Guyana News

The passing of legendary Indian nightingale, Lata Mangeshkar has left fans across the globe heartbroken and in Guyana where she once visited in the prime of her career, several reminisced yesterday on the experience as they shared tributes.

The conviction of a Florida businessman for smuggling gold into the United States purportedly imported from Curacao may provide clues as to what had been the intended pathway for 476 pounds of the precious metal spirited out of this country before it was stolen in 2012 from a Guyanese fishing boat which was docked on the Dutch Caribbean island.

A twenty-three-year-old motorcyclist yesterday succumbed to his injuries and another person is hospitalised after they crashed into a pothole at Laluni, Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

The transformation of Joe Vieira Park on the West Bank of Demerara will take some 20 months to complete, according to Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar.

The Government through the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has commenced the installation of 1,000 free internet access hubs across five regions.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of February 5th, 2022, one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

Throwing his support behind this year’s budget, opposition member and Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) Lenox Shuman on Friday said that the planned infrastructural investments in the hinterland will empower the indigenous people.

With financing from the oil and gas sector, billions have been allocated to aid government in its goal of transitioning to cleaner energy options and hydropower and solar farms will be major aspects.

Major thoroughfares across the country will benefit from upgrades and expansion through the $76.7 billion  allocated for roads and bridges in this year budget.

No official document has yet been finalized to lease a section of the Merriman Mall to Sleepin Hotel for the construction of a parking lot but in the meanwhile the area is being fully utilised by the establishment and the green space has been replaced by concrete.

Following his ousting from the post of Country Coordinator of the Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI), Dr Rudy Jadoopat on Saturday accused the PPP/C government of making attempts to control the body in violation of the international standard guiding its operations. 

As ExxonMobil prepares for the commissioning of the Liza Unity FPSO at the end of this month, government is exploring cutting out the ‘middleman’ and directly selling its oil share from that project and one option is India.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips has said that the PPP/C government is prepared to work with the new Leader of the Opposition but only if its legitimacy is recognised.

Senior Minister within the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh spent more than two hours on Friday night closing the debate on the 2022 national budget, where he focused heavily on the shortcomings of the APNU+AFC coalition during its time in government.

Indian High Commissioner Dr KJ Srinivasa has said that a large quantity of rice was imported from India during 2021 by local businessmen in order to meet export commitments.

The Health Ministry on Saturday confirmed one more COVID-19 death and a total of 296 more infections.

Ovid Williams, a miner who police say fatally chopped another man to death last Sunday, has been charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) on Friday said three of its five generators at its 46.5 MW Garden of Eden power plant have been returned to supplying the national grid, after the facility was shut down last month over fears of a possible explosion.

The body of Wakenaam businessman Lakeram Kuber, who went missing after a boat mishap in the Essequibo River on Thursday evening, has been found.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Saturday said that the alleged rapist of a 17-year-old girl has been arrested following the report of the attack.