Guyana News

Hotelier Robert Badal says that he is not participating in the new round of bids for Marriott Hotel Guyana as he does not think that reserve price set of US$85m is worth it.

The body of a man (identity unknown) who was allegedly involved in the double murder on Saturday morning at Block 22, Linden was found in an abandoned house yesterday.

After waiving his rights to extradition following his arrest here last Friday, United States fugitive Bobby Allen Stark was yesterday morning deported to his home country where he had fled child molestation charges, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn said.

President of the Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) Frederick Collins, says that the appeal filed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the High Court ruling ordering it to enforce the liability clause in permits it issued to ExxonMobil Guyana for its offshore oil operations lacks merit.

By Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in the Stabroek Market, Georgetown about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

In an effort to ensure that there is equal healthcare access for all Guyanese, the Ministry of Health’s Maternal and Child Health Department on Saturday hosted a workshop on immunization for the hearing and speech-impaired at Grand Coastal Hotels, East Coast Demerara.

Local fuel company, SBF International Inc was last week fined $300,000 by the court for its wholesale selling of petroleum and petroleum products without having the requisite licences back in 2020 and it has until June 30th to pay or have one of its directors imprisoned for three months.

Persons living with disabilities will soon benefit from a new training and empowerment centre known as the ‘Learning Lab’, which is scheduled to open on May 22.

Nazima Raghubir was today re-elected as Head of the Guyana Press Association (GPA).

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri yesterday handed over the recently constructed Police Outpost for the Timehri Sub-District Area.

The Movement for Unity and Democracy, a political initiative aimed at promoting unity and democracy in Guyana, was officially launched on Friday at the National Library in Georgetown.

An elderly man and his son-in-law were gunned down during a home invasion in Block 22, Wismar, Linden yesterday morning and a third man was critically  injured.

The Guyana Government yesterday  signed a US$200 million framework agreement with the IsDB for the reconstruction of the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

After the quashing of tendering in April for the sale of the Marriott Hotel Guyana, state holding company, NICIL has asked the original participants to resubmit bids and has set a base price of US$85m.

President Irfaan Ali on Friday commissioned a new recreational park located along the Backdam road in New Amsterdam – a development which he said is expected to provide a green space for families to come together with the possibility to improve mental health and community wellness.

Sterling Products Limited (SPL) and the Amaya Milk Company signed a distributor’s agreement on Friday at Parc Rayne on the East Bank of Demerara.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is now overseeing the printing of ballots for the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE).

An Outpatient facility valued over $40 million was yesterday commissioned at the Port Mourant Hospital, Region Six.

Under pressure to say why it appears to be doing no substantial work, the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) on Friday said that it still has under active consideration matters that have been raised with it by APNU+AFC MP and former Minister of Public Works, David Patterson.

An urgent application under the Judicial Review Act for an injunction to postpone the holding of the Guyana Press Association (GPA) elections scheduled for today was yesterday afternoon thrown out by acting Chief Justice Roxane George.