Guyana News

An overwhelming response on the first two days of the International Building Expo has led organisers to extend the event until tomorrow.

More than a month after Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo threatened to sue him for libel, no one can provide information on the current whereabouts of Su Zhi Rong (also known as Su Zhirong), the Chinese businessman at the centre of bribery allegations against Jagdeo in the VICE News exposé.

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Thurs-day tabled the Suicide Prevention Bill in the National Assembly which, once passed, will decriminalize attempted suicide and mandate counselling for survivors.

Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran says that corruption continues to be a major problem here and the PPP/C government should establish a permanent, high-level office to counter it.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that a Region Two man, 49, succumbed to COVID on Saturday.

President Irfaan Ali and a delegation including Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo; Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,  Hugh Todd and Foreign Secretary, Robert Persaud departed for Washington yesterday for a series of high-level engagements.

It’s been just over a year since flooding devastated homes and farmlands across Guyana but Indigenous communities in regions Seven and Nine are still feeling the effects.

Mocha resident, Giovanni Browne left the Inter-national Building Expo smiling last night after he emerged as winner of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry’s (GBTI) ‘Drive Home’ promotion.

Patients of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) who require the service of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine continue to face financial pressure and Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony says that the recommendation from an ongoing Strategic Plan at the facility will determine whether one will be sourced.

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond and Country Head of ANSA McAl Trading, Beverley Harper, cut the ribbon for the new ANSA Mini Mart on Friday.

A mining pit accident in the backdam of Kumung Kumung, Puruni River, Region Seven on Friday claimed the lives of two miners.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday stressed that transformational projects are underway and in the works for Bartica in Region Seven.

Linden’s Deputy Mayor is bemoaning what he describes as a lack of consultation on the developmental plans for the mining town.

Pillion rider, Dale Nelson died this morning in a hit-and-run accident at Amelia’s Ward, Linden.

Two miners died in a mining pit accident in the Kumung Kumung Backdam, Puruni River, Region Seven on Friday afternoon.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall has said that the government would more than likely be tabling the Constitutional Reform Bill when the National Assembly meets again on August 8.

Civil activist Jonathan Yearwood has written to Commissioner of Information Charles Ramson Sr requesting a copy of the contract(s) entered into by the Ministry of Housing and Water with Impressions Inc, particularly relating to the organizing of the ongoing International Building Expo.

It has been over 17 months since the government sent a bill to amend the narcotics laws for the removal of custodial sentences for the possession of less than 30 grammes of cannabis to a special parliamentary committee for further consultation.

Two hundred young girls, between the ages of 11 and 18 years, will benefit over the next month from self-defence training under a programme organised by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport.