Guyana News

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has announced the launch of its “Drive Into Your Dream Home with a Home Loan From GBTI” campaign, which it described as a groundbreaking initiative designed to make homeownership dreams a reality.

Contracta Construction UK made a presentation yesterday before the Mayor and City Council on the rebuilding and rehabilitation works for the Stabroek Market.

Navindra Nauth, a 21-year-old construction worker from Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, was arrested on 2024-07-19 and charged on Thursday with break and enter and larceny on the dwelling of Ryan Niranjan, of Grove Housing Scheme.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) today said that the L21 Transmission Line’s network infrastructure was damaged this morning.

Police are investigating the drowning of 47-year-old Paul Bahadur, a salesman from Canje, Berbice, which occurred on 2024-07-23 at Orealla Village, Corentyne River.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF)  is to seek legal advice from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on the bewildering arms cache seized from a house on Sandy Babb street where murdered gold dealer Ricardo Fagundes had lived.

Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha and team yesterday commissioned the $565.3 million Greenwich Park Pump Station, Region 3.

Tired of not getting any response from the regional health officials of Region Six on the death of her two children at the New Amsterdam Hospital, Rehana Persaud on Tuesday approached Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo at one of his outreaches in Berbice seeking answers.

By Subhana Shiwmangal The supply of chicken on the market remains tight and price fluctuations have been reported by a vendor at the Stabroek Market.

-300 children benefiting The third phase of First Lady Arya Ali’s programme for orphanages will see medical and other services being provided.

A Bachelor of Science degree in Respiratory Care has been introduced in the University of Guyana (UG) curriculum, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release said yesterday.

The reconstructed $54 million Western Hog Island Primary School in Region Three can now accommodate over 50 pupils from Liberty, Hog Island, and surrounding villages, the Department of Public Information (DPI) says.

APNU+AFC MP David Patterson is to receive answers to a series of questions in Parliament on Wednesday about the troubled Conversation Tree road project. 

Monday’s consultation at the Umana Yana  for what is intended to be ExxonMobil’s seventh oil extraction project saw concerns raised over potential environmental damage, the absence of transparency and the impact of the cost of living.

Representatives of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday met with Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton at their office in Waterloo Street, North Cummingsburg, Georgetown, to discuss the issue of migrant workers and their well-being, a Ministry of Labour release said yesterday. 

Five low-income individuals on the East Bank of Demerara are the latest recipients of Core Homes under the Adequate Housing and Urban Accessibility Programme (AHUAP), a Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) announced yesterday.

The Ministry of Labour (MoL) is taking steps to increase miners’ awareness of health and safety regulations in order to create a safer working environment As part of its efforts, the Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health Department in collaboration with the Guyana Geology Mines Commission (GGMC), yesterday conducted an Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) and environmental regulations awareness session for 130 miners attached to 17 mining operations within the Puruni Mining District, Region Seven, a MoL release stated. 

A police operation yesterday found a large cache of arms at the Kitty home of the murdered Ricardo Fagundes and six persons are in custody.

A fire of unknown origin gutted a two-storey home located at 3rd Avenue, Bartica yesterday at around 1 pm leaving an elderly man dead and his daughter nursing burn injuries to her face and hand at the Bartica Regional Hospital.

– CFATF report Guyana has made significant progress in improving the understanding of laundering and terrorism financing risks, according to the recently published Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) Mutual Evaluation Report (MER) and has been recognised for improvements made since the last evaluation.