Guyana News

Two facilitators from the United States Embassy Cross Functional Team (Soc South), John Tagliavia and  Gabriel Rosas, conducted a two-day training programme with Police ranks in Regional Division #10.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Sonia Parag, on Tuesday launched the One Guyana Digital programme in Region Two, enabling Guyanese to become website developers. 

`Creation of more job opportunities’ (As part of an ongoing series, Stabroek News is asking members of the public how they think oil revenues should be spent) Lakhnarayan Bhagarathi, 23, of Skeldon, Upper Corentyne – “Guyana has a rich economy and little of all the different type of natural resources imaginable.

Some 179 pupils who were successful at the recently held National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examinations, were on Wednesday honoured by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) at a ceremony held at the Police Officers’ Training Centre Auditorium, Camp Street, Georgetown.

There will be no tolls for crossing at the  country’s three main bridges when they are completed President Irfaan Ali this evening announced.

The Guyana Police Force today said that it is currently investigating another serious allegation made under the Sexual (Offences) Act of Guyana by a female against former senior policeman, Paul Slowe.

As part of the United States and Guyana’s ongoing military-to-military partnership, the U.S.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips (left) yesterday welcomed Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell, to Guyana at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

By Marcelle Thomas Reconstruction of the more than half-century-old Linden/Soesdyke Highway is set to commence soon as government yesterday inked a US$161 million contract with Trinidad and Tobago’s Namalco Group and its local partner, GuyAmerica Construction Inc.

-city still in the dark Financed by a Qatari group, Georgetown is to have a Hilton hotel and a DoubleTree Suites on a swathe of land along Carifesta Avenue but the city council yesterday remained in the dark on the plans.

The Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) yesterday achieved a groundbreaking advancement in cardiology with the successful performance of an optical coherence tomography (OCT) procedure at its facility located in the Georgetown Public Hospital.

-January to July consistently exceeded 32 degrees Celsius The Hydrometeorological Service, Minis-try of Agriculture, yesterday forecast above-normal temperatures across Guy-ana for the period September to November 2024.

Yesterday, an operation led by an Inspector in Waikarai Backdam, Region #7, resulted in the seizure of multiple firearms and a large quantity of ammunition, a release from the police said.

-Labour Ministry hosts seminar to improve safety As part of its efforts to foster safe working environments across industries and combat workplace fatalities, the Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department yesterday hosted a workshop at the Regency Suites Hotel in Georgetown, to promote safety and health in the construction sector, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday.

A delegation from Chinese company,  CNOOC, which has a 25% working interest in the lucrative Stabroek Block, met with the government yesterday to discuss opportunities in the gas sector.

Desmond George, a 35-year-old resident from Charity Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, was charged with rape and has been granted $300,000 bail.

As part of the Guyana Police Force’s efforts to foster better community relations and to make Information Technology accessible across the regions, it on Friday commissioned the Zara Computer Centre at Lethem in Region Nine.

Nicolas Williams, an 18-year-old from Onderneem-ing Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast, who was charged with the rape  of a child under 16 years, was granted $300,000 bail on Tues-day when he appeared at the Anna Regina Magis-trate’s Court before Magis-trate Tamieka Clarke.

Police Commanders of regions 2, 3 and six have issued noise nuisance warnings to entertainment spots and business places over noise nuisance.

The University of Guyana on Tuesday paid tribute to late author and promoter of the arts, Ameena Gafoor who passed away on Monday.