Guyana News

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Mahaica, East Coast Demerara in Region Four about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

By Shabna Rahman Four indigenous girls from the Barima-Mora Passage Area (BMPA) have been trained to operate aerial drones to ensure that mangrove ecosystem and wildlife biodiversity throughout Region One is monitored and protected, as part of an ongoing project.

In response to what they say is the welcomed commitment of the government to revising the Amerindian Act of 2006, residents of Lethem have crafted proposals for the consultation process which they are hoping will aid reform of the legislation.

The work planned for Carifesta and Homestretch avenues will see the roads being upgraded to accommodate additional lanes, catering to increased traffic, Public Works Minister Juan Edghill said.

The Enmore Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) has written to vendors occupying spaces on the Enmore North Estate Road, East Coast Demerara asking them to vacate the area for the construction of a four-lane road.

Quick action by the Guyana Fire Service [GFS] averted the complete destruction of a building at Lot 97 Hadfield Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgtown.

The Guyana Revenue Authority’s Law Enforcement and Investigation Division recently seized quantities of cannabis and refined marijuana found in an incoming passenger’s luggage at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri and is calling on persons to desist from such activities.

As Movietowne Guyana celebrates its fourth anniversary this month with a series of giving back activities, its Chairman and Founder Derek Chin is hoping that the legal impediment on the land nearby would be cleared up and he could put in an offer for a staggering US$500 million “dream” development or that government greenlights a Guyana DinoWorld project.

Trinidad and Tobago is working to amend archaic laws which will finally allow Guyana’s honey to transit the twin-island republic after years of fruitless deliberations at CARICOM’s trade council.

As the construction of government’s mega drying facility in Region Ten forges ahead, the Tacama Gold mega-farm is preparing to reap a second successful crop of soybean and both are even more optimistic of reaching desired targets.

Infrastructural development work to convert land previously utilised by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) into the Enmore Industrial Site has commenced.

Twenty young women who are the first batch of scholarship recipients from the First Lady’s Scholarship initiative, yesterday graduated from a one-week training programme with the Atlantic Alliance Maritime and Offshore Training Institute (AAM&OTI).

An Agricola resident is still waiting on promised compensation from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) six years after suffering accidental gunshot injuries It has been six years since then Commissioner of Police, David Ramnarine, informed Agricola resident, Parmadai (only name), that the Force had been advised to compensate her after she was wounded during a shootout between lawmen and two bandits.

As part o fits efforts to provide  universal education, the Ministry of Education has announced that three new schools will be built in the Barima-Waini region (Region One).

Construction of the new Guyana Fire Service (GFS) headquarters on Home Stretch Avenue in Georgetown is almost complete, according to the contractor, Mohamed’s Enterprise, during the Fire Chief (ag) Gregory Wickham’s site visit to assess the progress of works.

A popular city businessman was on Friday arrested by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) after he was found with two suitcases containing a quantity of cocaine at his home in Festival City.

The Regional Democratic Council of Region Four on Tuesday passed a no-confidence motion against Regional Executive Officer (REO) Donald Gajraj following the recent flag-raising ceremony fiasco which resulted in Region Four Chairman Daniel Seeram making a formal report of an assault against Gajraj.

Thirty-nine inmates from the Mazaruni Prison on Thursday received certificates after graduating from crop husbandry held over a period of twelve weeks and  made available through the Guyana Prison Service (GPS).

A 41-year-old miner is now in custody after ranks from Regional Division #7 relieved him of a pistol and ammunition during a patrol in Blue Mountain Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region Seven.

An Essequibo man was yesterday remanded to prison on two counts of simple larceny when he appeared before Magistrate Esther Sam at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court.