Guyana News

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday apologised to the residents of Crystal Spring, Malgre Tout, West Demerara for the delay in their road project which commenced on 12th August 2022 and has not been complete to date as a result of failings of the contractor.

Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, has assured miners in Region Nine that the government will continue working to ensure that mining at Marudi Mountain continues safely and sustainably.

A clerk formerly employed by Beepats was yesterday charged with 24 counts of larceny committed over the course of 2023 and this year and amounting to over $15 million.

Over the next few days, parliamentarians from over 50 countries will discuss crucial issues facing modern parliaments at the 46th Conference of the Caribbean, The Americas, and Atlantic Region of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).

Marlon Garrett appeared yesterday before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, where he was charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

In order to facilitate urgent maintenance work in South Dam, customers in South Dam, Garden of Eden will experience a service interruption tomorrow, Thursday, September 5, 2024, from 9:00hrs to 13:00hrs, the Guyana Power and Light said in a statement today.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) today said that contrary to reports circulating in the public domain, its Director James Singh informed the Commissioner of the Police Clifton Hicken, and other Senior Police Officers that an operation was ongoing in the Region One area.

– to rise to US$2.8b at end of year The government’s mid-year review says that Guyana’s external debt was US$1.9b at the end of June this year.

-Mid Year review The first electronic ID card is expected to be issued before the end of the year.

Over a year after the brutal murders of Melissa Arokium and her eight-year-old son, Anthony Arokium, a security guard of Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Quincy Hooper was yesterday charged and remanded.

Zibon Williams was yesterday sentenced to 12 years in prison by Justice Zamilla Ally-Seepaul for the 2021 killing of Joshua Ferdinand.

Tributes continue to pour in to honour elder statesman, Guyanese Sir Shridath ‘Sonny’ Ramphal, who passed away on August 30 in Barbados, at the age of 95.

The village of Phillipai and surrounding areas in Upper Mazaruni, Region Seven, will benefit from a new secondary school at a cost of some $275 million, as part of government’s efforts to improve educational facilities in hinterland areas.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) last week received bids to design, supply, and install, a syrup clarifier at the Albion Estate and only two companies submitted tenders.

Fisherfolk during a recent outreach at Highbury, East Bank Berbice informed Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha of issues which are affecting them including massive chunks of grass floating in the Berbice River damaging their equipment.

In the wake of Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha’s July meeting with the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), Chairman Lionel Wordsworth has yet to provide a promised update on the status of documentation required by the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) on the Belle Vue Pump Station project.

Social media commentator Mikhail Rodrigues, widely known as the ‘Guyanese Critic,’ was found guilty of contempt of court but was spared jail time by Justice Priscilla Chandra-Haniff at the High Court yesterday morning.

As part of the Government of Guyana’s efforts to expand dental and oral health care services across the country, the Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday launched the country’s first Dental Laboratory Technician Programme, a MoH release stated.

An accident along the Bushlot, Corentyne Public Road on Monday afternoon has left four people hospitalized and nursing injuries about their bodies.

Audreyanna Thomas, who is opposing plans for an oil waste processing plant at Coverden has complained to the police about abusive messages she has received in connection with the project.