Guyana News

Nineteen-year-old Isaiah Edwards, a construction worker of East La Penitence Squatting Area Georgetown, who was stabbed in his right hip about 18:30 hours yesterday allegedly by his stepfather succumbed at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Liliendaal at noon today.

Police in Regional Division 4A are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 28-year-old Loretta Simon of Cooper Street, Albouystown which occurred today at about 1 pm at her mother’s residence in ‘C’ Field Sophia.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of January 26th, 2022, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

With large injections of revenue from the oil and gas sector, Guyana is expected to grow its economy by 47.5% while inflation is pegged at 4.1% for 2022, according to Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh.

Parity in Tax Treatment for Local Content In the interest of ensuring that Guyanese businesses can compete successfully under the new local content framework in the oil and gas sector, the Government will take steps wherever practicable to minimise disparities arising from the tax system that will disadvantage Guyanese businesses against their international counterparts.

With a massive $20.8b earmarked for the planned gas to energy project, the historic tapping of US$607.6m in oil revenues is the major financier of the 2022 budget and the government is projecting a further US$957.6m in petroleum revenues this year.

APNU+AFC Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday asked for more time to deliberate on the appointment of a new Leader of the Opposition following Joseph Harmon’s resignation.

Owing to a number of external and internal factors, including intense rainfall and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Guyana saw food prices rising by some 11.6% in 2021 according to Senior Minister with  responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of January 25th, 2022, six more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A 1.6-megawatt Caterpillar generator caught on fire yesterday morning at the Guyana Power and Light Inc.

Amid questions over cost, feasibility and the projected demand for power, the PPP/C government on Tuesday morning brushed aside an APNU+AFC motion for a pause in the planned gas to energy project with Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat arguing that the scheme will end blackouts and cut the electricity cost by half.

In an effort to restore and preserve law and order at all levels of society, the Government has allocated $47.9 billion towards public safety and security in the 2022 budget.

Ryan Alberts who in a drunken rage back in 2016 stabbed and killed one of his friends and injured another who intervened as a peacemaker, was yesterday sentenced to four years in prison by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow.

Government has budgeted some $887 million for infrastructure needed to support the largescale cultivation of corn and soya bean by private investors in order to safeguard the country’s livestock feed supply.

An East Bank Berbice boat captain is now at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after he was shot on Tuesday evening during a robbery at his home in Glasgow New Housing Scheme.

The government has earmarked a total of $74.4 billion for the education sector in the 2022 national budget and Minister with responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh yesterday detailed plans for improving school buildings, expanding the national feeding programme, better integration of ICT, and increased training for both teachers and young people. 

Some $21.1B has been allocated for the construction of the new, fixed four-lane high span Demerara River Bridge in this year’s budget, Minister of Finance Dr Ashini Singh said during his presentation yesterday.

Two bandits armed with a gun and cutlass pounced on an Edinburgh Village, East Bank Berbice Imam on Sunday evening robbing him of his late wife’s jewellery and cash.

A state-of-the art paediatric and maternal hospital is listed among the capital projects to be funded under the Ministry of Health’s budget this year, Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh announced yesterday.

The Speaker of the National Assembly, on Monday, acknowledged a motion of no-confidence brought against him by members of the Opposition explaining that it would go through the “regular procedure.”