Guyana News

General Manager of the Ajeenkya D Y Patil Group Dilip Kawad says that the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed with the Government of Guyana is for the cultivation of over 50,000 hectares of land and is in preliminary stages.

In the context of reports that Venezuela might be raising the cash payments and long-term interest rates for PetroCaribe members, opposition members of parliament have expressed concern about the consequences for Guyana.

Chartered accountant Christopher Ram is proposing the adoption of Barbados’ anti-money laundering legislation, including the creation of an Anti-Money Laundering Authority, to break the current impasse over the reform of the law and make the country fully compliant with its international obligations.

A Rose Hall teen is currently battling for his life in the intensive care unit of the New Amsterdam  Hospital after he was stabbed several times on Friday night.

Minister of Local Government Ganga Persaud yesterday announced that the Solid Waste Management Bill will soon be brought to the National Assembly.

Eight months after US army doctor Max Kungel was found shot to death in his vehicle along an isolated dam in Corentyne, Berbice, the investigation into his murder appears stalled and according to relatives this is no surprise given the dozens of cases that are still to be solved.

The relatives of 14-year-old Ryan Persaud who was struck by a bullet outside his home three months ago and later died, have heard nothing from the police about the investigations and have lost hope that they will ever get answers.

Seven months since President of China Xi Jinping committed some US$3 billion to the Caribbean region the Government of Guyana is yet to submit proposals for funding and these are only now being considered, said Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh.

The Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) has been hard pressed in finding persons willing to join its ranks and TIGI President Anand Goolsarran says the government’s posture towards the organisation has cast it in a negative light.

At 28 years of age, Mary (not her real name), thought she had finally gotten her life on track when she managed to purchase an excavator on hire purchase to enable her to start up her gold-mining business.

The Dharm Shala is making its annual Christmas appeal for financial assistance in order to continue its humanitarian service.

Police say investigations are being conducted into the murder of Jasmattie Dowlatram, 26 years, of Anchorville, Port Mourant, Corentyne, which occurred at about 2200h.

Following the withdrawal of a Memorandum of Understanding with a Canadian company, the government has again advertised for expressions of interest in a solid waste recycling plant.

To mark the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day, the Transparency Institute Guyana Inc.

Minister of Local Government Ganga Persaud yesterday defended the appointment of Carol Sooba as Town Clerk, saying that she had “matured” and was the “best suited” of the candidates who had applied.

Government is denying that it has withheld some $3 billion approved in the national budget for from public servants, with a high ranking official yesterday explaining that funds budgeted for the revision of wages and salaries were not intended to be used only for the public servant wage hike.

A Crane, West Coast Demerara woman died yesterday while giving birth at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) and her family says her death could have been easily avoided had medical personnel followed protocol.

A young porter, who works at the Palms Geriatric Home on Brickdam, gave the institution’s staff and inmates a shock yesterday afternoon when he climbed to the roof of the building and threatened to jump.

Enforcement poses a major threat to effective solid waste management and will soon be addressed with tougher regulations against littering.

Solid waste management will soon be on everyone’s mind with the impending launch of a television series dubbed “What a Shame” by this year’s end.