Guyana News

The Guyana Revenue Authority today said that relief on freight charges announced by the Office of the President (OP) is applicable from August 1 this year and not August 1 last year as inadvertently stated by OP.

Some residents of Linden, in Region Ten, have blocked the Mackenzie/Wismar Bridge to protest against the measure requiring persons to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination before accessing hospital services.

A Hadfield Street businessman was riddled with bullets last night while in his vehicle on Regent Street, Georgetown, in an execution-style attack in which another man was wounded. 

Following hours of debate into the wee hours of yesterday morning, the National Assembly passed a bill to decriminalise cross-dressing, in keeping with a more that two-year-old Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling. 

Employees of the Linden Hospital Complex and members of the public in Region Ten were yesterday denied entry to the premises after they failed to produce proof of vaccination against COVID-19.

Malisha Dutchin, who is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder of overseas-based Guya-nese Hemraj Pardesi, was yesterday charged with the crime alongside an alleged accomplice, as police continued a hunt for a third suspect.

The soldier and two security guards accused of carrying out last week’s $58 million gold heist at Wallison Enterprise, in Kitty, were yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the crime.

Ahead of a crucial vote, a meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was adjourned yesterday following a withdrawal by opposition-nominated commissioners Vincent Alexander and Desmond Trotman.

A group of tractor operators are accusing the government through the Region Six regional administration of reneging on an agreement to pay them $5,000 per hour for pumping water from communities during the recent floods.

Although the COVID-19 emergency measure restricting access to government services to unvaccinated persons came into effect since August 1st, the implementation has been uneven, with some public institutions swiftly moving towards enforcement, some now doing so and others still mulling whether they should proceed.

The Ministry of Health announced three more COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday along with 81 new cases of infections.

The Ministry of Health continues to record an increase in vaccinations against COVID-19 since the implementation of the new emergency measures.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill, on Monday stated that the newly imposed civil aviation regulations, which requiring inbound travellers to have been inoculated with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, are not meant to lock persons out, while the Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony has noted that some exemptions can be made.

A week after President Irfaan Ali announced plans for wages and salary hikes for public servants, The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has criticised his failure to commit to legally required negotiations with the body.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) on Monday compensated 25 farmers of Cummings Lodge, after their lands were destroyed during the clearing of lands for housing development Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water Susan Rodrigues said the payout of the compensation packages is part of the governments’ efforts to show that a resolution could be found after conflict developed.

A Region Two businessman has been arrested by Essequibo police for allegedly hitting down a man along the Affiance Public Road and then fleeing the scene.

A pedestrian died on Monday night after he was struck down along the Better Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road.

Collis Whyte, the minibus driver who was jailed for chasing a policeman with a cutlass, was on Monday fined $185,000 by a city magistrate after being found guilty of several traffic offences and breaching the COVID restrictions.

A man was on Friday charged by the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) with selling petroleum and petroleum products while not being authorised to do so.

Two weeks after Laurel Samaroo was found dead in a fuel truck, the police are seeking the assistance of the public in their search for a Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) man, who is accused of committing the crime.