Guyana News

Sugar workers were told last Thursday that they must stand united in the fight and let their voices be heard in hopes of ensuring that the Rose Hall estate stays in operation.

A $23 million contract has been awarded for the provision of internet services at the Kato Secondary School and according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon this is part of government’s plan to ensure that hinterland schools are on par with those on the coast.

Cabinet has granted a no-objection to a US$37.6 million contract with multinational Chinese firm Huawei for a project that could see Guyana’s technological landscape transformed, with government providing more services via the internet.

The Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative Guyanese Alumni (YLAI Guyana) in collaboration with the U.S

For months Penny Glen, a mother of three, struggled with emotional issues which she could not have described, all of which came to bare when she realized that she could no longer communicate with her eldest daughter who moved from being a normal child to a withdrawn teenager.

In light of the ongoing issue between the Lamaha Gardens Community Cooperative Society Inc.

The Guyana Court of Appeal has commenced hearing arguments from Gary Moses, who is appealing his death sentence for the 1993 murder of Leila Barrow, who was found strangled at her David Street, Kitty residence.

The Guyana Swine Producers Cooperative Society Limited has denied recent allegations that it was involved in “piglet fraud,” as was claimed by a recent letter writer.

Three pump attendants attached to the Shell Service Station at McDoom, East Bank Demerara, were on Friday evening robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash by a lone gunman.

A contract for $271 million has been awarded for the construction of a business incubator at the Lethem Industrial Estate in Region Nine.

President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI),  Deodat Indar, recently attended the Havana Internal Fair (FIHAV) 35 in Havana, Cuba, where a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the GCCI and Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO).

The Ministry of Public Health will have a new head office built at a cost of $365m.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is set to complete ongoing projects to improve water services in the Ann’s Grove/Clonbrook areas on the East Coast of Demerara before Christmas this year.

On November 11, the University of Guyana’s (UG) 51st Convocation will be held at the Turkeyen campus where the University will celebrate the accomplishments of about 1800 students, and for the first time in the history of the university the certificated, diplomas and degrees will be awarded at two ceremonies.

First Lady, Sandra Granger, along with several Ministers of Government, travelled last month to Brazil on a Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO/UN) mission to learn and exchange views on experiences in sustainable school feeding.

Two smart health centres have been designed and will be constructed in Carlton Hall Village in Mahaicony and Mon Choisi Village in West Berbice.

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman attended the New Petroleum Producers Group Annual Meeting in Suriname from October 15-20, along with representatives from the oil and gas institutions and agencies of Suriname, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge on Thursday morning resumed operations for the passage of marine traffic after a faulty winch was repaired.

The Ministry of Social Protection’s Child Care and Protection Agency (CPA) has launched a Mentorship Programme, as part of its 2017 National Foster Care Month activities, to provide support for children who will be aging-out of the formal care system.

The Ministry of Public Health will have a new head office built at a cost of $365m.