Guyana News

A Guyana Fire Service (GFS) investigation has found that an unattended candle was the cause of the fire that destroyed a two-storey apartment building at Cross Street, Werk-en-Rust on Thursday night.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Friday took aim at the government’s proposed $552.9 billion national budget, saying that it fails to deliver the needed resources to the poor and vulnerable to improve their lives and livelihoods.

The Indian Government is working on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Guyana Government that would see persons in the oil and gas sector benefitting from training in India, High Commissioner Dr K J Srinivasa said.

Among the latest batch of University of Guyana (UG) graduates this year are proud sisters Towanna Crandon-Primo and Kaleda Crandon, who are the first members of their family to acquire tertiary education.

After steeply hiking the public debt ceilings in early 2021 to allow for international borrowing of up to $650 billion and domestic borrowing of up to $500 billion, the government is now reporting that Guyana’s total stock of public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) debt grew by 20.6% last year.

The Ministry of Education on Friday launched a series of locally produced textbooks designed to accelerate literacy acquisition at the primary level.

With $6.8 billion to be allocated for Guyana’s COVID-19 response in this year’s proposed national budget, the Minister of Health Dr.

For this year, the justice sector is to be allocated $4.7 billion from the proposed $552.9 billion national budget.

Some $1.6 billion is to be allocated to the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) this year for the construction of infrastructure for new transmission lines and works aimed at reducing load shedding.

The sum of $400 million, which is to be allocated under the 2022 national budget for the construction of a new multi-storey Brickdam Police Station, is just the first tranche of investment for the project, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn has said.

A sum of $50 million is earmarked under the 2022 national budget for the advancement of the Office of the First Lady’s menstrual hygiene programme.

Guyana Manganese Inc. (GMI), which is currently mining in Region One, is scheduled to begin exporting shipments by March this year, Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh announced on Wednesday.

The Attorney General’s Chambers has received the first shipment of copies of the completed Consoli-dated Index of Statutes and Subsidiary Legislation updated to 1st January 2021.

The Guyana Police Force earlier this week arrested a man with suitcase filled with cannabis after the minibus he was travelling in was stopped at the Weldaad Public Road, in Region Five.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – A teary-eyed Rafa Nadal felt his tennis career was “alive” again after yesterday’s victory over Italian Matteo Berrettini took him to the Australian Open final and left him one win away from a men’s record 21st Grand Slam title.

Seven Westbury, Essequibo Coast residents have been charged with throwing missiles at police ranks during the last week’s demonstrations at Dartmouth.

A University of Guyana (UG) student was on Friday granted bail after he was charged with fraud and uttering a fake driver’s licence to the police. 

A salesman and a mechanic were on Tuesday denied bail after being charged with receiving a stolen car.

The Guyana Police Force, led by Commissioner (ag) Nigel Hoppie, today met with security experts from ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited at the Commissioner’s conference room where a range of security issues were raised and discussed.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of January 27th, 2022, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.