Guyana News

While labelling this year’s national budget as one that is “badly out-of-touch” with the needs and conditions of Guyanese, Opposition Leader David Granger yesterday stated that the main opposition APNU will not be supporting it in its present form.

The body of a 32-year-old man was found lying a short distance away from his truck on New Road, Mosquito Hall, East Coast Demerara yesterday morning.

AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday accused the government of unlawfully stashing billions in bank accounts held by numerous state agencies and he called for a full disclosure.

The Police on the West Coast of Demerara were commended for their prompt apprehension of three men who were about to break into the business place of Abdool Hamid at Lot 97 Meten-Meer-Zorg, WCD yesterday.

Amid concerns that the high-profile Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Conference (STC) here had bungled by not making it affordable for Guyanese and youth in particular to participate, Tourism Minister Irfaan Ali yesterday said that many young people will be participating in one of today’s sessions before the confab wraps up.

The annual Caribbean Tourism Organisation conference heard on Monday of the threat that sea-level rise poses to port-dependent countries like Guyana and the rest of the region.

Saying that the country is at crossroads, Presidential Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira on Monday evening urged the parliamentary opposition parties against withholding support for the national budget.

The Oldendorff Carriers Guyana Inc., contracted to ship bauxite for the Russian Aluminium Group (RUSAL) which is opening two new mines, may have to look at establishing another port to accommodate more ships.

The casting stages of the 1823 Slave Revolt Monument are winding down, according to the Ministry of Culture, which says completion of the monument is scheduled for well before Emancipation Day this year.

Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy says he is disheartened after threats by opposition MPs to withhold support for the $75B capital works budget, saying they are misguided.

Come Saturday, a workshop sponsored by a law firm and rights groups will be convened to address the impact of Chief Justice Ian Chang’s ruling in the Henry Greene matter and the operation of the Sexual Offences Act on victims of sexual offences.

Former president Bharrat Jagdeo says the Caribbean must combine its traditional tourism products with other kinds of services in order to become a more sustainable and viable tourist destination, in his address at the 13th annual Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) Conference.

Ambassador Robert Kopecky says the sustainable tourism development and fisheries management project the European Union (EU) is undertaking in partnership with Iwokrama in the North Rupununi is seeing tangible results as it nears completion.

The City Council is advising business-owners against carrying out construction and other unauthorised works to its pavements and bridges, which is illegal.

Only one bid has been received for an over $100M consultancy contract for updating of the feasibility study and designs for the West Demerara road improvement project, covering the section from Vreed-en-Hoop West to Parika East.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) recently hosted a capacity building workshop for its current 20-member Volunteer Corps, which will be formally launched later this year.

Opposition Leader David Granger has written Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman complaining about what he said was biased coverage of the ongoing budget debate by the Government Information Agency (GINA), Trotman revealed on Monday.

The owners of the Oasis Café have ventured into fine dining with the launch of ‘Oasis Paradiso,’ a new Friday night restaurant experience.

(Trinidad Express) The former wife of murdered US war veteran Balram “Balo” Maharaj was yesterday ordered extradited to the United States for her alleged involvement in his kidnapping in 2005.

(Trinidad Express) A racket involving a number of foreign used car dealers has been unearthed at the Licensing Office, prompting Transport Minister Devant Maharaj to call on Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs to intervene and probe it.