Guyana News

Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) Manage-ment Committee Head Kesh Nandlall said that yesterday morning’s power outage was caused by a “technical issue”.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that the proposed Plasma Rock Resort project is exempt from the requirement to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).

The Rights of the Child Commission (RCC) has indicated that the parents of the six-year-old who was disqualified from the Calypso segment of the Children’s Mashramani Competition have no desire to pursue the matter further.

Well-known businessman Hareshnarine ‘Chiney’ Sugrim, owner of Guyana Tractor and Equipment (Guytrac) and the Classic Hotel in Berbice and who was acquitted of money laundering charges in the United States in 2016, died yesterday.

Two juveniles were arrested after they along with others allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl of Port Kaituma, North West District, Region One.

The management of the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) is expected to appear before the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Economic Services on May 8, having been summoned, according to the committee’s Chairperson Shurwayne Holder.

Community members from Cummings Lodge, Industry, and Better Hope, on the East Coast of Demerara, recently attended meetings hosted by the Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, to receive updates on the progress of the East Coast Demerara Highway and Orange Nassau road development projects.

Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Bareroot, East Coast Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

The University of Guyana (UG) recently hosted its annual awards and prize-giving ceremony at the George Walcott Lecture Theatre, on its Turkeyen Campus, to honour outstanding performers across various fields within the faculty, with over 100 students who have secured a GPA [Grade Point Average] of 3.7 and above earning a place on the prestigious Dean’s Honour Roll, a UG release stated yesterday.

Police in Regional Division 10 seized 18 grammes of cannabis, a 9 MM firearm and 11 matching rounds along with a camouflage shirt at two separate residences in Half Mile, Wismar, Linden during a raid on Friday.

A party of police during an intelligence led operation at various locations in Regional Division # 6, found 43.57 pounds of cannabis in an abandoned yard.

Police during an eradication exercise at Wiruni, Berbice River, destroyed two cannabis farms last Friday.

Member of the Natural Resources Sectoral Committee Deonarine Ramsaroop has expressed disappointment that ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were absent from yet another meeting on Friday. 

In an intelligence-led operation, police from Regional Division #2 found a .32 pistol with six live rounds in an unoccupied house at Back Street, Little Red Village, Onderneeming Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast. 

Two cannabis farms were destroyed by ranks of Regional Division #10 at Kaiwa in the Upper Berbice River.

The Guyana Police Association (GPA) held outreaches in Police Regional Division #6 between April 10 and 12 to listen to the concerns of ranks and find workable solutions.

Full statement delivered by Her Excellency Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations during the Security Council’s open briefing on Iran’s airstrike on Israel:   Thank you, Madame President,   I thank Secretary-General Guterres for his briefing and acknowledge the participation of the Permanent Representatives of Iran, Syria, Israel in today’s meeting.

The Department of Education, Georgetown today said that it is aware of an apparent physical assault on a girl from the Queenstown Secondary School.

Motorists along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway are being advised to proceed with caution due to smoky conditions.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal incident which occurred today at 5.45 am on # 36 Public Road Corentyne Berbice, involving motor car # PGG 3721 owned by Deborah Campbell of Lot 194 Gibraltar Corentyne, Berbice and driven by Troy Trevor Elias (now deceased) age 38, of Lot 4 Cromarty Farm, Corentyne, Berbice and passenger Mark Anderson, age 34 of Lot 124 Mibicuri, South Black Bush Polder Corentyne, Berbice.