Guyana News

The Samoa Agreement could be signed by Guyana’s Ambassador to the European Union Sasenarine Singh who leaves for Brussels next week as the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) meeting did not afford the opportunity for it to be signed there, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd said.

Guyana is poised to soon see the disbursement of the US$500 million loan facility extended last year by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to assist this country in hastening its infrastructural development agenda, even as the bank looks at another initiative targeting small- and medium-size businesses (SMEs).

Businesses that formally expressed interest in providing goods or services for ExxonMobil during the last quarter of last year are being invited to a meeting later this month as the company wants feedback from its vendors on the request for information process to make doing business with them smoother.

By Khadidja Ba In just seven years, Guyana has witnessed a remarkable rise in the number of active drones, with over 700 registered under the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).

Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in several areas in Linden, Region Ten about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, primarily the Hope and Justice Centre, conducted a sensitization and collaboration session with the administrative staff of Regional Police Division 4 ‘C’ last Friday.

Ranks from Regional Police Division #7 and members of the Purple Heart Youth Group held a storytelling and poetry activity on Saturday with the aim of fostering creativity and enhancing literacy skills among youths.

Roseann Bumbury, one of the accident victims injured in a head-on collision on May 13 at Long Creek on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, which took the lives of six persons, is still a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) recovering from her injuries.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is inviting sealed bids for the sale of five derelict vehicles.

Three primary schools are slated to be constructed in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) in the near future.

-Edghill says too early to know Following concerns raised by Region Nine residents and  commuters, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill says that it is too early to know if engineered creek diversions contributed to the recent washing away of a section of the Kurupukari/Lethem corridor. 

-following complaints of language barrier Complaints from the staff of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) about the language barrier between them and the Cuban experts here to help resuscitate the industry will be addressed and they will be given interpreters, GuySuCo Chairman Paul Cheong has assured.

Residents in low-lying areas in Region Ten were yesterday urged to evacuate as the rain continues to pour, fuelling flooding.

Police are investigating an accident which occurred at about 1.30 am yesterday on New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara and which resulted in the death of pedestrian Barrat Persaud.

Approaching four years since it was first mentioned, the planned Maraiko Bay luxury housing development project along the Mahaica River is still to take off.

Welcoming the inauguration of the Constitutional Reform Commission (CRC), the human rights body, GHRA yesterday said that its civic character must not be lost.

A new Children’s Court and Child-Friendly Room was commissioned on Thursday at Wales, West Bank Demerara, Region Three, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

A Police Sergeant is currently under arrest while assisting with an investigation into an incident that occurred yesterday at approximately 11:45 a.m.

Massy Stores Guyana yesterday opened a branch at the Giftland Mall in Liliendaal – its sixth – taking over from FoodMaxx which closed their doors on May 27.

On Friday, at the Chinese Embassy,  45 healthcare providers from across the country received certificates for their successful completion of the Tropical Chronic Diseases Research Programme.