Guyana News

Stabroek News spoke to members of the public at Pigeon Island, East Coast Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

Chris Gonsalves, a 23-year-old labourer was arrested by police on mobile patrol in Berbice yesterday for the possession of 11.5 pounds of marijuana.

Reaaz Bacchus, a 41-year-old truck driver from New Amsterdam, Berbice, was taken into police custody on Friday, following an interception of motor lorry GAG 2438, in the vicinity of Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara.

The police today found the body of a woman on the road leading to the New Diamond Development Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara with a bullet in her head   Investigations revealed that workers from a construction company were in two vehicles going to refuel the company’s excavator, which is used to construct a bridge in the New Diamond Developing Housing Scheme, a release from the police said.

-six rescued One person died and two are missing and feared drowned after two boats collided on Friday in the Mazaruni River in the vicinity of BK Quarries.

In the wake of severe US sanctions last month on two gold dealers, more questions are being asked about how their company, Mohamed’s Enterprise was awarded the contract to build the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Fire Station Headquarters when its bid was $210m above the engineer’s estimate and was the highest bid.

The statutory time limit within which judges of the High Court and the Court of Appeal are required to deliver their full written judgments, is discretionary and not mandatory.

-as gov’t crackdown gets underway Following a number of warnings, government has started collecting payments for liquidated damages from a number of contractors with the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) leading the way with deductions from 24 companies which were errant on roads projects.

Another well-known franchise is about to hit the shores of Guyana and this time around it is the American entertainment restaurant chain, Chuck E.

By Subhana Shiwmangal Parts of Bartica were yesterday afternoon hit by flooding following torrential rainfall.

Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy, is spearheading relief efforts for displaced Sarah Johanna squatters who were residing on private lands in the community.

Clico Investment Bank Limited’s (CIB) attempt (their fifth) to claim US$20 million held by Registrar of Deeds was rejected by Guyana’s High Court on Friday and the bank ordered to pay costs.

A mother of five, Ruby French, has been left counting her losses after an early morning fire, believed to have been maliciously set, which caused extensive damage to her property and completely destroyed two neighbouring houses.

Another medical first was created at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) when a team performed  life-saving neurosurgery on a 12-year-old Indigenous boy from a remote hinterland community.

-Silica City Master Plan to be unveiled International Building Expo 2024 preparations are in full swing at the National Stadium and 85% of the booths have been booked, according to a release on Friday from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).

Of the 199 students listed in the top 1% for this year’s NGSA results, 112 or 56% came from private institutions.

The Ministry of Health’s Vector Control Unit on Friday launched the Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Campaign at Carmel Secondary School Auditorium, Albouystown.

The High Court yesterday rejected an application from CLICO Investment Bank to initiate proceedings to tap US$20m held in escrow following the collapse of its parent company here in 2009 which left many Guyanese investors stranded.

The conciliation process between the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the GTU came to an end yesterday with the two sides agreeing to move forward with multi-year talks from 2024 onwards, prompting questions about the dramatic shift in position by the teachers’ union.

Four-year-old Junior Anderson died in a fierce fire that engulfed his family’s residence yesterday at Lot 88 C Field, Sophia.