Guyana News

As the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) continues to press the issue of a multi-year agreement, the Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, has said that that such matters are dealt with at the level of the President’s office. 

President Irfaan Ali’s ‘Cut Rose’ project, which was conceptualised to create employment for single parents continues to make progress and has earned over $4 million for the first half of 2023, a report yesterday from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

The Calibro Band’s musical equipment which disappeared in a taxi after an injured band member was dropped off at the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital following an accident, was successfully recovered yesterday, according to Band member Leon ‘Supercat’ Dundas.

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony said at the recent Annual RHOs Conference that 216 more interventions are being targeted for  primary health care. 

USAID’s Youth Resilience, Inclusion and Empowerment (Y-RIE) Program is seeking creative concepts that focus on youth development issues; propose smart, locally-driven approaches; bring partners together to work effectively and implement innovative activities.

Businessman Samuel Chandool and his wife Chitralekha have been ordered to pay damages in the sum of $750,000 for constructing a building with a wall and concrete platform extensions which encroached on the land of resident Dian Balram, of Vreed-en-Hoop, West Bank Demerara.

Twenty-seven-year-old Clifford Vieira, (no address given) appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Rhondel Weever to answer to the charge of using abusive language.

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday said that teams have been mobilized and systems put in place to ensure the smooth shuttling of passengers and goods across the Demerara River.

(Trinidad Express) Police believe they have found Reagan Reece, the Guyanese accountant who went missing on June 6.

With a reported 74% of the country’s deaths being due to non-communicable diseases (NCDS) and diabetes cases pegged at a staggering 60,000 plus, the government is now planning the implementation of a national healthcare database system, to aid in strategic policies to reduce new cases since no data is currently collected from persons with NCDs.

The journeying of skilled Caricom nationals here advances development of not only this country but the entire region, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd has said, while stating that the government is not worried that when all the impediments to free movement are resolved next year, Guyana may be flooded with job seekers.

A 32-year-old businessman of Diamond, East Bank Demerara was on Saturday robbed of $6 million by three armed and masked gunmen.

The Radiation Safety and Security Amendment Bill 2022, aimed at regulating the use of ionizing radiation and protecting people and the environment from the harmful effects of radioactive waste, was on Thursday evening passed in the National Assembly after it saw support from both sides of the House.

Members of the Calibro Band are currently assessing their losses, which amount to approximately $1 million, after a taxi driver who offered to take them to the hospital following an accident at Burma, East Coast Demerara, vanished with their equipment.

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in East and West Ruimveldt, Georgetown about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

An armed robbery suspect was last Friday night arrested by police at Kwebanna Village, North West District in Region One.

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers discovered 127 lbs of cannabis worth $17 million during a search operation on Saturday in the vicinity of Crabwood Creek, SeaDam, Corentyne, Berbice. 

By Mia Anthony Faudia Ramjohn’s job as a production technician in the oil and gas industry sees her working offshore for 28 days, followed by 28 days at home.

The government has partnered with 100 women to construct some 30 eco-lodges between Eccles and Diamond along the East Bank Demerara corridor.

Local trading and logistics company Dequan Shipping and Trading Inc is seeking to build a clay brick manufacturing company in Berbice, the first for that county, and has applied for the requisite permissions..