultivation efforts.

A taxi driver was charged on Thursday at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court for a series of driving-related offences at Parika, East Bank Essequibo on Wednesday and was fined.

Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud yesterday said that her ministry has taken note of a serious allegation made against a government official by a 16-year-old girl and the matter is being investigated.

A motorcyclist, Oliver Collins called ‘Blacka’, 26, of Buxton, East Coast Demerara yesterday succumbed to his injuries following an accident on the Vigilance line top, East Coast Demerara.

Mayor Ubraj Narine recently concluded a visit to the historic City Hall building in Georgetown which is undergoing major repairs.

After a month-long trial at the Grove/ Diamond Magistrate’s Court, Unique Sunshine London, a Haslington woman who was busted back on September 14, 2022 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri for trafficking a quantity of cocaine, was on Friday sentenced to four years.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) made inroads in the Kwakwani Neighbourhood Democratic Council election as it has increased the number of seats it has on the council by two.

Andrea Sabita Ogle on Friday became the first New York civil court judge of Indo-Afro Guyanese extraction.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Despite a call by Prime Minister (PM) Andrew Holness for Government lawmakers to halt the broadside against Jamaica’s single anti-corruption body, Abka Fitz-Henley, the freshly minted senator, on Friday took aim at the entity, accusing it of partisan action against the administration.

Premium Eats is a newly branded “hypermarket” at Leonora, West Coast Demerara offering grocery, household, electrical and clothing items under one roof.

Warren Bentick, a taxi driver appeared at the George-town Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly on Friday to answer to a charge of unlawful restraint that was read to him and which he denied.

Thirty-seven-year-old Patrick Waldron, of Lot 134 Carder Hill, New Amsterdam, Berbice, appeared at the George-town Magistrate’s Court on Friday before acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel-Isaacs Marcus to answer to the charge of illegal possession of ammunition.

A Williamsburg, Corentyne family is now living in fear after bandits attacked their premises earlier this month injuring the owner of the house and leaving the family of three in a state of fright.