Guyana News

By Bebi Oosman Bemoaning the rising cost of living, APNU+AFC Parliamentarian, Khemraj Ramjattan on Tuesday said that he cannot support the 2023 budget and he argued that his government’s decision to “right-size” the sugar industry was a transformational one.

The PPP/C Government will continue to support the Amerindian Land Titling (ALT) project and this year the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs will be pursuing 19 demarcations and 11 land extensions.

CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited (CPGL) yesterday presented  $10 million to the University of Guyana (UG) to support education for primarily Indigenous and other students needing assistance, a release from the company yesterday stated. 

The Three Miles Secondary School in Region Seven, the New Amsterdam Secondary School in Region Six and the Tutorial High School in Georgetown yesterday received new sets of steel pans to boost and enhance their music programmes.

A former employee of Hoyte-Blackman TV, otherwise known as HBTV Channel 9, yesterday appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where she was charged with simple larceny.

The police today said that Sheldon Benjamin, a 32-year-old mason of Vigilance, ECD, along with two police constables, 29-year-old Albert Beresford (stationed at Clonbrook Police Station) and 22-year-old Julius Cambridge (stationed at Cane Grove Outpost), were all arrested on 2023/01/16 and charged jointly on 2023/01/25 with the following offences: *** Possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking (Cannabis) Contrary to Section 5(1) (a)7 (i) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Act 10/10.

A Rosignol man today opted to plead guilty to fatally stabbing his wife back in November, 2020, when he appeared at the High Court in Berbice before Justice Navindra Singh.

Guyana is in talks with Qatar, Britain, the United Arab Emirates and India on the possibility of directly allocating offshore blocks for oil and gas exploration in parallel with a bidding round this year, President Irfaan Ali said on Monday in Trinidad, according to Reuters.

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Deonarine Sawh,  65, in relation to the murder of Nazaleen Mohamed of Belfield on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD).

Former Attorney General Basil Williams SC has been unsuccessful in his attempts to avoid being sued in his personal capacity in a defamation claim which former Deputy Solicitor General, Prithima Kissoon, had filed against him.

The Ministry of Housing and Water will be exploring some new measures aimed aiding 42 families of Cameron Dam, West Bank Demerara, in their relocation process.

After facing questions about Guyana’s oil wealth and the amount given to its people so far, President Irfaan Ali last Wednesday shut down a Yarrowkabra woman’s line of questioning and instead, opted to dwell on the improvements his government has ushered in throughout its years in office.

Major infrastructure works are expected this year, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand said yesterday in defence of the government’s $94.4 billion allocation to her sector.

Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton on Monday said that workplace deaths decreased by 20 percent in 2022.

Following IDPADA-G’s move to the Court to order government to pay the remainder of allocated funds for 2022 to the organization, the Attorney General’s Chambers has asked it for a breakdown of specific expenditures over a four-year period.

The private sectors of Guyana and Jamaica are exploring opportunities to deepen trade and investment ties between the two bodies on the back of this country’s lucrative oil and gas sector.

A 62-year-old woman of Region Three is the country’s latest COVID fatality, according to the Ministry of Health.

Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn yesterday condemned the arson attack which destroyed Christ Church Secondary School and warned  of the severe penalties that face the perpetrator/s.

The Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) says that Leguan and Wakenaam commuters can now make online bookings to reserve spaces on the ferry for their vehicles.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday issued wanted bulletins for two Brazilian nationals who they say allegedly committed the offence of trafficking in narcotics on December 11, 2022.