Guyana News

Senior citizens and children in Kuru-kubaru Village, Region Eight on Saturday received $2,000 vouchers for eye tests, with an extra $15,000 voucher available for those needing spectacles.

Forty-four constables and lance corporals of the Guyana Police Force recently underwent a two-day training seminar on human trafficking, migrant smuggling, and child labour organised by the Ministry of Home Affairs in collaboration with agencies under the Ministerial Taskforce on Trafficking in Persons.

The Badrinaath Ashram, in collaboration with the Indian High Commission and the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, on Saturday hosted a programme to observe World Sanskrit Day and Bharat Week. 

Mae’s Schools are now under new ownership and management. This is according to former owner Mayfield French Rodrigues, who yesterday extended gratitude to teachers, parents, students and others who have provided support over the years.

CANU officers, acting on information received, today conducted an operation in the Norton Street, Greater Georgetown area.

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh last week met in Washington with key US government officials including from the EXIM Bank but there was no word on the pivotal US$660 million  financing that Guyana is seeking for its ambitious gas to energy project.

-planned testing in 2021 of key alternative still to be done The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) continues to face challenges from miners who insist on using the dangerous pollutant mercury to separate gold, citing its cost-effectiveness and lack of access to cheaper alternatives, Commissioner of the GGMC, Newell Dennison says.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips commissioned two solar PV mini-grid systems at Karaburi and Haimacabra in Moruca, Region One on Friday.

A miner who was charged with murdering his wife in 2019 was sentenced to 29 years imprisonment by Justice Zamilla Ally-Seepaul at the High Court in Demerara.

Government will be inviting tenders this week for the construction of a state-of-the-art facility to replace the current West Demerara Regional Hospital in Region Three, President Irfaan Ali announced on Friday during the commissioning of the new Zeelugt Primary School.

-unruly patrons stay on past closing hour, no enforcement by police By Subhana Shiwmangal The bar which has been at the centre of reports over noise nuisance in Leonora was earlier this year found to be in breach of the building code and its unruly patrons stay past the closing hour and there is no enforcement by the police.

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand yesterday turned the sod to commence the construction of the new Orealla Secondary School.

The police in Berbice will soon be implementing one-way traffic in the town of Rose Hall during peak hours to assist commuters who have been battling the ongoing congestion which runs through the Port Mourant Market.

Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) has posted vacancies for their new operational base in Guyana, following the July commissioning of a state-of-the-art capping stack designed to seal any offshore spill here.

A prisoner, Isiah Daniels, also known as Isiah Greaves, who escaped on Friday morning while attending clinic at the Georgetown Public Hospital has been recaptured in Sophia, Georgetown.

Rawle Simon, a 29-year-old resident of Red Road, Providence, East Bank Demerara, was on Friday sentenced to two months in jail for violating a Protection Order by hiding in his ex-girlfriend’s car trunk and threatening her with a knife.

On Friday, 42 aspiring homeowners moved closer to realising their dreams with the distribution of Steel and Cement Housing Subsidy vouchers, each valued at approximately $225,000, a release from the CH&PA said.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand confirmed on Friday that classes at the newly built North Ruimveldt Multilateral Secondary School have been delayed due to unresolved issues with the washroom facilities.

An Eventful Life by Dr. Maurice Odle This is the fourth and final part of Maurice Odle’s autobiography narrated in a reflective writing style, in which personal experiences, political analysis, and broader reflections on global issues are interwoven to give a comprehensive view of his life’s work and the contexts in which it unfolded.

It has been over three months now since the ongoing investigation into the allegations of kidnapping and extortion against two Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) ranks and Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) employee, Phillip Paruag.