Guyana News

With emphasis on the marketing of packaged sugar, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has been able to earn over US$1.7 billion in revenue from the venture.

Six months after his son was shot dead at Queenstown, Essequibo Coast, in Region Two, Donald McLennon has said he is yet to receive any word from the police on the investigation while the perpetrator remains at large.

A Corentyne teenager is now hospitalized at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital in a serious but stable condition after he was shot at his home on Thursday evening.

A city restaurant owner was yesterday released on $90,000 bail after he denied several charges, including breaching the COVID-19 guidelines and assaulting a peace officer. 

A woman who police say was seen in surveillance footage stealing a bag containing United States and Guyana currency was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the offence.

Four months after being remanded on a charge of robbing a woman of over $3.3 million in gold and other valuables, Raphael Watts was yesterday released on $300,000 bail.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised that no charge will be laid against attorney-at-law Bernard Da Silva, who was arrested by the police earlier this week for allegedly discharging his licensed firearm.

After investing millions in his home in ‘Young Professionals’ Housing Scheme at Eccles, on the East Bank of Demerara, Wahabudeen Imran says it is under threat due to the operations of a rice mill that was built behind it.

Following complaints to the Ministry of Public Works about holes in a road at Enmore, East Coast Demerara, Minister within the Ministry Deodat Indar visited the area where he discovered that the road was not completed to the required standard.

Leader of the PNCR, Aubrey Norton was on Wednesday briefed on Canada’s projects in Guyana.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the servicing and monitoring of excavators and other items under the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA).

The Ministry of Health (MOH) this afternoon announced the deaths of 11 more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

The Ministry of Finance today announced that the 2022 national budget will be presented next Wednesday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation today said said that due to the sudden and unfortunate passing of the mother of  President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro his official visit to Guyana will no longer take place today.

The administrative power of Guyana’s government over the Natural Resource Fund is concerning  and is one of the most “top heavy” bureaucratic systems anywhere in the world , Natural Resource Fund Expert and Economist Andrew Bauer says.

The Banks DIH company registered after-tax profit of $6.77b for the year ended September 30, 2021, a rise of 28.6% over the previous year.

Guyana Fire Service (GFS) investigators have concluded that the fire which destroyed two Laparkan Shipping storage bonds on Lombard Street, Georgetown on Sunday was an act of arson.

Closed-door tripartite discussions among Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali,  President of  Suriname, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, and the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, in Paramaribo yesterday will be advanced at the ministerial level in the coming months, the Office of the President said.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) is making an effort to reach more deserving persons who qualify for its Adequate Housing and Urban Accessibility Programme (AHUAP).

While the political party, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) feels that President Irfaan Ali and his administration are worthy of accolades for the recent city cleanup campaign, it still sees the current government as having to shoulder blame for the squalid state of the city.