Guyana News

Throwing his support behind this year’s budget, opposition member and Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) Lenox Shuman on Friday said that the planned infrastructural investments in the hinterland will empower the indigenous people.

With financing from the oil and gas sector, billions have been allocated to aid government in its goal of transitioning to cleaner energy options and hydropower and solar farms will be major aspects.

Major thoroughfares across the country will benefit from upgrades and expansion through the $76.7 billion  allocated for roads and bridges in this year budget.

No official document has yet been finalized to lease a section of the Merriman Mall to Sleepin Hotel for the construction of a parking lot but in the meanwhile the area is being fully utilised by the establishment and the green space has been replaced by concrete.

Following his ousting from the post of Country Coordinator of the Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI), Dr Rudy Jadoopat on Saturday accused the PPP/C government of making attempts to control the body in violation of the international standard guiding its operations. 

As ExxonMobil prepares for the commissioning of the Liza Unity FPSO at the end of this month, government is exploring cutting out the ‘middleman’ and directly selling its oil share from that project and one option is India.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips has said that the PPP/C government is prepared to work with the new Leader of the Opposition but only if its legitimacy is recognised.

Senior Minister within the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh spent more than two hours on Friday night closing the debate on the 2022 national budget, where he focused heavily on the shortcomings of the APNU+AFC coalition during its time in government.

Indian High Commissioner Dr KJ Srinivasa has said that a large quantity of rice was imported from India during 2021 by local businessmen in order to meet export commitments.

The Health Ministry on Saturday confirmed one more COVID-19 death and a total of 296 more infections.

Ovid Williams, a miner who police say fatally chopped another man to death last Sunday, has been charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) on Friday said three of its five generators at its 46.5 MW Garden of Eden power plant have been returned to supplying the national grid, after the facility was shut down last month over fears of a possible explosion.

The body of Wakenaam businessman Lakeram Kuber, who went missing after a boat mishap in the Essequibo River on Thursday evening, has been found.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Saturday said that the alleged rapist of a 17-year-old girl has been arrested following the report of the attack.

The Guyana Water Incorporated on Friday said checks on the distribution network in the Lusignan area on the East Coast of Demerara have shown that residents are enjoying significantly improved level of service following the recent completion of a new well which is serving Lusignan, Annandale West, Good Hope Public Road and Courbane Park, East Coast Demerara. 

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BBCI) has reduced the freight charges for trucks transporting sand to East Berbice.

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Health and Safety Department registered with 27 workplace deaths for 2021.

The Alliance For Change today said that it noted with dismay and disappointment that the PPP is carrying through with its objective of dismantling all remaining guardrails of good governance and transparency.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Friday announced government’s “packed” legislative agenda for 2022, with electoral reforms as well as the delayed amendment to removal of custodial sentences for the possession of small amounts of marijuana among over three dozen pieces of legislation to be advanced.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall on Friday announced that the delayed local government elections will be held this year.