Guyana News

The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G)  has issued an open letter to President Irfaan Ali seeking an urgent, constructive engagement with the government.

If the Parika Market contractor had covered his contract under special insurance then the government should have levied on it after the fire and re-advertised for the works under a new contract, former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says.

The $386 million project being funded by Global Affairs Canada to improve maternal and neonatal care in Guyana’s hinterland regions will be bridging a critical gap in the healthcare sector for rural areas, according to Dr Narendra Singh, a professor at McMaster University.

With the season fast approaching, twenty-five-year old Tiffany Adams better known as “Kite Girl” of Haslington, East Coast Demerara, met up with Stabroek News on Thursday and spoke a bit about herself and her interest in kite-making.

Police ranks in Regional Division #7, on Friday between 20:00 hrs and 21:30 hrs, conducted random searches around the township of Bartica, where several persons were stopped and searched.

Indar Bhagwant, a 42-year-old driver of Logwood, Enmore, East Coast Demerara, appeared last week at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Fabayo Azore, where he was charged with  the offence of  cruelty to an animal.

Constable #24890 Doris (centre), who is stationed at the Alberttown Police Station, has been recognised for his hard work and dedication and was awarded for his Outstanding Performance throughout the month of March, 2023, the police said yesterday.

Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday handed over inputs to develop the Agriculture Science Departments from Winifred Gaskin Secondary School and Manchester Secondary School, in Region Six.

After months of monitoring and clearing of illegal structures, more than 400 persons who were allocated residential lots in Amelia’s Ward, Phase 4 will now be able to fully access their land, to commence construction.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday reported that nearly 5,000 issues were attended to within the space of two days in his administration’s outreach to Region Three.

By Femi Harris-Smith In a moving tribute to the man she called her hero, Vidya Mannilall said that the day her father was shot and killed “my life changed forever…my world was turned upside down.”

Working People’s Alliance (WPA) activist, Tacuma Ogunseye, turned himself in to the Police CID Headquarters yesterday morning in the company of attorneys Nigel Hughes and Darren Wade following a wanted bulletin that was issued for him on Thursday.

Members of the Guyana Association of Trawler Owners and Seafood Processors (GATOSP) met with Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday and said that their recent fish catches were nearly 100% of the figure from three years ago.

The US Department of State has published a Final Rule regarding increases to certain nonimmigrant visa application (NIV) processing fees.

Even as Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall SC had promised that the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) would be established long before the end of the first quarter of this year, President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that it will be established “soon”.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday blasted the government over the 12 meetings of the Public Accounts Committee  (PAC) of Parliament which have been cancelled because PPP/C MPs have not turned up.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that reported threats to US interests here in Guyana are being dealt with by the two governments  President Ali told a press conference at the National Track and Field Facility at Leonora that Guyana and the United States government are working together to address the reported security threat.

Rice harvesting has commenced in Pomeroon-Supenaam, Region Two, with farmers being offered $4,000 per bag for their paddy.

Mayor Ubraj Narine yesterday headed a team to the Georgetown Municipal Abattoir on Water Street to assess ongoing works in preparation for it to be operational soon.  

Police yesterday nabbed a man who was transporting over 16,000 grammes (564-plus ounces) of cannabis while his accomplice escaped by jumping into the Berbice River.