Guyana News

Barbados has agreed to train 6,000 Guyanese for the hospitality sector, according to President Irfaan Ali, who says it is among a number of mutually beneficial measures agreed following a bilateral engagement between him and Prime Minister Mia Mottley on the sidelines of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) held in Barbados earlier this month.

President Irfaan Ali has directed that Attorney General Anil Nandlall circulate the draft electoral reform legislation next week so that stakeholders can make their inputs before the amendments are laid in the National Assembly.

The sod was turned yesterday afternoon to mark the start of the construction of the Amaya Milk Company’s $150 million state-of-the-art milk processing facility at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice, which is expected to produce pasteurized milk for store shelves by the end of April  next year.

Double murder accused Kapildeo Gangadin was recaptured yesterday, one day after he escaped from the Lusignan Prison with plans to flee to neighbouring Suriname.

Guyana’s national curfew is being shortened to 12 am to 4 am for the month of November under the updated COVID emergency measures.

Saying there has been a lack of research and consultation, the main opposition APNU+AFC is moving to halt the government’s estimated US$900 million Wales Gas-to-Shore Project (GSP) project in order for there to be comprehensive studies by independent consultants and a parliamentary review.

Although the government is still to engage the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) for outstanding negotiations of wages, salaries, and other issues, President Irfaan Ali yesterday reiterated that public servants will receive pay increases before the end of this year.

The suspected exposure of an Alliance for Change (AFC) councillor to a COVID-19 positive person resulted in an abrupt adjournment of the statutory meeting of the Region Four Regional Democratic Council (RDC) on Thursday.

Dialogue Solutions (Guyana Inc.) on Thursday launched its local operations, offering alternatives to the time-consuming settlement of litigation before the courts.

ExxonMobil yesterday announced an increase in third quarter earnings in the amount of US$7.4 billion, its highest for the period since 2017, and signaled plans for more investments in Guyana’s offshore Stabroek Block.

Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall SC recently issued a call for compliance by judges with the law requiring them to render written judgments in the stipulated six-month timeframe, while stressing that compliance is expected.

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Friday indicated that vaccine hesitancy remains the reason for the low COVID-19 inoculation rates in some regions.

The Region Two administration on Friday handed over just over $7 million in grants to Toshaos of several Amerindian communities. 

A Canefield man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the attempted murder of his brother, a police constable.

A hire car driver and a 16-year-old lad have both confessed to robbing an overseas-based Guyanese woman and her family in Number 73 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, on Monday last.

In observance of International Day of the Girl 2021, 18-year-old International Relations student of the University of Guyana, Corissa McClure, acted in the role of Canadian High Commissioner for the day on Thursday.

On Saturday last, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha traveled to the villages of Awarewaunau, Shea and Maruranau, in Region Nine, to distribute flood-relief grants to farmers who suffered during this year’s extended rainy period.

Mayor of the Town of Anna Regina Rajendra Prabhulall is calling on residents of the Region Two town to desist from dumping garbage in the waterways.

Case files lost in the massive fire that destroyed the century-old Brickdam Police Station, in Georgetown, are currently being reconstructed, Commander of Region 4(A) Assistant Commissioner Simon McBean says.

Eon Joseph, one of the two men arrested on Tuesday with two kilogrammes of cocaine, was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail and fined over $3 million for the crime.