Guyana News

The Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in a Special Emergency Session today in the wake of the assassination of the President of Haiti.

The Ministry of Health says that as July 06, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

President Irfaan Ali today said that he is “shocked and stunned” by the tragic news of the assassination of the President of the Republic of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse. 

Leader of the People’s National Congress, David Granger, said he has learnt with alarm the sad news of the assassination of the President of Haiti Jovenel Moïse.

In an effort to bolster the regional aviation and tourism sectors CARI-COM has agreed to consider a reduction in taxes for intraregional travel over a six- month period.

Two of the three men accused of murdering West Berbice teen Isaiah Henry last September were discharged yesterday after a magistrate found that the evidence against them was insufficient.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is scheduled to debate at its next meeting the three motions for dismissal of Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield, Deputy Chief Election Officer Roxanne Myers and Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo.

A goldsmith died on Monday night after he was run over by a truck at Hope West, Enmore Access Road, East Coast Demerara.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday reported four more COVID-19 deaths along with 179 new cases of the virus – 134 of them in Region Nine.

Inmates in prisons across Guyana will now have the opportunity to connect with relatives and partners through recently installed phone systems.

Within the space of one month, COVID-19 infections have doubled in Region Nine and with the situation now spiralling out of control, President of the Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) Daniel Gajie believes a month-long lockdown should be implemented to curb the spread of the virus.

While Police Commission-er (ag) Nigel Hoppie has acknowledged receipt of an ultimatum letter from the Police Service Com-mission (PSC) he has not responded to its contents which demanded that he honour the promotion list published by the constitutional body.

A rice farmer was found yesterday hanging from a tree at Reliance Backdam, hours after his family reported him missing.

The Ministry of Health is working to increase the number of COVID-19 vaccination sites in the country and has disclosed that it is also establishing locations for persons with HIV to receive their shots.

Young persons with disabilities are to benefit from a guidance and counselling programme courtesy of the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD).

A blood donor attendant was injured yesterday morning after the ambulance she was travelling in crashed into a utility pole along Lamaha Street.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has welcomed a letter in yesterday’s Stabroek News by former Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud on the West Coast Berbice disturbances last year including the murders of cousins Joel and Isaiah Henry.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday said that one child is currently a patient at the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit.

An Ituni chainsaw operator was yesterday released on $300,000 bail after he was charged with killing a man, whom he had allegedly beaten with a picket after a dispute.

Attributing the natural disasters that member states of CARICOM have faced recently to climate change, Chairman Gaston Browne on Monday said that it is time that major polluters are made legally liable for the damage they cause as he called for climate reparations for the region.