Guyana News

Blaming the former APNU+AFC government for the controversial parking meter project which the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) failed in its attempt to implement across the city back in 2016, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC says that the US$100 million lawsuit now slapped against the PPP/C government by concessionaire Smart City Solutions (SCS), is demonstrative of the previous administration’s mismanagement.

Contending that landmark Local Content legislation passed by Guyana for its oil and gas industry appears to violate the CARICOM founding treaty, a regional private sector body is preparing to raise this matter with the government here.

An internal investigation is ongoing into a number of financial malpractices which occurred at the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) headquarters under the watch of Chief Fire Officer, Kalamadeen Edoo.

Government will have access to US$607m to spend this year from this country’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF) as it recently received US$74M on its last 1 million barrels of oil for 2021.

A new report from the World Bank is projecting that based on the current trends and effects of the pandemic, global energy prices are expected to be significantly higher than last year.

The termination of former Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield’s Personal Assistant, Duarte Hetsberger is attracting some controversy at GECOM.

The police are making efforts to identify and locate a pedal cyclist who was seen using the roadway incorrectly shortly before Police Corporal Dawn Booker was crushed to death on Monday by a truck along the La Penitence Public Road, Georgetown.

A Guyana-born woman, who became the first New York Police Department (NYPD) female Captain from this country, has settled for a US$800,000 payout from the department over claims that a top department commander buried her discrimination complaint before he was caught posting racist messages on an internet bulletin board.

Twenty-five shade houses growing high-value crops will constitute the first phase of an agricultural initiative that was launched by President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday for young people.

Leader of the Opposition Joseph Harmon on Tuesday skipped out of meeting with Secretary-General (SG) of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland and sent Shadow Legal Affairs Minister Roysdale Forde instead.

While the share of the Guyanese population using the internet has risen significantly it remains below the benchmark averages of Latin America and the Caribbean as a whole.

The Ministry of Health has announced that COVID-19 booster doses will now be available to persons five months after they have been fully inoculated.

Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine yesterday defended the recently passed motion to terminate City Engineer Colvern Venture, saying that it was due to the poor management of his department and not to any personal grouses.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh on Tuesday met with visiting Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland QC and discussed a range of matters including oil and gas and good governance.

Simone Edwards, the security guard who was injured last week after she was attacked by her partner at their Linden home remains hospitalised in a stable condition.

A man who was accused of attempting to rob a Special Constable was yesterday freed of the charge after the cop told the court that he did not want to give evidence against the accused.

One thousand new cases of COVID-19 were reported today by the Ministry of Health, continuing the trend of dramatic rises believed to be linked to the Omicron variant.

Discussions on Monday between newly-elected PNCR Leader Aubrey Norton and Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon about who should hold the posts of Opposition Leader and Representative of the APNU+AFC List ended in stalemate and further deliberations are to be held, sources close to both sides say. 

With over 1,500 solar panels lining its front lawn at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is expected to channel excess energy to the national grid during the off-peak season according to Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett.

With criticism mounting over his powers of appointment to the controversial Natural Resource Fund (NRF)  Board of Directors, President Irfaan Ali yesterday dodged questions on how he would be selecting one and possibly three of the directors.