Guyana News

-no fault divorce, gender equality among key provisions The Matrimonial Causes (Amendment) Bill was yesterday passed with broad support in the National Assembly and will enshrine no fault divorces and other progressive provisions such as alimony for both men and women.

Citing  “discipline violations” China’s ruling Communist Party has expelled Wang Yilin,  a former Chairman of CNOOC which holds 25% of Guyana oil rich Stabroek Block.

The Board of Industrial Training (BIT) last week announced that it had welcomed a delegation from the Dominican Republic and the National Institute for Technical and Vocational Training (INFOTEP) to pave the way for new collaborative initiatives.

Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh yesterday performed a post-mortem examination with dissection on the body of Miracarmen Rodrigues Serrano, who was allegedly murdered on 2024/07/29 at Quartzstone Landing, Region #7.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has expressed sadness at the passing of Dr.

The government’s planned free event on Emancipation Day on the Malteenoes Sports Club ground in Georgetown has outraged the Opposition PNCR which contends that it will clash and compete with the traditional African-based event directly across in the National Park.

-Finance Minister tells graduating inspectors Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr Ashni Singh has acknowledged that the NIS still has some ways to go to get its house in order and warned of zero tolerance for employers who fail to submit employees’ contributions.

Police are investigating a serious accident which occurred at about 7.30 pm on Tuesday on the Soes-dyke- Linden Highway, which resulted in one person being hospitalised with a fractured backbone.

One of Guyana’s oldest and largest insurance companies, Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited, has attained its ISO 9001:2015 certification.

The Ministry of Labour on  July 29th, held its annual Emanci-pation Festivities on the tarmac of the Ministry, Brickdam, Georgetown.

As part of its efforts to provide Guyanese shoppers with a convenient way to pay online for goods and services using its platform, Mobile Money Guyana (MMG), recently announced the launch of its new e-commerce API [application programming interface], which will also boost the shopping experience offered by local businesses, a MMG release informed on Tuesday. 

The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday hosted a cultural programme in observance of Emancipation Day.

The Gas-to-Energy project moved closer to fruition yesterday with the signing of a US$8.6 million contract between the Govern-ment of Guyana and Chinese company, Power China, to construct a building to house the National Control Centre, a Depart-ment of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday.

-says variety of measures have been taken Confirming that  Inclusion Body Hepatitis (IBH) has been a significant problem in the poultry industry here, the Ministry of Agriculture says it has taken a series  of actions to address the issue In a statement on Monday, the ministry was responding to report in that day’s edition of Stabroek News where PNCR MP Vinceroy Jordan criticized the government over the problem.

CARICOM Heads, who convened in Grenada for their 47th Regular Meeting, yesterday expressed deep concern over crime and violence in the region.

A 31-year-old self-employed resident of Buxton, East Coast Demerara died yesterday afternoon at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he lost control of his vehicle while on the public road at Montrose, East Coast Demerara.

The two Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ranks who were allegedly nabbed on Saturday with 316 lbs of ganja during an intelligence-led Police operation were yesterday charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

The Forty-Seventh  Conference of Heads of Government of the Carib-bean Community says it is gravely concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Cuba resulting from the 62-year-old embargo “wrongfully imposed” on the people and Government of the Caribbean nation by the United States of America.

-defence in flurry of objections As chaos broke out on March 5th 2020 in the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM’s) command centre at Ashmins building, then Minister of Health Volda Lawrence remained quiet while past District Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo attempted to read out what he said were final figures even though the tabulation process was not complete.

Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, has informed APNU+AFC Parliamentarian and former minister, David Patterson that convening a sitting of Parliament before a public holiday is not unusual and listed several instances to support his claim, thus rejecting the Alliance For Change’s (AFC’s) call for today’s scheduled parliamentary sitting to be pushed back.