Guyana News

Darren Johnson, a 48-year-old minibus driver from Clonbrook, East Coast Demerara, was arrested on Thursday on the Cove and John public road by alert traffic ranks.

Twenty-eight persons were displaced as a result of Wednesday’s fire at Puruni in Region Seven.

-free university education from January, 50% cut in power tariff before end of 2025 President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced a cash payment of $200,000 to each household, free university education from January next year, a 50% cut in electricity charges before the end of 2025, a universal health voucher of $10,000 and a minimum wage of $100,000 per month in the public sector by the end of 2025 among other measures.

-refuses to sit in Parliament for President’s speech The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) refused to attend yesterday’s sitting of parliament, and instead held a public demonstration on the grounds that the administration is insensitive to the high cost of living and refuses to engage in the democratic systems afforded by parliament, a release from the party stated.

-only 16% were reached An Auditor General’s report has found major flaws in one of government’s flagship programmes for vulnerable women including poor design and follow-up but said that improvements are being made.

-Auditor General’s Report The Auditor General’s Report for 2023 says $160.8m was paid to the firm headed by Mikhail Rodrigues known as `Guyanese Critic’ for the Belle Vue Pump Station works but up to August 14, 2024 no works were in progress at the time of the visit of the auditors.

-Auditor General’s Report The Auditor General’s Report on the public accounts for 2023 says that billions of dollars worth of drugs expired between January 2023 and June 2024.

Colombia’s airline Avianca will begin twice weekly flights here from December 11, a move hailed by government officials here.

A five-year-old child of Prospect, East Bank Demerara, died yesterday after a metal barrel exploded while his parents were attempting to cut it open with a welding torch.

An engineer from Region Eight whose company received a $28m road building contract for a project he would have had oversight of has declined to comment to Stabroek News on the matter.

The initial phase of the infrastructure works for the new Hauraruni Housing Scheme along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway has met with the approval of the government.

Shawn Caesar, a 28-year-old miner, appeared at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Teriq Mohammed to answer the charge of raping a child under sixteen years.

In observance of the Inter-national Day of the Girl Child, the High Commission of Canada yesterday continued its eight-year tradition of hosting one exceptional young woman as the High Commissioner for the Day.

Head of the GPF’s Corporate Communica-tions Unit, Mark Ramotar yesterday said that three persons are in police custody over the plane that was intercepted in Bashaizon Village, South Rupununi on Sunday.

President Irfaan Ali today announced an one-off $10b injection into the National Insurance Scheme to help pensioners facing hardship and to assist those who don’t have the required number of contributions.

President Irfaan Ali today announced that energy bills will be cut by 50% for all before the end of 2025.

Colombia’s airline Avianca will begin twice weekly flights here from December 11.

President Irfaan Ali today announced in Parliament that from January, 2025 tuition fees will be abolished at the University of Guyana. 

President Irfaan Ali today announced that next year a $10,000 Universal Health Care voucher will be provided to enable baseline testing for all persons.

President Irfaan Ali today said that each household in the country is to receive an one-off payment of $200,000.