Guyana News

Stabroek News spoke to members of the public at Friendship, East Bank Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has announced the death of its former chairman Abdool E Jhuman AA, known as “Babyboy” Jhuman, who served as the party’s chairman from 1985 to 1987.

The Government of Guyana is touting its effective debt management practices as being responsible for the large decline in the country’s debt ratios over a sustained period.

Road users along the East Coast Demerara corridor have been advised that Emergency works are being conducted on the bridge at Coldingen (Railway Embankment) owing to “issues with its structural capacity to facilitate traffic”.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) is taking the government to task for failing to insulate the environment and Indigenous communities from the negative effects of gold mining and makes the case that the many benefits it accords the sector do little to encourage responsible action.

The Integrity Commission has served notice to 179 public officers that they face a fine and imprisonment if they don’t submit their 2023 Declaration Form on or before September 2, 2024 and among those listed as defaulters is the Leader of the Opposition,  Aubrey Norton.

By Khadidja Ba A block on catfish exports from Guyana to the US remains in place and Washington’s Trade Representative Katherine Tai has emphasised the importance of food safety standards.

By Khadidja Ba Foreign Minister Hugh Todd yesterday told the Sunday Stabroek that the Commissioner of Police has said that the seizure by cops on Wednesday of a laptop from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had not been authorized.

Over fifty Black Bush Polder (BBP) farmers have been supplying Umami’s multi-million dollar agro-processing facility which is located in Mibicuri, BBP.

APNU+AFC MP Ganesh Mahipaul has voiced concern over flaws in the current procurement system and called for immediate reforms.

For the first time in history, there are five Criminal Courts in the Demerara Criminal Assizes.

– calls idea `simplistic and ineffective’The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI)  has voiced its concern about the recent suggestion by former Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan that the 02:00 hours curfew be reinstituted as a solution to the rise in road fatalities.   

-dug by GWI to repair mainThe large hole that was dug at Avenue of the Republic and Brickdam, George-town, by a Guyana Water Inc (GWI) crew to repair a water main, resulted in frayed nerves and traffic at the intersection snarled in all directions.

The school bus that was completely destroyed by fire on Friday night outside of the Ministry of Education building on Croal Street, Georgetown, was an act of arson according to a Guyana Fire Service release.

(Reuters) – Chevron Corp on Friday posted sharply weaker second-quarter earnings and the oil major’s CEO discounted the chance to close a $53 billion acquisition of Hess Corp  before mid-2025, sending shares down 3%.

Dwayne Griffith, aka ‘Sheik’, a 26-year-old businessman from Kitty, Georgetown, was arrested at about 8.30 am yesterday after he was found to be in possession of an unlicensed 9mm pistol and eleven matching rounds of ammunition.

CARICOM Ministers of Trade on Friday met with the United States Trade Representative (USTR), Ambassador Katherine Tai, in Georgetown on Friday and discussed expanding their agenda.

Ganesh Rampersaud, called ‘Shami’, a 52-year-old US-based Guyanese who is on vacation and staying at No.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on Friday signed contracts worth approximately $250 million to begin infrastructure works for 15 small water-treatment plants in regions Four, Five and Six, as part of an overall $1.3 billion investment programme to deliver treated water access to over 63,000 residents in small coastal communities, a GWI release stated yesterday.

The residents of the privately owned Dr Charles Housing Scheme in Coverden, East Bank Demerara, were the grateful recipients yesterday of some 140 black tanks to aid in water storage due to scarcity, a Department of Public Information (DPI) stated yesterday This fulfilled a commitment made by President Irfaan Ali when he visited the community earlier in the year and was told of the need for assistance in storing water, and promised to address.