Guyana Chronicle

04/10/2025

Stake-Out Night 3 | Anti-Littering Arrests

The Director of Solid Waste Management, Walter Narine, has confirmed the arrest of Junior Paul Smith for depositing litter at Alexander Street and North Road.

Smith reportedly identified Homwanti Latchman, a vendor, as the person who gave him the garbage to dispose of. Latchman has since admitted her role.

Both individuals were placed on $10,000 bail each and are expected to make their court appearances soon.

Authorities say the crackdown forms part of nightly stake-outs aimed at tackling Georgetown’s littering problem head-on.

04/10/2025

Hear what the New Demerara River Bridge really means for residents — quicker travel, safer crossings and new opportunities for every Guyanese.

04/10/2025

📸 Teachers lit up the streets of Linden today with a spirited parade and rally in honour of World Teachers’ Day 2025, under the theme “Together for Teachers, Together for Tomorrow.”

From Nursery to Secondary, educators proudly marched alongside the Region 10 Department of Education, showcasing unity, strength, and gratitude for the vital role teachers play as the heartbeat of education.

📸 Department of Education Region 10

04/10/2025

03/10/2025

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo sets the record straight: Cash grants will continue to go to every Guyanese 18 years and older — not per household, as is being peddled by the opposition.

03/10/2025

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐏𝐏/𝐂 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐮𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚'𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐂𝐎𝟓𝟎 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬, 𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐚𝐤𝐰𝐚, 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐔𝐒$𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲.

𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐔𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐇𝐨𝐧. 𝐃𝐞𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫, 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭'𝐬 (𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐃) 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐮𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚'𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐮𝐛 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐨𝐟-𝐭𝐡𝐞-𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐃'𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧, 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐮𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚. 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐏𝐏/𝐂 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐮𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬, 𝐇𝐨𝐧. 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐉𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐮𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚, 𝐇.𝐄. 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜̧𝐨𝐧, 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬, 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐂𝐞́𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞́ 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢, 𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬. 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐃'𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥, 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬, 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐌𝐜𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫.

03/10/2025

The Ministry of Agriculture, through the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), has commenced planning for what is being billed as Guyana’s premier “Ruminant Expo and Competition,” set for Sunday, October 12, 2025, at the Rising Sun Turf Club, Weldaad, West Coast Berbice. According to a release from GLDA, the flagship event is expected to attract farmers from across Regions Three, Four, Five and Six, where more than 80 per cent of the nation’s ruminant population is concentrated....

The Ministry of Agriculture, through the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), has commenced planning for what is being billed as Guyana’s premier

03/10/2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced Friday to four years and two months in a federal criminal case that exposed the hip-hop mogul’s use of paid s*x workers for drug-fueled, sometimes violent s*x parties he called “freak-offs.” Combs, 55, was convicted in July of flying people around the country, including his girlfriends and male s*x workers, to engage in s*xual encounters....

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced Friday to four years and two months in a federal criminal case that exposed the hip-hop mogul’s use of paid

03/10/2025

President Dr Irfaan Ali welcomed French Senator Cédric Perrin, Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Armed Forces, and French Ambassador Olivier Plançon at State House today.

The meeting marked the strengthening of Guyana–France relations, especially with the formal opening of the French Embassy in Georgetown.

President Ali highlighted the growth of bilateral ties over the past five years and identified further opportunities for collaboration in tourism, trade, agriculture, defence, security, and energy.

He emphasised that the embassy’s presence would enhance strategic partnerships.

Senator Perrin was joined by Senators André Guiol and Olivier Cigolotti, Jeanne Mengotti from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colonel Emmanuel Rigault, and other officials.

The French delegation expressed appreciation for Guyana’s commitment to environmental conservation and the warm hospitality received.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh; Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd and Minister of Public Service, Government Efficiency and Implementation, Zulfikar Ally were also at the meeting.

03/10/2025

Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Stakeholder Engagement on Mashramani 2026

In a bid to improve the quality of the Mashramani Costume and Float Parade, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport met with stakeholders on Wednesday at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre. The gathering consisted of costume designers, representatives from government ministries and the private sector.

In addressing the gathering, Hon. Minister Charles Ramson outlined the Government’s new meausres which were first introduced in 2024 and will now be further expanded in 2025 all with the aim of improving the quality of the Mashramani Costume and Float Parade as the premier cultural event on the national calendar. He underscored the importance for designers to have optional proposals ready and for clients to engage by the end of November so that the designers could have sufficient time to produce quality pieces. During the engagement, a committee including private sector representatives was also established and a structure outlined.

Minister within the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport the Hon Steven Jacobs emphasised the importance of a coordinated and collaborative approve and pledged his Ministry’s support to having regular meetings with them to ensure that the deadlines set are met.

At the end of the engagement, stakeholders agreed on the new process outlined and committed to ensuring that Mashramani 2026 will be the best ever.

03/10/2025

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