Caribbean News

The government will soon be procuring some 100,000 street lights which will be installed across the country to enhance communities and improve residents’ livelihoods. This was disclosed by Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill during a recent community outreach in Roxanne Burnham Gardens, South Georgetown. Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill speaking at
The post Some 100,000 street lights for nationwide installation – Min Edghill appeared first on News Room Guyana.

Due to increased foreign investments in the country’s economy, Guyana-based businesses continue to make rapid progress in adopting Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) norms aligned with international standards. This is according to the 2024 Investment Climate Report, published by the United States Department of State. According to the report, there is now greater expectation for businesses
The post Guyanese companies making strides in adopting responsible business conduct – CIF Report appeared first on News Room Guyana.

Zhong Jin Ziang, a 34-year-old female of Chinese descent and a Customer Representative at Muneshwers Travel Service, was charged on Thursday with the offence of ‘Overstaying of Person in Guyana’. She was arrested on July 15 during the course of an investigation into a major money laundering and gold smuggling operation in Guyana. She appeared
The post Chinese woman, part of a gold smuggling ring, charged for overstaying in Guyana appeared first on News Room Guyana.

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) seized a quantity of cocaine and an unregistered firearm during a raid on Friday at an unfinished building in Prashad Nagar, Georgetown. Ranks discovered a 7.62 assault rifle and two brick-like parcels containing a whitish powdery substance suspected to be cocaine. The assault rifle was escorted to CANU’s Headquarters along
The post Two arrested after CANU ranks find firearm, cocaine in unfinished house appeared first on News Room Guyana.

See below the full statement issued: The U.S. Government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Guyana, donated 20,000 malaria rapid diagnostic tests to the Guyana National Malaria Program. The donation is in response to a malaria test kit shortage in the country and
The post U.S assisting Guyana in fight against Malaria appeared first on News Room Guyana.

Preparations are in full swing to transform the Guyana National Stadium for the highly anticipated 2024 International Building Expo which is expected to attract the participation of 20 foreign companies and more than 350 exhibitors. Thousands of house lots and land titles will also be distributed while partnerships will be formed and groundbreaking deals will
The post Over 350 exhibitors, 20 Int’l companies for Building Expo 2024 appeared first on News Room Guyana.

See below the full statement issued:  Olive Cannings Sampson, the Chief Executive Officer of the now disgraced and virtually defunct International Decade of People of African Descent Guyana -IDPADA-G, has written to newspaper editors to brazenly assert exclusivity for its ‘sister’ political organisation, the African Cultural Development Association-ACDA, regarding emancipation celebrations and to continue attempting
The post Minister McCoy rubbishes Olive Sampson’s claims of affiliation to IDPADA-G appeared first on News Room Guyana.

In a landmark step towards prisoner rehabilitation and national development, the Guyana Prison Service, through the Ministry of Home Affairs, on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA). The MOU outlines the production of 500,000 concrete blocks by inmates under CH&PA’s Community-based Employment Stimulation Project (CESP), a
The post Prison Service, Housing Authority sign MoU to train, employ inmates in block making   appeared first on News Room Guyana.

President Dr Irfaan Ali said that his Government will be expanding the Agricultural and Innovation Entrepreneurship Programme to enhance food production and business opportunities for young people. The climate-smart initiative, which includes high-value products grown under shade houses, will now also include poultry farming, aquaculture and the construction of farmsteads. The President made the announcement
The post Agricultural and Innovation Entrepreneurship Programme to be expanded – President Ali appeared first on News Room Guyana.

Four persons on Friday appeared at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court, East Bank Demerara, charged separately with the offences of Money Laundering, in contravention of Section 3(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act. Police Headquarters reported that Saffee Ahmad called ‘Chillo’, 58; Shameena Ahamad, 52; Ashiana Salamalay, 33, all of 38
The post U.S. citizens among four charged with money laundering appeared first on News Room Guyana.