Guyana News

President Irfaan Ali on Sunday morning visited the community of Agricola and heard complaints of contaminated water flowing through pipelines, clogged drains and canals, deplorable roads and not enough streetlights.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA),  Sherwyn Greaves yesterday conducted a site visit at the agency’s developing housing scheme in Amelia’s Ward – Phase 4, Linden where infrastructure works are ongoing.

Sachin Sukaram whose last known address is 91 Uitvlugt Pasture, West Coast Demerara is wanted by the police in connection with sexual assault.

A $6.15m judgment has been awarded by the High Court against Trinidad and Tobago company, Davis Ecolife Ltd which failed to deliver on a contract with the National Data Management Authority (NDMA) though it collected an advance.

Another lengthy closure of the Demerara Harbour Bridge is scheduled for March, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill last night announced as he inspected the current emergency work being carried out there. 

President Irfaan Ali’s rebuke of two members of the Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI) for their role in this country’s suspension from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) came from a place of misinformation, as among a number of reasons, their abstaining from voting could not impact the decision, board members Vanda Radzik and Mike McCormack have said .

A Guyanese who was once named as the mastermind behind the lobbing of a grenade outside the Kaieteur News’ office in 2016 was yesterday shot and killed while sitting in a car in Suriname, according to Waterkant.Net.

A 37-year-old porter was killed early yesterday morning when a lorry turned turtle on the Toroparo Trail, Cuyuni-Mazaruni.

Responding to public calls from the opposition for a higher percentage of revenue from the carbon credits deal to go towards Amerindian communities, President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that his government has consistently provided support to the livelihoods of indigenous people.

WANSat Networks Inc, a local Internet Service Provider (ISP), yesterday announced that it has signed an agreement with Viasat to distribute its satellite broadband services in Guyana.

Two women were on Saturday afternoon were robbed by bandits, one armed with a gun, while on duty at the Double Day Hotel and Rental at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo.

Stephen Vaugh, a 65-year-old supervisor of Lot 105 Bedford Street, Queenstown, Essequibo Coast, was arrested on Sunday at about 11:30 am by ranks of Regional Police Division ranks #2 for the possession of narcotics. 

With Santa Rosa being the village in Region One where most of the region’s important institutions are located and where most activities takes place, Senior Councillor and Secretary of the Santa Rosa Village Council Maurice Torres is calling for assistance from both the government and his local villagers to aid in its further development.

In order to further aid in their production of cassava flour, the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) through a $15 million fund which was gifted them by the French government have procured a solar dryer room for the community of Kwebanna, located in the Moruca sub-district of Barima-Waini, Region One.

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) is currently assessing a number of potential sites and products in order to further develop the country’s growing potential as a tourism destination.

A former captain and pilot of the Guyana Defence Force is now flying for the US airline, JetBlue.

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn yesterday morning attended the Lamaha Park Community Policing Group (CPG) fundraiser activity to support community development.

Along with concessional loans which were offered to them by Demerara Bank Ltd, some of the Parika vendors have received the $300,000 which was promised to them by the Government of Guyana to offset their fire losses.

Police in Berbice yesterday arrested three men in a boat on the Brebice River after they were found with live cartridges in their possession and inhumanely transporting a cow by tying it to the side of the boat.

Police ranks in Regional Division #7 are investigating a fatal incident at about 00:30 today on the Toroparu Trail, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, where a 37-year-old porter died.