Guyana News

From July, 2016 to March of this year, the government’s rental of the controversial Sussex Street, Albouystown drug bond has cost nearly $265 million, Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence has revealed.

The results of the 2018 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) will be announced on Thursday.

The World Bank Group today announced approval of a US$35 million Development Policy Credit to support Guyana’s efforts to bolster financial sector development and fiscal management to better prepare the country to tap its newly discovered oil and gas reserves and transform its oil wealth into human capital.

With the Financial Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2018 likely to be passed in the National Assembly today, former President Donald Ramotar believes the possibility that it could be used to sanction banks without them having recourse to the courts has been overlooked.

Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix and Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge were written to on Thursday by the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Foreign Affairs and invited to the body’s July 4th meeting to discuss the large amounts of visitors overstaying their time here and the risk of human trafficking.

With Guyana an emerging oil and gas country and with several agreements signed with companies, the primary focus now should be on establishing a sound legal and regulatory framework. 

A Venezuelan man, who was seen assaulting his partner after she danced with another man, was fatally stabbed by a miner after he rushed to the woman’s aid.

Residents of the West Coast Demerara community of Cornelia Ida are urging that repairs be done to the roads in the village’s housing scheme.

The Region Nine  Democratic Council (RDC) is closely monitoring flooding in the area as the water levels continue to rise and at least two villages in the south to central Rupununi remain cut off, says Brian Allicock, Regional Chairman.

Last rites according to Hindu traditions were yesterday read for boat captain, Ramesh ‘Ravo’ Sancharra who was presumed to have been killed in the April 27th piracy attack off of Suriname.

The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs will collaborate with other State entities to work closely with Indigenous Peoples village councils to ensure proper accountability for their resources, says Minister of Indigenous Peoples Affairs Sidney Allicock.

On Saturday evening the Brazilian Embassy engaged in a bit of cultural diplomacy when it hosted Festa Junina 2018.

Construction works on the Kitty Market are still ongoing and a date for completion has not been committed to because of the financial constraints facing the Mayor and City Council.

The first Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) team to assist with ensuring that the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Brickdam complex is free of mercury hazards has arrived in the country.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will on Thursday, June 28 hear oral arguments in the final appeal of the cross-dressing  matter filed in 2010 by Gulliver (Quincy) McEwan, Angel (Seon) Clarke, Peaches (Joseph) Fraser and Isabella (Seyon) Persaud.

President David Granger was to depart Guyana last evening for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to attend the Sixth Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), where he will be delivering a special address.

One hundred re-trenched sugar workers and young people from Berbice comprise the inaugural batch of the Industry Skills Training Enhancement Pro-gramme (IN-STEP).

The Guyana Police Force is seeking the public’s assistance in apprehending a Bangladeshi national who is wanted for questioning in relation to uttering forged documents.

Land clearing for an eco-lodge in Moraikobai, Region Five has begun.

The Oscar Joseph Hospital, at Charity on June 22 received a new 225 KVA standby generator to boost its services, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.