Guyana News

Ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Guyana Police Force are perfecting a range of skills, including close quarters combat, in the US Southern Command-sponsored Tradewinds 21 military exercise.

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon has asked Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony to release detailed information on Sputnik V shots purchased by Guyana.

As residents in the communities of Three Friends, Maria Henrietta and Coomacka struggle to deal with the impact of severe flooding caused by a breach of the tailings pond at the East Montgomery Mines, officials of Bosai Minerals are keen to establish that the company was not responsible.

After receiving additional clarifications yesterday, Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire SC has set June 28th for ruling in the case filed by Senior Superintendent of Police Calvin Brutus, who is challenging the promotion of police officers who have disciplinary matters pending against them Referencing what he described to be a leaked document containing the names of persons comprising a final list of officers to be promoted by the Police Service Commission (PSC), attorney CV Satram, who represents Brutus, made an application to include that as new evidence.

Following the resumption of the scrap metal trade more than two months ago, members of the Guyana Metal Recyclers Association say new surveillance procedures that have been implemented are hindering their operations and putting their livelihoods under threat.

The Ministry of Health on Friday reported a new fatality and 104 new COVID-19 cases.

A Linden woman was killed on Thursday night in an accident at Hauraruni Public Road, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, after the car she was travelling in collided with a truck.

A boat, suspected to have been used to transport narcotics on several occasions, was discovered at Mahaicony on Thursday and law enforcement officials are seeking to locate three men, who are believ-ed to be the owners/operators.

One man was taken into police custody while a search was still ongoing yesterday for his alleged accomplice in the rape of a pregnant teen in Region Seven.

Shamar Harvey, who is accused of killing Albouystown teen Christopher Mansfield in 2019, was on Thursday committed to stand trial at the Georgetown High Court.

The relatives of Sewdial Persaud, the man found dead in the Number 51 Police Station lock-up after what police suggested was a “suspected suicide,” have called for a thorough investigation to be carried out.

Maintaining that the City Council is trying its best to manage the capital’s drainage system, Mayor Ubraj Narine on Friday rebuffed a request by the Local Government Com-mission for full disclosure on actions taken against any pump attendants whose negligence may have contributed to flooding.

A 20-year-old secretary was arrested on Thursday after she was allegedly found in possession of a quantity of cannabis in a shopping bag.

A Lusignan Prison escapee was recaptured on Thursday after he was found at a construction site at Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara.

A motorcyclist is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital following an accident on Thursday along the University of Guyana (UG) Access Road in the vicinity of GuySuCo Housing Scheme Main Access Road.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of June 17, 2021, another person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

Hess and CNOOC which together hold 55% of the interest in Guyana’s oil rich Stabroek Block saw profits of $16.1b in 2020 and this means that they would be liable to pay $5.3b in taxes which this country has to meet according to the much reviled 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA).

Trinidad’s Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs in a statement today slammed attacks on Prime Minister Keith Rowley by Guyana’s Health Ministry Advisor, Dr Leslie Ramsammy and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI).

President Irfaan Ali has condemned as “reckless and immature” a call by Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon to suspend admin-istration of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.

The National Assembly on Monday approved more than $700M to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) for the establishment of a new crime-fighting `Regional Joint Support team’.