Guyana News

Earlier this afternoon, the Timehri area experienced intense rainfall with thunder and lightning which damaged several GPL and CJIA transformers.

Police, at about 12:30hrs yesterday, acted on information and went to Lot 126 Da Silva Street, Kitty, Georgetown, where contact was made with Edinho Lewis, a 37-year-old unemployed man of the said address.

-other parties disagree, Vincent Henry of GAP is new chair Battling internal opposition with his party’s congress fast approaching, PNCR Leader Aubrey Norton faced another serious challenge when the APNU coalition the party had been instrumental in forming announced it had held a meeting and that Vincent Henry of GAP was the new chairman.

-revenues equivalent to Guyana’s entire 2024 budget ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL)  declared a net profit of $614.6b for 2023,  up by $36.9b compared to 2022 and its revenue from last year was almost equivalent to Guyana’s entire budget for 2024.

-wants trading suspended in the interim Banks DIH (BDIH) has written the securities council expressing extreme concern at the fall in its share price despite large profits and has called for a full investigation of the matter and a suspension in the trading of its stock.

The Government of Guyana is gearing up to construct a new nursing school in New Amsterdam along the main road where the old New Amsterdam hospital was once located.

In keeping with the Government of Guyana’s commitment to improve the country’s educational and skills training capacity to keep pace with the expected economic development resulting from the burgeoning oil and gas sector, approval has been granted for the issuance of over 7,000 scholarships.

Shane Rouse, a 23-year-old taxi driver from Hobo Hill, North West District, was on Friday charged with causing death by dangerous driving and driving an uncertified motor vehicle following a fatal accident on March 18 involving involving a pedestrian, Terensha Piere.

The Port Kaituma police are investigating the discovery of the partially nude body of a headless female which was discovered in an advanced stage of decomposition on Friday at around 16.30 hours in the area of Catwalk, in Central Port Kaituma, Region One.

– garbage dumping by business community a major problem Collaboration among the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), the Region Six council (RDC) and the New Amsterdam Mayor and Town Council has resulted in the township not experiencing any major flooding this rainy season – a first in decades.

The Department of Public Information (DPI) on Friday announced that the government will be hosting a job fair in New York, USA, to attract members of the Guyanese diaspora back to their homeland.

By Khadidja Ba The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has been spearheading the use of drones in the agricultural sector since 2021, revolutionizing crop management for farmers.

Government is preparing its response to the findings of regional human rights body, the IACHR, which concluded that the administration is responsible for the violations of the rights of the indigenous people of Isseneru and the recommendations, among which is the call for reparations.

On Friday, thirty-five students from Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) graduated from the Ministry of Health’s Community Healthcare Workers (CHW) Programme, offered by the Health Sciences Education Division.

Twenty-seven Afro Guyanese community groups from various regions in Guyana were yesterday granted funding for their developmental endeavours.

-eggball wins street food prize The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) on June 01, held its annual THAG Awards Dinner and Auction at the Guyana Marriott Hotel, in Kingston, Georgetown, to celebrate the achievements of its members and their significant contributions to the tourism industry, a THAG release stated on Wednesday.

Tyrese David, a 22-year-old construction worker from Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara, was arrested at about 10.30 pm on Friday after he was found to be in possession of an unlicensed firearm.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has expressed concern that the PPP/C government may be engaged in a strategy to control and muzzle non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Guyana.

Local NGO, Policy Forum Guyana, has announced the launch of its 1.5 Lifestyle Starter Kit, coinciding with the global observance of World Environment Day which was observed on June 5, a release from the organisation stated last week.

Sixteen Ministry of Health participants have completed training in the Shipping of Infectious Substances and Laboratory Biosafety Practices.