Guyana Times

Six persons living with disabilities on Wednesday received loans totalling $3 million. The cheques were handed over by Tourism, Industry and Commerce Minister Susan Rodrigues and Permanent Secretary Roger Rogers at the Small Business Bureau. In a social media post on the Ministry’s page, it was stated that the loans were secured through a revolving fund specifically designed to support...

Local Government and Regional Development Minister Priya Manickchand visited the Caledonia/Good Success Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) on Wednesday as part of her ongoing engagements with local Government bodies across the country. During the visit, Manickchand held discussions with the NDC overseer, chair, workmen, and other officials on the state of operations within the community. The conversations centred on the challenges...

President Dr Irfaan Ali has delivered one of his strongest condemnations yet of the ongoing conflict in Gaza, declaring before the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that Israel’s actions amount to “mass extermination” and demanding urgent international action. Addressing the Council during the 80th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, President Ali said the global community cannot...

President Dr Irfaan Ali told the United Nations (UN) that Guyana’s strategic investments in women and girls are yielding tangible results, with more women now serving in leadership roles across Government, Parliament, and the private sector. He noted that Guyana has achieved gender parity in education at all levels, while also advancing women’s empowerment through land and home ownership, childcare...

…TCI Presidential Candidate Rhonda Lam cross-examined The fraud trial surrounding the 2020 General and Regional Elections continued on Wednesday as the trial Magistrate at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts viewed video recordings of Police interviews with two of the accused; former Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield and APNU/AFC Chief Scrutineer Carol Smith-Joseph. The recordings, admitted into evidence by Magistrate Faith McGusty,...

…Govt releases Hammerhead Petroleum Production Licence ExxonMobil Guyana, the licence holder for the Hammerhead development offshore Guyana, will be required to pay US$400,000 annually into a Government-controlled account for the preparation and conduct of audits, according to details released in the project’s production licence. On Monday, ExxonMobil made a final investment decision for the Hammerhead development after receiving the required regulatory...

The Government of Guyana is taking steps to strengthen national waste management systems and promote environmental sustainability, with a focus on establishing modern landfill sites across the country’s administrative regions. According to the Local Government Ministry, this initiative forms part of the Government’s broader strategy to build cleaner communities while addressing challenges linked to population growth, housing development, and urban...

Former Presidential candidate for the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP), Lennox Shuman, on Tuesday acknowledged that he had contentions with the failings of the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) party while in Government and admitted that he was happy to see them demit office in 2020 as he faced cross-examination by the defence lawyers when proceedings...

Police in Regional Division Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) have arrested two men as they investigate a robbery under arms at Huist Dieren, Essequibo Coast. Reports are that at about 13:30h on Monday two men approached 30-year-old hotdog vendor, Andrea Singh, claiming that they were employees of the Finance Ministry. According to Police, Singh was at home with her one-year-old child and...

Tourism, Industry and Commerce Minister Susan Rodrigues has called on hotels and tour operators to introduce special discounted rates for Guyanese living abroad as part of a wider effort to strengthen the country’s tourism sector and stimulate private investment. Speaking during a meeting with the Executive Team of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG), Minister Rodrigues said affordability...