Guyana News

In a bid to spur the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector, more than $2b has been spent on call centre shells as the government aims for 15,000 jobs in the sector by the end of next year.

During an impromptu walkabout yesterday morning, President Irfaan Ali promised Bourda Market vendors improved security and infrastructure, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

-in reply to AFC The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is assuring the voting public as well as concerned political parties that every effort is being made to preserve the integrity of the electoral process and that sufficient safeguards are in place to prevent incidents of “skulduggery.”

The President of the United Nations General Assembly (PGA), Dennis Francis, will be on an official visit here from today until Saturday and will meet President Irfaan Ali and other government officials.

Hundreds of residents from Pomeroon-Supenaam flocked to a one-day outreach event yesterday to apply for scholarships and training programmes.

The United States Peace Corps celebrated the conclusion of ten weeks of rigorous training yesterday with a swearing-in ceremony for 18 new volunteers at the Umana Yana in Kingston, Georgetown.

The Black Entrepreneurs Association (BEA) held its inaugural Annual General Meeting (AGM) on June 27 at Herdmanston Lodge Hotel in Queenstown, Georgetown and elected a Board of Directors.

The International Building Expo 2024 will be held at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence, EBD, from today to August 11.

The police yesterday issued a bulletin for Evelyn Moore alias Evelyn Persaud who is wanted in relation to obtaining money by false pretence.

Resident Coordinator of the UN System in Guyana, Yesim Oruç, is due end her assignment here tomorrow, a release from United Nations Guyana announced yesterday.

Both blind and visually impaired persons from six regions were the recent beneficiaries of various types of assistance  thanks to the efforts of the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS Church). 

Residents of Mainstay, Capoey, and other neighbouring communities in Region Two, are set to benefit from upcoming tourism and hospitality training programmes.

The police are investigating the shooting of 27-year-old Juhu Mingo, which occurred at about 10.50 pm on Tuesday at Cummings Park by a male suspect called ‘Hulk’, who was armed with a handgun.

-first in five years In a landmark event, the Linden Hospital on Tuesday sought its first medevac of a newborn baby, since the last one some five years ago.

Industrial Supply of Guyana Inc. (ISG), a subsidiary of MACORP, recently held an inauguration ceremony for the opening of its new branch in Berbice, an ISG release stated on Monday.

By Jeffrey Sachs With the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, the US assumed that it would dominate the world as the unrivaled hegemon. 

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has expressed worry about the inability or reluctance of the government to shed light on whether or not ExxonMobil is charging interest on its investments in the Stabroek Block and, if so, at what interest rate, and as such is calling on the administration to clarify this issue for the benefit of the Guyanese people.

-under US$165,000 project As part of its efforts to improve and increase rice production across the country, the government will soon make drone technology and Geographic Information System (GIS) services free of charge to farmers in all rice-growing regions, a Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) release announced yesterday.

Guyana has dropped 17 spots in the press freedom rankings, moving to 77 out of a total of 180 countries listed on the 2024 World Press Freedom Index, which was compiled by Reporters without Borders (Reporters sans frontières-RSF).

Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC says that the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has acknowledged Guyana’s  request for information related to sanctions imposed on businessmen Nazar Mohamed, his son Azruddin, and Permanent Secretary Mae Toussaint Jr.