Guyana News

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Despite committing to working towards hosting the constitutionally overdue Local Government Elections (LGE) by the end of this year,  seven months later,  the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is yet to identify a clear timeline for hosting those elections.

President Irfaan Ali wants the Guyanese diaspora to know that his government is working “assiduously” to build a Guyana that reflects the principles which defines its citizens and their diversity.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday met with Guyana Reparations Committee Chairman, Dr Eric Phillips and a visiting African Royal Delegation from South Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho who are in Guyana for Emancipation celebrations 2022.

After more than seven hours of back and forth debate, the National Assembly last week Thursday passed an amended motion which will see new employees of the public service receive their first salary within a “reasonable” time.

(Cricket West Indies) PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Cricket West Indies (CWI) Men’s Senior Selection Panel today named 16 players for the upcoming Goldmedal T20I Cup, powered by Kent Water Purifiers against India and for the three-match T20 International (T20I) Series against New Zealand.

The police today said that they are probing the murder of Lethem miner Andre Williams and the shooting death of the murder suspect, Ryan Singh while he was trying to flee.

Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali, who is currently heading a high-level delegation to the United States, yesterday engaged Vice President Kamala Harris on food and energy security and the latter raised “inclusive democracy” and “economic development” for all Guyanese In a tweet, the US Vice President said “This afternoon I spoke by phone with President Ali of Guyana as part of our Administration’s ongoing effort to strengthen partnerships with Caribbean nations.

The Government of Guyana, through the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, yesterday signed a US$2 billion memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United States Export-Import (EXIM) Bank to facilitate greater investment in the country.

Even as it continues with aggressive exploration and production plans in the Stabroek Block which has already significantly contributed to four quarters of increased profits, Hess Corporation yesterday said that the two recent discoveries here could mean an additional oil platform for that area, aside from the one FPSO per year plans for Guyana.

Months after the accused in Kescia Branche’s murder was freed, her mother has written to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum asking him to reopen the investigation and focus on two members of the Guyana Police Force whom she believes played a hand in the young woman’s death.

Two fishermen are now awaiting sentencing after admitting their respective roles in the 2017 murder of Kowal Shivnauth whom they stabbed at a bar at Edinburgh, West Coast Demerara (WCD).

Forty-one-year-old father of two, Colin Venture called “Dain,” who back in 2020 raped a 13-year-old girl on three separate occasions has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.

As part of President Irfaan Ali’s  agriculture and food security initiative, $75 million in agricultural equipment and materials were handed over yesterday to the Ministry of Agriculture by the Finance Ministry.

Real estate developer, Pritipaul Singh Jr, is gearing up for the construction of Guyana’s latest condominium-style housing in a bid to satisfy the current demand for upscale accommodation.

The case involving the ongoing feud in the Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union (GPSCCU) which was filed just over a month ago, is set to come up for hearing at 1 this afternoon before High Court Judge Navindra Singh.

A bandit who has been identified as Learone Forde died after he was shot while attempting to rob a family at La Grange on the West Bank of Demerara (WBD) in the wee hours of yesterday.

Vehicular traffic can now once again traverse the Lethem to Georgetown trail after emergency works were conducted at a breached section in Region Nine.

Public Offices in default – including several ministries – have been reminded by the Integrity Commission to submit their outstanding lists containing the names of all specified Persons in Public Life to the Integrity Commission’s Secretariat.

To mark this year’s International Day against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) which will be observed on Saturday July 30th, the Supreme Court of Judicature is hosting a series of discussions on what it describes as “protective measures” for addressing “the modern-day slavery” and the law in relation to TIP offences.