Guyana News

Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal has denied that 20 squatters’ structures were bulldozed at Amelia’s Ward, Linden beginning on May 5th and he defended the move to clear the way for an access road stating that adequate notice had been given.

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday invited expressions of interest (EOI) for pre-qualification for the construction of the bridge over the Corentyne River.

A cone-shaped wind was seen in Region Five during a ferocious storm that tore through a 1.2-mile stretch, causing damage to over 20 properties and leaving residents scrambling for shelter.

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Saturday met with residents from several communities in the Port Mourant area on the Corentyne Coast and assured them that the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) was working to mitigate flooding across the coast.

Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd has hailed Beijing’s “commitment to true multilateralism” and restated this country’s support for the One China policy.

Persons in the Walton Hall/Paradise communities in Region Two breathed a sigh of relief on Saturday morning when they were told they would be finally able to process transports for their lands which were under the co-operatives for decades.

Facilities across the West Demerara/Essequibo Islands are being upgraded for the storage of life-saving drugs, Regional Health Officer Dr Erica Forte told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday.

As part of its  continued efforts for persons to have access to its registration services, the General Register Office will be conducting a two-day registration exercise in Region 10, Next Saturday May 14, 2022 from 10 AM at the Watooka Guest House and Sunday May 15 at the Kwakwani Workers Club and the Howell Wilson Primary School, Ituni.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported thirteen new cases of COVID-19.

The market capitalisation of the Guyana Stock Exchange crossed the $1 trillion mark at the end of trading on April 25, 2022.

Heavy winds on Friday night peeled off roofing sheets, smashed fences and downed utility poles in two Region Five communities leaving the owners of 18 houses counting their losses.

Former Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson is rebutting the recent claims made by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) that the company contracted to maintain its generators utilised cheap spares.

Attorney-at-Law Elizabeth Deane-Hughes has written to both the President of ExxonMobil Guyana and the Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requesting that the planned public consultation for the gas-to-power project be halted until the expiry of the mandatory 60 days comments/objections period.

Agriculture in Guyana received another boost with a collaboration between Dutch company, SBM Offshore and an aquaculture farm located in Region Three.

The Police Force says that it is investigating a “fake kidnapping” after a man allegedly staged his abduction to repay a drug dealer.

This is the second entry in a series on civil society.

The local press corps along with a number of news entities from Brazil were denied the opportunity to question Guyanese President Irfaan Ali and his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro on Friday when the latter made his first official visit to Guyana.

Life has changed drastically and will probably never be the same again for Shameeza Bhagwandat, a single-parent mother who lost her only child in February this year after he was involved in an accident.

Family members and friends of former Queen’s College student, Sanjay Bhupan were plunged into a state of shock following his sudden death on Friday.

Residents of Region Three (Essequibo Islands–West Demerara) and sections of Georgetown yesterday experienced a power cut after a minibus crashed into a utility pole at the corner of Sandy Babb Street and Vlissengen Road, Georgetown.