Guyana News

Security in Guyana and the rest of the region was among the issues discussed when President Irfaan Ali met yesterday with US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and other officials in Washington.

Following correspondence from an entity which claimed that it had been authorized to take over all rights from John Fernandes Limited (JFL) regarding a collapsed $35m deal for 143 acres of land, the Beterverwagting/Triumph NDC last week wrote to JFL seeking a meeting to thrash out the issue.

The decision to shut down the Amazon Caribbean Guyana Limited (AMCAR) Rosignol, West Bank Berbice Plant stems from shortages of labour and raw material.

Government is a step closer towards establishing the platform that will provide training for 6,000 Guyanese by the Barbados tourism and hospitality sector.

National Security Advisor to the President, Gerry Gouveia yesterday said that the name of the Police’s Felix Austin Training College will not be changed.

Government is seeking to renew the contract of Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Director General, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret’d) Egbert Field, whose term expires on August 2nd, 2022.

Daniel Melbourne, the man accused of causing the death of 50-year-old Reonol Williams more than two months ago was on Friday granted bail in the sum of $1.8m.

The former Chief Executive Officer and board member of the Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED) Dr.

A training facility for inmates will be constructed at the Timehri Prison on the East Bank of Demerara to the tune of $105 million.

Le Repentir Cemetery is running out of space, Mayor Ubraj Narine yesterday said at a statutory meeting of the City Council.

A 61-year-old security guard died yesterday morning while on duty at a city hotel.

Houston residents were yesterday told that Schlumberger Guyana Inc cannot go back in time to conduct an impact survey for its storage and calibration facility with radioactive sources as the process for an Environmental Assessment and Management Plan (EAMP) has now gotten underway.

The police yesterday began erecting an outpost at the Meadow Bank Wharf but this led to some stalls being damaged, necessitating a hurried reallocation of vendors to other areas and repairs.

Three scheduled sittings of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)  of Parliament have been cancelled in recent months as a result of absences by the government side in the aftermath of a quorum change in April this year.

Julian Dow of Lot 63, Perth Village,  East Coast Demerara (ECD), was last Thursday freed of the charge of possession of a firearm and ammunition after a city Magistrate upheld a no-case submission made by his attorney, Eusi Anderson.

The Ministry of Health recorded 21 new COVID cases after 327 tests were done.

A horse cart operator was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of armed robbery.

President Irfaan Ali and US Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Don Graves held “fruitful discussions” today in Washington DC.

Heart of Palm company, Amazon Caribbean Guyana Limited (AMCAR) today informed the union GAWU that it had decided to shut down its Rosignol, West Bank Berbice plant and will send home the approximately 30-person workforce.

Transparency Institute Guyana Inc  (TIGI) yesterday added its voice to growing calls for a commission of inquiry as regards the disclosures by VICE News on suggestions that there is an organized system of bribery of officials of government at very high levels and systems to provide money-laundering services.