Guyana News

More than three months after Orin Boston was shot dead in his bed at Dartmouth by a SWAT cop, the authorities are yet to conclude their investigation and the police are refusing to release the name of the shooter to the family so that a private criminal charge could be laid.

Intensive rainfall earlier this year coupled with an infestation of paddy bugs have negatively impacted this year’s rice production as farmers across the country were forced to cut back on the acreage they cultivated.

Auditor General Deodat Sharma says that the Regional Administration of Region Five (Demerara-Mahaica) breached Section 14 of the Procurement Act of 2003 when it split a contract for $29.530 million to avoid the involvement of the National Procurement Tender Administration Board (NPTAB).

Despite the absence of a design for the new bridge across the Demerara River, Head of the EPA Kemraj Parsram is maintaining that a full scale Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is not required for the project to be approved.

Declaring that the outlook for 2022 is exciting, President Irfaan Ali last night said that it will not be without challenges as the country continues  to face a worsening global supply chain.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) yesterday declared its preliminary results for 2021 and touched on several issues that affected its production and profitability. 

Despite having to trek muddy dams in mostly rain, a Yakusari, Black Bush Polder (BBP) girl topped her primary school at the last National Grade Six Examination (NGSE) leaving her family proud and in awe of her achievement.

Christmas is a grand occasion in the Amerindian community of Moraikobai, with many former residents returning to celebrate with their relatives. 

Most of the members of the Harbour Light Baptist Church at Bushy Park, Parika, East Bank Essequibo come from impoverished backgrounds and the church leaders are on a mission to tackle it, not just at Christmastime. 

By Bhisham Ojha When Kanhai came out to bat there was that sudden, expectant, almost fearful, silence that tells you that you are in the presence of some extraordinary phenomenon… – Ian McDonald.

Wendell Gibson, 55, who has lived all of his life in Karia Karia, Region Three  recalled that Christmas in his younger days was celebrated with a lot of unity.

With the 30-day period for objecting to the EPA’s decision not to require an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the new Demerara Harbour Bridge having ended on Wednesday, geologist Simone Mangal-Joly has submitted that the agency lacks adequate information to arrive at such a conclusion.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) was forced to modify its annual production target of 97,420 tonnes of sugar after floods from earlier this year battered its cultivation and it managed only 57,995 tonnes.

The Ministry of Health may have possibly committed a criminal offence when it authorized a payment of $7.956 million for works at the Diamond Drug Bond on the same day that the contract was signed, the Auditor General’s report for 2020 states.

This year, the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has recorded the lowest rate of serious crime and highest cocaine seizures in the last ten years.

The Ministerial Tender Board (MTB) of the Ministry of Home Affairs has been accused of splitting 33 transactions in an effort to avoid the contracts going to the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for adjudication, the Auditor General’s report for the financial year of 2020 found.

As Guyana continues its COVID-19 vaccination programme, health authorities have reported that over 10,000 COVID-19 booster shots have been administered to date.

A Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo man was denied bail after being charged with trafficking over $113 million worth of cocaine.

Police are on the hunt for two bandits who shot and robbed a Linden taxi driver of more than $300,000 in gold jewellery shortly after he arrived home on Tuesday night.

Two Linden men are wanted by the police for allegedly trafficking a quantity of narcotics in Linden more than three months ago.