Guyana News

The Sheriff Group of Companies will soon commence construction of a three-storey building at Palmyra, Region Six, to house the headquarters for Sheriff Security in the ancient county where they already have some 100 persons on payroll.

After a decision against it by the High Court, Schlumberger Guyana Inc is seeking to restart the process to pave the way for its operations – including radioactive source storage – at Houston on the East Bank of Demerara.

The bond submitted by terminated road contractor, N&S General Engineering Contracting Services, to the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) will be tapped to repay the Ministry of Public Works, Board Chairman Tarachand Balgobin has disclosed.

As a part of the government’s plan to create urban safe spaces, the old Georgetown train station will be rehabilitated and converted into a prime tourist attraction, Public Works Minister Juan Edghill disclosed last week in the National Assembly.

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is urging rice farmers to comply with pesticide limits.

While the Akawaio and Arekuna communities have hailed the Chief Justice’s (CJ) ruling confirming their rights to ancestral lands, they are dissatisfied with her finding that those rights are not exclusive to them.

By Baytoram Ramharack Janet Jagan established a consistent, longstanding fraternal relationship with Marxist leaders, some extending outside the ambit and direct control of the Russian Soviets.

Ten households occupying a government reserve at Bath, Region Five will soon be relocated to developed housing schemes through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) and this will pave the way for a new water treatment plant.

Sandford Williams, a 50-year-old US-based Guyanese who went missing two weeks ago after he abandoned his trip on the Lethem trail to Georgetown, was found by public-spirited citizens.

Several vendors at the Charity market are upset with the Charity/Urasara Neighbourhood Democratic Council’s  (NDC) dismantling of their stalls.

By Shabna Rahman Amanda Jones, 60, badly wants to move out of the Parika Sea Dam, East Bank Essequibo with her foster daughter, 11,  and five grandchildren, as the area, which is prone to flooding and cannot be provided with water, electricity or good road, is not suitable to raise children. 

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Friday said it has noted the circulation of a misleading video and the “false allegations” in relation to an arrest made on the 1st February, 2023 of Kirk Browne aka “Coca Tea” at Lot 45 Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown.

President Irfaan Ali on Friday handed over a house to 62-year-old, Budram Madray, of Number 64 Village, Berbice.

US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch on Friday presented a donation of medical equipment and supplies to Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony at the Linden Hospital. 

City businessman, Azruddin Mohamed, said he has managed to clear his new motor car, a Ferrari 488 Pista Spider, from the US Customs following a ruling from a court in the United States.

Director of Rehabilitation and Disability Services, Dr Ariane Mangar of the Ministry of Health and Assistant Chief Education Officer – SEND,  Keon Cheong have teamed up to bolster and enhance the services offered at special education schools.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on Friday awarded seventeen long-serving members as it observed 56 years as a member of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

The stadium slated for Palmyra, Region Six is expected to be functional  by the end of 2025 as clearing of land has already commenced at the location, President Irfaan Ali disclosed yesterday as his office wrapped up a two-day programme in Ber-bice. 

Almost a week after one of his accomplices was fatally shot during a robbery in Industry on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD), 35-year-old Sherwayne Freemon was charged and remanded to prison while the police are on the hunt for the other two suspects.

Guyana ranks 67 and remains a flawed democracy, falling two points on the world global democracy index where some 167 countries were analyzed, the 2022 Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report states.