By News Source Guyana on January 3, 2024
News, Politics
With another withdrawal of $31.6 billion in December from the country’s Natural Resource Fund, the government has taken its total withdrawal from the oil fund to $208.4 Billion for 2023, the Ministry of Finance has said. The Finance Ministry said the withdrawals are in keeping with the Parliamentary approval given to access the fund last […]
By News Source Guyana on January 3, 2024
News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali has announced that the Government will make available five hundred (500) new lots on the Linden Soesdyke Highway, to address the question of squatting there. This was among several announcements made by the President in a brief video release on his social media pages on Tuesday night. “Importantly today, we also finalized […]
By News Source Guyana on January 3, 2024
News, Politics
There are 1,735 Co-Op Societies spread across Guyana, but according to the Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton, the majority of those Co-ops are dysfunctional, and many have failed to utilize government lands that were given to them over the years. He said the Government is considering a move to repossess those lands that are not […]
By News Source Guyana on January 3, 2024
Crime, News
Police and Prison officials arrested a Corentyne man on Tuesday morning after he attempted to smuggle two grams of marijuana into the New Amsterdam prison in his underwear. In a statement, the Prison Service said 29-year-old Safraaz Hoossein, was at the Prison on Tuesday to deliver personal items for his brother, who is an inmate […]
By News Source Guyana on January 3, 2024
News
A massive late night fire which ripped through two houses at Managers’ Quarters in Port Mourant, Berbice, has claimed the life of a 43-year-old man. Investigators have identified the man who perished in the fire as Tookant Deokaarran, who lived in the house where the blaze started. In a statement this morning, the Guyana Fire […]
By News Source Guyana on January 2, 2024
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force has issued wanted bulletins for three men in connection with the attempted murder of businessman and contractor, Safraz Khan. The businessman survived an execution attempt on the 6th July, 2023, just outside his Campbellville home. Those wanted for the attempted murder have been listed as Lennin Messiah of North Ruimveldt, Shannon […]
By News Source Guyana on January 2, 2024
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
Guyana officially became a member of the United Nations Security Council today, and will serve one of the most important UN organs for the next two years as a non-permanent member. During the flag installation ceremony at the UN headquarters in New York this afternoon, Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Carloyn Rodrigues-Birkett, […]
By News Source Guyana on January 2, 2024
News, Politics
By Svetlana Marshall The Ministry of Labour has signalled its intention to intensify Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) training across the country with heavy focus on the Mining and Construction Sectors as persons continue to lose their lives on the job. At a press conference today, Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton, disclosed that in […]
By News Source Guyana on January 2, 2024
News, Politics
Works on a new four-lane bridge across the Demerara River in Linden are set to begin this year, according to the Public Works Ministry. During a recent press conference, Public Works Minister, Juan Edghill said the mobilization for the construction of the new bridge will begin early this year. The new Mackenzie-Wismar bridge is estimated […]
By News Source Guyana on January 2, 2024
Entertainment, News
The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has announced that the registration period for this year’s Mashramani Song competitions has been extended. The original deadline was December 31, 2023, but the registration period will now continue until the 8th January, 2024. The Culture Ministry through the National Mashramani Committee, will be hosting the Junior and […]