Guyana News

-President exempted The government on August 9th tabled in parliament an Open Data bill which seeks to make information from public agencies widely available.

Residents of Georgetown have taken to Facebook to express their dissatisfaction with the poor quality of water supplied by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).

US Ambassador Nicole Theriot recently met with Detective Superintendent Prem Narine and Assistant Superintendent Rodwell Sarrabo of the Guyana Police Force following their participation in the US-government sponsored International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) titled “Protecting Soft Targets against Terrorist Attacks.”

Police in Regional Division #1 are probing an accident on Monday at Jawbone Backdam Trail, North West District, involving a motor tractor, which resulted in the death of 29-year-old Horman Bumbery of Matthews Ridge, NWD.

A fire of unknown orgin yesterday afternoon swept through a one-storey house located at 2067 Section ‘C’, Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

Allan Sim Jr, who was charged with being an accessory to the murder of Georgetown Public Hospital ambulance dispatcher, Melissa Skeete, for which his father was convicted and is currently serving a 60-year prison sentence, was found not guilty by a jury in an 11-1 verdict yesterday  at the High Court before Justice Peter Hugh.

The Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday advertised 97 unserviceable and unclaimed vehicles.

Coverden resident Penelope Howell has written  to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expressing shock at the establishment of a waste treatment plant in the community.

A bill was tabled in Parliament on August 9th to amend the Deceased Persons Estates’ Administration Act.

At a statutory meeting on Monday, Mayor of Georgetown, Alfred Mentore expressed deep concern over the ongoing garbage collection issues plaguing the city.

-expected to benefit Region Six fishing industry The University of Guyana, Berbice Cam-pus (UGBC) on Monday launched its new Institute for Marine and Riverine Ecolo-gies and Economies (IMAREE) which is expected to of significant benefit to the fishing industry in Region Six, a Ministry of Public Works release stated on Tuesday.  

President Irfaan Ali has stated that more than 350 new small contracting businesses have been created to facilitate the government’s housing drive, among which are recent University of Guyana graduates. 

Amerindian Heritage Month 2024 was officially inaugurated yesterday by the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, in collaboration with the National Toshaos Council (NTC) in a ceremony that took place at the Umana Yana in Kingston, Georgetown, a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

Guyana yesterday signed an investment agreement that will see the construction of a $214 million state-of-the-art waste treatment plant.

On Monday, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, officially turned the sod to mark the start of the construction of a new nursery school in the hinterland community of Rockstone, Region 10.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday announced that it had completed eight open-heart surgeries on children ages 1 to 17.

An accident along the West Coast Berbice Public Road yesterday morning left a woman dead and two men injured.

JAGS Aviation says it has acquired a brand-new four-blade Cessna Grand Caravan EX aircraft, expanding its fleet to enhance connectivity for various categories.

Forty-one-year-old Euzil Augustine, a miner from Annai Village, North Rupununi, appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Ravindra Mohabir where he was charged with murder of  Lawrence Henry at the Kamarang airstrip on August 8.

The family of Simon Griffith is demanding answers regarding the circumstances which led to his death at his cousin’s house at Kairie Island, Santa Rosa, Region One, on August 2.