Guyana News

A contract for the construction of the road link between Eccles, East Bank Demerara, and Ogle, East Coast Demerara, will soon be signed, according to Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill.

The current climate crisis requires immediate action in order to avoid a global disaster and this is especially critical for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and low-lying coastal states like Guyana, whose very survival is at stake, Attorney-General Anil Nandlall has said.

It is now urgent, more than ever before, that concerted global action be taken to tackle global issues, such as COVID-19, global warming and food security, says Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh.

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board on Tuesday opened bids for the construction and rehabilitation of roads and streets across the various administrative regions in Guyana under the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development.

Five new COVID-19 cases were yesterday reported by the Ministry of Health from 521 tests that were done.

A total of 32 contracts, worth some $2,121,486,609, were signed by several agencies attached to the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday for the construction and rehabilitation of several pump stations and drainage structures, the procurement of critical machinery, and the maintenance of several canals across the country.

Miami Herald foreign affairs columnist Andrés Oppenheimer has said that the Biden Administration should be looking to Guyana to help it ease burgeoning fuel prices and not Venezuela.

The Ministry of Public Works’ Board of Inquiry (BoI) into the sinking of a Noble House Seafoods trawler last month and the disappearance of three of its crew has unearthed major breaches and this has triggered safety inspections of all vessels and scrutiny of captain’s licences The findings have led Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill to declare that there must be changes in the system to minimise the chance of a recurrence.

U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Caribbean Affairs and Haiti, Barbara Feinstein yesterday met with Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Aubrey Norton where a number of issues were discussed.

(Trinidad Guardian) Say what – Guyana? Foreign Affairs Minister Amery Browne has spoken with Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister about a recent video featuring Guyana’s Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo saying that “T&T is falling apart.”

As the police probe into the theft of a quantity of pharmaceutical products and other medical supplies from the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) drugs bond at Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) continues, the prime suspect is scheduled to appear in court today.

Visiting US Deputy Assistant Secretary Barbara Feinstein yesterday announced plans for US$1.5m in urgent COVID-19 assistance through USAID for countries in the Caribbean including The Bahamas, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.

The sister and brother-in-law of Rohan Mangra, the US-based Guyanese who was found in a city hotel days after he was reported missing were yesterday placed on $50,000 bail each after they denied providing the police with false information in relation to the case.

The APNU+AFC has lodged  a motion in the National Assembly calling on the government to promptly devise a strategy to address the high cost of living currently burdening Guyanese.

Since the commencement of the continuous registration cycle on March 07, 2022, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has registered almost 14,000 persons, according to the Chief Election Officer (CEO) Vishnu Persaud.

Seeking to fill a gap in the corporate arena, the Gizmos Group of Companies is embarking on a new venture to provide office solutions to businesses wanting to set up here.

A jury on Tuesday acquitted a man who back in 2016 was accused of breaking into the Essequibo Coast home of a woman and raping her at knife-point after waking her from her sleep.

A man, who restrained another to be chopped because of a quarrel over the winnings of a gamble, is now awaiting sentencing after being convicted on the charge of attempted murder.

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison after they were allegedly busted by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) with $1.7 million of cannabis at Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

Seven graduate engineers hired by ExxonMobil contractor SBM Offshore have arrived in Singapore for hands-on training on the Prosperity Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel which will support the Payara development in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana.