Guyana News

By Marcelle Thomas and Readawne Henery Faced with a renewed protest by members of the Rastafarian community for movement on the removal of custodial sentences for the possession of small amounts of marijuana, Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday urged patience.

A youth was fatally stabbed on Friday morning during an altercation with an older brother at Cummings Street, Bourda.

The police have issued a wanted bulletin for Gladwin Henry, who is being sought for questioning over the murder of West Berbice teenager Haresh Singh.

High Court Judge Damone Younge last Thursday granted a default judgement against the administration of the privately-run Mae’s School to halt construction of an annex to extend its operations.

While reporting “steady progress” in the uptake of second doses of COVID-19 vaccines, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony on Friday stressed the need for citizens to continue to follow guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus, especially given the detection of the Delta variant in several countries. 

One new COVID-19 death was confirmed on Friday along with 109 new cases of the virus.

The two Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI) reports that have been published to date do not paint a complete picture as they do not include revenue statements by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), which would require a presidential waiver, National Coordinator Dr Rudy Jadoopat recently disclosed.

The United Nations Development Project (UNDP) has found that inequality remains persistently high in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region while productivity growth is low.

United States Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch says that the just concluded Tradewinds 2021 military exercise provide a unique opportunity for participating nations to improve inter-operability and effectively execute missions together.

Declaring that the decade-old case was “acrimonious, long, and tortuous” considering its straightforward background, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday ruled that Blairmont Rice Investment Incorporated did breach its contract with the Kayman Sankar Group of Companies and this was sufficient grounds for the latter to repudiate a land sales agreement.

The fifth form students of North Ruimveldt Multilateral Secondary School will be sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exam in the school’s auditorium as of next Monday.

Samuel Daniels, the man accused of killing his wife at their Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara home, was on Thursday charged with her murder.

Residents of the East Bank of Demerara are requesting that the construction of a fire station and police outpost in Nandy Park be halted until an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) is done on the implications for the residential area.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has withdrawn its recently revised Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) guidelines to facilitate consultations with the general public.

Marics and Company Limited, the authorized dealers for Honda motor vehicles in Guyana, on Friday launched the new Honda City 2021 for the local market along with  a brand new in-house financing programme.

SBM Offshore yesterday announced that it has completed the project financing for the Prosperity Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) oil platform to the tune of US$1.05 billion.

The Guyanese Nurses Association of America Inc. (GNAA) yesterday donated 20,000 medical masks to the Guyana Nurses Association (GNA).

President Irfaan Ali on Friday afternoon held talks with the President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has commenced its National Forest Inventory (NFI).

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) on Thursday held its 9th annual blood drive at its Water Street branch in partnership with the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS).