Guyana News

Granted a stay of the default judgment for which damages were to be assessed and imposed against Vice President (VP) Bharrat Jagdeo for defaming former government minister Annette Ferguson, the assessment-hearing which had been set for last Wednesday did not come off. 

A number of Government ministries have put out notices making it known that unvaccinated persons will be barred from entry unless an appointment is made.

The injured teen Johnny Persaud, who was involved in the recent fatal accident at Diamond, East Bank Demerara, has regained consciousness and is now breathing on his own.

World Bank Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, Carlos Felipe Jaramillo and Country Director for the Caribbean, Lilia Burunciuc, completed their first official visit to Guyana yesterday and pledged to make a real impact on improving the lives of people here. 

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) yesterday donated six Blu G70 smartphones, SIMs and $1,000 Top Up on each phone to the Future Economic Development Strategy Cooperative Society Limited (FEDS) in Linden.

A six-year-old drowned on Wednesday at Tiger Creek Backdam, in Region Eight.

The Ministry of Health says that it has seen a significant increase over the past few days, in the number of persons coming out to receive their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

The cause of death of a Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, man whose car ended up in a trench along the Warren Public Road, East Coast Berbice, was drowning.

US Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch yesterday visited a medical outreach underway in Mabaruma and which the US Embassy is a part of.

Bandits this morning reportedly carted off millions of dollars in gold from a Gordon Street, Kitty gold establishment.

The National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) yesterday saw a turnout of 95%, according to a release today from the Ministry of Education.

A Reliance Settlement, East Canje, Berbice man was murdered yesterday and money he had withdrawn from a bank the day before was carted off by the killers.

Police on patrol at Samaroo Dam, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara, who on Tuesday night were in the process of arresting a man for possession of cannabis, subsequently arrested two others for assaulting a police officer and for disorderly behaviour after they tried preventing the initial arrest.

Unvaccinated staff of the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) continued to be off the job yesterday for a second day in the working week as the agency maintains its push for staff to be inoculated against the COVID-19 virus.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill yesterday facilitated the signing of three multi-million-dollar contracts for the upgrading of facilities at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Corporation, Timehri.

Bids were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the restoration of  City Hall.

The country now has two more COVID-19 deaths along with 62 new cases.

Over 14,000 Essequibians, which accounts for 46.5% of the adult population in the county, have taken the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to Region Two, Regional Health Officer (RHO), Dr Ranjeev Singh.

On Monday August 9th, Justice Jo-Ann Barlow will rule on whether Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield will be granted injunctive relief prohibiting the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from hearing a notice of motion for his dismissal. 

(Barbados Nation) A former cop and a Guyanese national were both remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds earlier yesterday, after being arraigned on drugs and ammunition charges.