Guyana News

President Irfaan Ali yesterday accepted the Letters of Credence from the new High Commissioner of Canada to Guyana, Sebastien Sigouin at the Office of the President.

RMI Guyana has opened a medical clinic here according to a release on Tuesday from the company and says it is poised to play a vital role in supporting the nation’s burgeoning oil and gas sector.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Maurice Odle’s 2024 book, An Eventful Life, carries some precious historical insights into Guyana’s predicament and future.

Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha recently told farmers in the Upper East Bank Berbice Area that government is increasing its attention to the coconut industry which has massive potential.

-charged with stealing gun, ammo Elijah Martin, who was previously charged with two counts of armed robbery, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday to face an additional seven robbery-related charges.

Western Logistics Guyana Inc has applied to the EPA for approval to gather food waste from oil and gas ships offshore and truck same to the Haags Bosch landfill on the East Bank Demerara.

Twenty-nine-year-old, Azariah Alli appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday to answer to the charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.

The Guyana Sugar Cor-poration is yet to make full disclosure on the $600m which was used to rebuild the Albion Estate’s power house destroyed by a sudden fire in early February this year, despite calls from the country’s main opposition party for a commission of inquiry into same.

As Guyana approaches its peak electricity demand periods, including the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and the Christmas season, the opposition PNCR/ APNU has voiced concerns regarding the government’s ability to manage the nation’s power grid.

Several construction firms and agencies from both the private and public sectors in Linden on Tuesday participated in a safety seminar and the Minister of Labour called for a change in practices.

A tenant and his landlord faced off at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court yesterday after the tenant was accused of using abusive language and engaging in inappropriate behaviour.

Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha today said he has initiated a probe of certain “irregularities and discrepancies”  at the  Guyana Marketing Corporation.

The UK government is taking major steps towards delivering its  aim to digitise the UK border and immigration system and yesterday set out new implementation dates for the electronic travel authorisation (ETA) scheme.

-around 400 jobs could be lost Just some three-plus years after establishing its large customer call centre in Guyana, Jamaica-based itel has announced plans to close its operations in the country, leaving hundreds facing unemployment in what will be a blow to the government which has been seeking to expand the sector.

–with help from King Charles Foundation President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that encompassed in his government’s sustainable urban development plan is the restoring of this country’s capital city to its one-time “garden” image and it has secured the help of the King Charles Foundation.

-following drownings at Enchanter Creek In the wake of the incident where two girls drowned on Sunday at Enchanter Creek, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, in an emergency meeting on Monday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre challenged operators to immediately incorporate safety and security in their operations.

-two injured A convicted prisoner on Monday set fire to a mattress at the Georgetown Prison resulting in injuries to him and another inmate.

There has been a significant increase in the number of twins delivered at the Georgetown Public Hospital since the beginning of this year, a release yesterday from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) stated.

The Ministry of Education yesterday launched its Mathematics Intervention Programme at the Cyril Potter College of Education.

Police in Regional Division #10 conducted another narcotics eradication exercise at Friendship Savannah in the Upper Berbice River, during which three marijuana camps/farms were found, and approximately $41m worth of narcotics were destroyed, the police said yesterday.