Guyana News

President Irfaan Ali has reinstated the one-month tax-free salary as a bonus for all members of the Joint Services.

City Engineer Colvern Venture has accused Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine and a group of councillors of targeting him in relation to the failure of the engineer’s department to properly manage the city.

The Education Ministry, in December of 2020, signed five contracts before they were awarded at the level of the Ministerial Tender Board (MTB) resulting in the continuous breach of the Procurement Act of 2003, according to Auditor General Deodat Sharma.

Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall on Tuesday launched a severe attack on two judges of the Court of Appeal and redacted portions of it yesterday after coming under criticisms from the bar association and others.

Farmers from Victoria Village on the East Coast of Demerara are to benefit from a number of much-needed drainage works, according to Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha. 

Retired headmaster of Baramita Primary School and former Probation Officer, Bissonnauth Bacchus, is requesting the assistance of the general public to find the driver of HC 4557 who reportedly robbed him in Prashad Nagar, Georgetown.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for a new outpatient building at the Port Mourant Hospital.

The police are still investigating the hit-and-run on Lamaha Street in Georgetown on Monday, 29th November that resulted in the death of 78-year-old Grove resident, Veronica Lewis.

Canada yesterday congratulated Aubrey Norton on his election as PNCR Leader at last Saturday’s biennial delegates’ conference.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) yesterday said that it has introduced its residential and Biz Fibre services to New Amsterdam, Region Six.

President Irfaan Ali this afternoon told members of the Joint Services that the Government is returning the annual one-month tax-free bonus to them because “you deserve it—you work hard for it”.

The Bar Council of The Bar Association of Guyana today condemned a statement made by Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall on two court of appeal judges following yesterday’s ruling on the appeal of a decision to throw out an APNU+AFC election petition.

In his first major address as head of the PNCR, Aubrey Norton today lavished praise on the late former President and Leader, Desmond Hoyte and adverting to the country’s oil wealth, he said the party will impress upon society the “need  for new governance mechanisms to ensure the people of Guyana benefit from our national resources”.

Even as the Auditor General continues to flag the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs for the poor management of the Amerindian Purpose Fund (APF), subject Minister Pauline Sukhai says it is the “wrong time” to discuss the issues with the fund.

In a majority decision, the Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear the appeal of the dismissal of the opposition APNU+AFC’s election petition which challenged the March 2, 2020 general elections.

The Guyana Press Association yesterday extended condolences to the family and friends of Claudette Earle who passed away yesterday at the age of 76. 

A 13-year-old indigenous youth of Aruca, North West District, Region One died after consuming a beverage and his family is hospitalised at the Mabaruma Regional Hospital.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday extended congratulations to  Aubrey Norton on his election as the Leader of the People’s National Congress.

A misunderstanding among two Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EBD) youths ended in tragedy with one of them dead and another hospitalised.

Full time face-to-face learning will resume for some academic levels in 2022, according to Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand.