Guyana News

With the number of COVID-19 cases continuing to increase in Region Nine, the authorities will once again embark on sensitisation efforts as part of their efforts to curb the spread of the virus.

Due to improved weather conditions and drainage of lands, floodwaters have begun to drop across the country, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) said yesterday in a release.

A woman has been released on bail after she denied assaulting a policewoman, resisting arrest and behaving disorderly at the Stabroek Market Outpost.

Following a visit under the Donald Trump administration from the US’s International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) a number of local companies applied for financing but will have to await “direction” in line with the Joe Biden administration’s strong focus on climate change.

(Reuters) – Chemical and specialty materials company Celanese Corp said yesterday it would buy Exxon Mobil Corp’s Santoprene business in a $1.15 billion deal.

A Zeelugt man is currently a patient at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) after he was stabbed in his chest by a relative on Tuesday following an argument over money he gave her to buy “chaser” as they were consuming alcohol.

A Mon Repos resident is feared drowned after going for a swim in the Essequibo River on Tuesday morning following drinks with friends.

A man was yesterday charged with unlawfully assaulting his neighbour and placed on $20,000 bail.

The police are investigating the discovery of one 9mm pistol, 40 grammes of suspected cannabis, and 42 grammes of cocaine at Nursery School Street, Charity on the Essequibo Coast.

The Guyana Police Force says that Member of Parliament  Annette Ferguson was arrested by ranks at CID Headquarters, Eve Leary, Georgetown today pursuant to a  report received against her in relation to a Cyber Crime allegation.

The World Bank today approved US$6 million ($1.2b) in additional financing for the Guyana COVID-19 Emergency Response Project to support affordable and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and ensure effective vaccine deployment in Guyana.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Indian Oil Corp IOC.NS, the country’s top refiner, has made its first purchase of Guyana’s Liza light sweet crude as it seeks to diversify its crude purchases, a source familiar with matter said.

Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield, Deputy Chief Election Officer Roxanne Myers and Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo were yesterday faced with two joint charges of conspiracy to defraud voters at last year’s general and regional elections.

Glaston Henry, a brother of Joel Henry, one of the two West Coast Berbice (WCB) cousins who were brutally murdered last September is among four persons charged with the murder of Haresh Singh in September last year.

While government has extended the deadline for submission of bids for the New Demerara River Bridge by two months, it is not relenting on having the project completed in two years and this position was emphasised to bidders at a pre-bid meeting on Monday.

Quincy Chase, who allegedly fatally stabbed his brother last Friday at Cummings Street, was yesterday remanded to prison on a murder charge.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC has ruled that the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) unlawfully terminated a number of agreements regarding the lease of previously shuttered estate lands.

The man accused of killing Shane Blake, who was shot in his chest at Apaiqua Landing, Middle Mazaruni River, last Tuesday, was yesterday charged with murder.

The members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament have been invited to a meeting on Friday to select a new chair following the removal of David Patterson from the post.

A 53-year-old Brazilian national, owner of the Regent Guest House, has died.