Guyana News

With over 4,000 ex-sugar workers now without a job, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is hoping to complete the training of 2,000 of them by the end of the year.

Merundoi Incorporated is working to produce a television mini-series as part of an initiative to raise awareness about suicide in Guyana.

Medic Lorlene Ramsundar is on a mission to ensure that every woman she meets knows the importance of having a Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) or a pap test done, both of these reveal whether cancerous cells are present on the woman’s cervix.

Works for the rehabilitation and expansion of the Shelter belt Water Supply Facility, at the Guyana Water Incorporated, are expected to be executed soon following the award of a contract, which will be funded through an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) programme, Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced on Friday.

Although noting that his recent appointment prevents him from speaking definitively, Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Chairman Justice (retired) James Patterson says that he does not see the entity’s procurement practices as a major issue.

National Coordinator of the Guyana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (GY-EITI) Dr.

Relatives and friends of those who lost their lives during the Lusignan Massacre were on Friday afternoon encouraged to remain resilient and strive for continued unity as a community.

A Clifton, Corentyne businessman says he is now counting over $80 million in losses after a fire of unknown origin destroyed his home and business during the wee hours of Friday morning.

A security guard on duty at the Department of Culture, Youth and Sport’s Training Centre at Vrymen’s Erven, New Amsterdam, Berbice was robbed by armed bandits in an early morning attack yesterday.

An autopsy has confirmed that Irvin Rodriguez, who was found dead at Conservancy Dam, Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara, died as a result of injuries he sustained during a fall and two men who were arrested in connection with his death have since been released.

President David Granger has extended an invitation to the UN Heads of Programmes in Guyana to a roundtable discussion which would allow for them to interface directly with Cabinet members.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) today announced that Director, Richard Isava has been appointed by the Board of Directors to act in the capacity of Executive Director with effect from January 8, 2018.

Protesters greeted Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and other government officials at stormy meetings yesterday at Canje and Skeldon where former sugar workers were told that they will begin receiving severance from Tuesday but there was little information on alternative employment.

Residents of Bel Air Park have appealed to Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan for his intervention to stop City Council from continuing land clearing works on their playground on Eping Avenue, which they say are a violation of a recent court ruling.

A police constable, responding to a report of a violent assault, was chopped early yesterday morning by a mentally-ill man, who he then shot.

A total of eight Brazilian nationals, including a 14-year-old girl, who were arrested after an armed robbery at Lethem on Tuesday, were yesterday all remanded after being read multiple charges.

A high-level ministerial team yesterday told dozens of former Enmore sugar workers that they will begin receiving severance pay from Monday and discussions are also underway to find a buyer for the East Demerara Estate (EDE) that could keep it going.

A United States-based candidate has been appointed as the new Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA), Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced yesterday.

Head of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Godfrey Statia on Thursday stressed that he is committed to following taxation and legal principles in the matter of a disputed tax assessments against the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GTT).

With the aim of greater inclusivity and social cohesion, the President Youth Award Republic of Guyana (PYARG) programme is extending its reach to include young people with disabilities.