Guyana News

This is the fourth entry in a series on civil society Apart from an introductory meeting when this government took office in August 2020, the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) has been unable to meet with the Minister of Amerindian Affairs to discuss a number of issues pertaining to Indigenous Peoples’ rights, policy and legislative reform, says Governance and Rights Coordinator, Laura George.

Following his claim that the oil and gas industry is not responsible for the low fish catch, environmentalist Simone Mangal-Joly has written to Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha requesting the data that led to the conclusion.

A 50-year-old woman of Port Kaituma, North West District (NWD) is in Police custody for allegedly stabbing her husband to death between May 19 and 20, 2022.

A local company, Alki Investment Inc, is seeking investors for large-scale agricultural projects in Region Two in keeping with government’s initiative to promote large-scale development in close alignment with its Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS).

The first ten families to benefit from the government’s low-income housing units at Prospect, East Bank Demerara, can now begin occupying them.

Guyana’s chances of becoming a successful wheat producing country are dependent on a number of factors including identifying the right wheat variety and adaptability to local climatic conditions.

APNU+AFC Chief Whip Christopher Jones has moved to court to challenge the appointment of Clifton Hicken as acting Commissioner of Police.

Expanding on its line of services, locally registered company, JSB Investments, is gearing up to launch a heavy-duty machinery and equipment sales and service centre and has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for environmental authorisation.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) says the decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to discontinue the private charge of racial hostility brought by police corporal Shawnette Bollers against attorney Nirvan Singh is a “wanton abuse of power that sends an ominous signal to the society at large.”

Mainstay/Whyaka, a sandy settlement, is located approximately 10 miles from Anna Regina in Region Two.

Five youths were awarded on Friday with cash grants from the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) to invest in their businesses.

A Memorandum of Agreement was signed on Monday between the Guyana Police Force and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to work on noise nuisance.

The Palms Home for the Indigent is to benefit from a donation of US$1,250 from the Caribbean Council which will be administered through Food for the Poor (FFTP) Guyana.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 54 new cases of the COVID-19 virus.

Stagnation creeps up on us whenever we fail to compete. Chess was not that seriously affected during the Covid-19 closures.

APNU+AFC Chief Whip Christopher Jones is challenging the appointment of Clifton Hicken as acting Commissioner of Police.

The sod was yesterday turned for the US$190m Linden to Mabura Road which it is expected will lead to a fully paved highway all the way to Lethem and open up massive business opportunities with Brazil.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo in his remarks to regional leaders on the expectations of meeting the 20 by 2025 food reduction target, cautioned that it could fail, as did his 2005 agricultural initiative, if an integrated, swift approach doesn’t start immediately, given that there are only two and half years to go and over US$7.5 billion in investments would need to be raised.

One day after Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack faced mounting criticisms for providing no reasons for her decision to discontinue the private criminal charge of racial hostility filed by police corporal Shawnette Bollers against attorney Nirvan Singh, her Chambers issued a statement saying that advice had been provided to the police, though that had been after Singh had already been charged.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge and the Ministry of Public Works will soon be engaged in constructing a bypass lane to further ease traffic congestion at the bridge, Minister  of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday said during the launch of the country’s only automated toll payment system.