Guyana News

Following complaints to the Ministry of Public Works about holes in a road at Enmore, East Coast Demerara, Minister within the Ministry Deodat Indar visited the area where he discovered that the road was not completed to the required standard.

Leader of the PNCR, Aubrey Norton was on Wednesday briefed on Canada’s projects in Guyana.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the servicing and monitoring of excavators and other items under the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA).

The Ministry of Health (MOH) this afternoon announced the deaths of 11 more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

The Ministry of Finance today announced that the 2022 national budget will be presented next Wednesday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation today said said that due to the sudden and unfortunate passing of the mother of  President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro his official visit to Guyana will no longer take place today.

The administrative power of Guyana’s government over the Natural Resource Fund is concerning  and is one of the most “top heavy” bureaucratic systems anywhere in the world , Natural Resource Fund Expert and Economist Andrew Bauer says.

The Banks DIH company registered after-tax profit of $6.77b for the year ended September 30, 2021, a rise of 28.6% over the previous year.

Guyana Fire Service (GFS) investigators have concluded that the fire which destroyed two Laparkan Shipping storage bonds on Lombard Street, Georgetown on Sunday was an act of arson.

Closed-door tripartite discussions among Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali,  President of  Suriname, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, and the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, in Paramaribo yesterday will be advanced at the ministerial level in the coming months, the Office of the President said.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) is making an effort to reach more deserving persons who qualify for its Adequate Housing and Urban Accessibility Programme (AHUAP).

While the political party, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) feels that President Irfaan Ali and his administration are worthy of accolades for the recent city cleanup campaign, it still sees the current government as having to shoulder blame for the squalid state of the city.

The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) has issued a wanted bulletin for Andrew Archibald Samaroo, of last known addresses Lot 320 Fifth Street, East Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara and Lot 20-22 Seaforth Street, Campbellville, Georgetown.

Seventeen-year-old Naresh Jagnanan of Belle Plaine, Region Three and Essequibo Islands Secondary has been named as the top business student at the 2021 sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.

The Ministry of Health has recorded over 55,000 tests for the month of January thus far, which was reported to be more than the number of tests done for the entire 2020.

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) yesterday said that it has noted with concern a recent arrest/detention by the Senegalese Customs of the Motor Vessel EOLIKA purportedly bearing Guyana registration.

Citing the State’s compliance with the law empowering the Central Board of Health to create regulations in relation to the management of COVID-19, and not the Minister of Health, the Unions challenging the President’s exercise of powers under the Public Health Ordinance have withdrawn their action.

Chairman of Region 6 (East Berbice – Corentyne) David Armogan says that an investigation has been launched following the findings of Auditor General Deodat Sharma concerning the award of $615.34 million in contracts.

The trial of Travis Archer who is accused of the 2017 murder of Sophia resident Jamal Munroe, is set to commence on Monday, January 24th at the High Court in Georgetown.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) has once again collaborated with the Ministry of Health’s Chronic Disease Unit to provide free pap smears screening for 500 women, a release from the company said.