Guyana News

A 42-year-old man was on Saturday night killed by a speeding car on the Blankenburg Public Road, West Coast Demerara (WCD).

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA)  distributed 1,843 house lots during the first six months of the year and is planning to allocate another 8,000 before the end of 2022, according to the Ministry of Finance’s mid-year report.

A carpenter was on Wednesday morning discovered dead along the Corentyne foreshore after leaving home on Tuesday afternoon to catch crabs for his children.

Declining their request for a road opposite the conservancy, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill has told residents of Canal No.

Ten families in Region Two (Mainstay/ Whyaka) and Region Five (West Coast Berbice) will be the beneficiaries of homes from Food for the Poor (FFTP) Guyana Inc.

The limited existing literature on the history of Guyana’s archaeology has received a boost with the official launch of the University of Guyana Press (UGP) publication, “The Archaeology of Guyana, Second Edition”, a University of Guyana (UG) release on Tuesday stated. 

Four hundred and fifty persons who are beneficiaries of house lots at the Experiment Housing Scheme, West Coast Berbice will now be able to access their lands and commence construction of their homes, following the completion of infrastructure at a section of the scheme, according to a release on Wednesday from the Central Housing & Planning Authority (CHPA).

Scores of young people in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region were on Wednesday educated on how to make themselves more marketable through a “Preparedness for world of work” one-day workshop hosted by the Ministry of Labour’s Central Recruitment and Manpower Agency. 

An anti-crime patrol unit attached to the Beterverwagting Police Station on Saturday night discovered 121.7 grams of marijuana at Hendricks Street, Triumph Front, East Coast Demerara.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) reopened to light traffic this afternoon after a near six-hour closure due to a barge hitting its retractor span.

The police today said that they are investigating a report of a hit and run accident yesterday in which a Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara man died.

…sugar contracted by 55.9% compared to last year After recording a 36.4% growth in the real gross domestic product (GDP) for the first half of 2022, the Ministry of Finance has now revised the projected GDP growth upwards from 47.5% to 56%, according to the mid-year financial report.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) recent announcement that it is making a quarter of its lands available for private farmers is an initiative that has been welcomed by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU).

Chair of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Cathy Hughes said that the party’s engagement with diplomats from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU) largely revolved around the need for a new voters’ list and electoral reforms before heading into another election.

Forty-six families who have been squatting at Cameron Dam, West Bank Demerara for decades have been allocated lands in Lust-en-Rust, according to the Central Planning and Housing Authority (CHPA).

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) has announced that dredging on the west bank of the Mazaruni River has commenced and is expected to conclude on December 15, 2022.

A family of eight is now homeless after a fire, suspected to be an act of arson, gutted their Parika Façade, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) home on Friday morning.

A Coroner’s Inquest is scheduled to commence later this month to determine if anyone is responsible for the deaths of Munishwar Ramkellawan and Marianny Martinez, the couple  discovered with gunshot wounds to their heads at their Eteringbang Landing home back in 2019.

President Irfaan Ali has assured Guyana’s Indigenous peoples that they will all be included in the country’s development and benefit from its prosperity.

A 50-month sentence was last Wednesday handed down to Stephan Ramsay, an officer of the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) of the Guyana Police Force, for causing the death of 59-year-old Dulmattie Boodlall by dangerous driving.