Guyana News

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is defending its use of the whistleblower policy embedded in the Customs Act stressing that since its implementation it has been able to recover “billions of dollars in revenue”.

A quick response by the police has led to the apprehension of four juveniles who escaped from the Sophia Holding Centre yesterday morning.

Deputy Speaker of Parliament Lenox Shuman wants a financial allocation to each Member of Parliament to enable them to make adequate submissions for the 2022 budget.

Seventeen police officers yesterday graduated after successfully completing training on how to deal with domestic violence reports under the recently launched COPSQUAD 2000 initiative.

The EPA on Friday said that no Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is required for a 12-well oil exploration programme in the offshore Kaieteur Block.

Having received appeals against the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to not require impact assessments for the replacement of the existing Demerara Harbour Bridge, and the Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd (EEPGL) 12-Well Exploration and Appraisal Programme in the offshore Canje Block, the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) on Friday said that public hearings for those projects will be held in October.

Seven months after the expiration of the last Integrity Commission, the government is still to identify or appoint a replacement.

The father of the Corentyne woman who was found hanging on Monday afternoon is calling on the police in Berbice to conduct a thorough investigation.

Due to the uncertainty over what is included in the Region Four 2022 Budget, Regional Chairman Daniel Seeram is mulling a caucus with councillors to determine the way forward.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday laid to rest Corporal 19784 Clifford Joel Austin, who died earlier this month after succumbing to a prolonged illness.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) today said that the results of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) will be released by October 15 and those for CSEC and  CAPE on October 14.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of September 24, 2021, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

After decades of prevarication and neglect, restoration works on the iconic City Hall structure in Georgetown will finally get underway with the signing of a $780 million contract The ceremony was held in the compound of City Hall and saw Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall along with the Minister within the ministry, Anand Persaud, signing the contract for the restorative works.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) yesterday signed contracts amounting to $867 million with six local contractors to conduct works at La Parfaite Harmonie, Region Three. 

A man was yesterday charged with the murder of Sigmol Gouveia who was killed during an incident at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara (WCD), Region Three.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was yesterday signed between the Guyana Office for Investment (G-Invest) and Midas Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Inc for a call centre in Linden that could see the creation of 250 jobs.

A Child Advocacy Centre was yesterday inaugurated in Port Kaituma, Region 1.

Following questions raised concerning the controversial  retendering of a contract for steel some three times, the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) yesterday said that the decision was made because the increase in global prices for the metal far surpassed its budgetary allocation and it insists that there was “no mischief afoot” in its decision.

President Irfaan Ali says  that there will be a thorough and impartial investigation into the killing of Dartmouth businessman, Orin Boston, who was  shot by a police officer during a reported anti-crime operation at his home more than a week ago.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported five more deaths as a result of COVID-19 along with 252 new cases of the virus.