Guyana News

By Shuntel Glasgow A 22-year-old accident victim, on his deathbed, accused ranks of the Guyana Police Force of inflicting serious wounds on him on the day he was involved in an accident outside the East La Penitence Police Station during a road block.

After lying in a Cabinet sub-Committee since 2020, the draft Engineers Bill has been reviewed and will soon be laid in Parliament, Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General Anil Nandlall has announced.

Tacuma Ogunseye of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) remains in police custody, his attorney Nigel Hughes said yesterday.

The Georgetown Inter-national Academy’s Team Green has won the second National Scratch Coding Competition.

With the railway embankment being upgraded to accommodate four lanes of traffic, the design of the East Coast-East Bank Demerara bypass road project is being modified to include the changes, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill said.

Children whose fathers are residents of the state’s penitentiaries yesterday received kites in time for the Easter holidays, and had the opportunity for familial bonding with their fathers as the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) works towards fostering family connectivity through its Welfare and Corrections Department.

Region Nine Indigenous representatives have expressed growing concern over the country’s lack of a national policy on fire management and have taken steps to rectify this failing.

Guyanese activists have described the exemption of the 300-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant from an impact study as well as the issuance of a permit for the Gas to Energy (GTE) project as illegal, and are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revoke its decisions.

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara in Region Three about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill has said that the government is aware of the importance of the Eteringbang Airstrip and as such is pushing to complete the project.

Eighteen-year-old Martin King of East Ruimveldt was recently remanded to prison after he was charged with robbing his acquaintance.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ oil producers on Sunday announced further cuts in their production amounting to around 1.16 million barrels per day in a surprise move they said was aimed at supporting market stability.

-gov’t has kept report hidden for two years The first ever audit report of the cost claims by ExxonMobil and its partners for 1999 to 2017 found that a whopping 12.8% of its US$1.67b expenses could be disputed by the Guyana Government as they were not allowable or did not have sufficient supporting documentation.

The Ministry of Health yesterday commissioned its first Diabetes Comprehensive Care Centre at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara.

Audits for the Guyana Marriott Hotel have been completed up to 2019 and these accounts will be published upon completion of the audit for the year ended 2021.

One person has been arrested over the death of Canada-based Guyanese woman, Roma Dookeran who was here on a business trip and was later found on the Leguan Island foreshore, This is according to Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum during an interview with the Sunday Stabroek.

The Government through the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development distributed 14 tractors to the 14 Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDC) in Region Three during a two-day outreach The tractors, worth over $100 million, were handed over by President Irfaan Ali and are intended to boost works on the ground and are the partial fulfilment of a promise made by the president which also included the handout of subventions for the NDCs.

Working People’s Alliance (WPA) activist, Tacuma Ogunseye was yesterday interviewed by the police about controversial statements he made at a March 9th public meeting at Buxton and remains in custody.

A solar photovoltaic (PV) farm has been commissioned at Bartica as part of government’s push for renewable energy.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday said that the company by the name of Farmlands Guyana Inc which is gearing up to cultivate 1,000 hectares of land in the Tacama Savannah, Berbice with corn and soya beans comprises Guyanese and foreign investors.