Guyana News

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has welcomed the Irfaan Ali-led government’s announcement that it would be moving to honour the life and legacy of slain WPA Leader Dr Walter Rodney and to set the record straight about his death.

The government is moving to strike out the “archaic” law against cross-dressing in order to give effect to an over two-year-old Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling.  

Unrelenting rainfall over the past three days have resulted in flood waters in Kwakwani rising even higher just days after inundated residents began reporting that it was starting to go down.

With severe flooding in regions 1, 7, and 8 ravaging mining camps, the  Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) is appealing to government to provide assistance to affected prospectors.

Cattle farmers in Kokerite and neighbouring savannahs are at their wits’ end as they continue daily to battle rising flood waters in hopes of rescuing as many of their animals as possible as their losses continue to mount daily. 

Following devastating flooding, Guyana has been invited to seek emergency support from the European Union (EU) under its Civil Protection Mechanism.

In hopes of encouraging more persons to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the Ministry of Health (MoH) is partnering with the Private Sector Com-mission (PSC) to offer incentives to persons who are fully vaccinated, including a chance to win a free flight to a destination of their choice in Guyana.

`Child Labour Month’ was yesterday launched with pledges by government ministers to crack down on abusive practices.

Under the former APNU+AFC administration, the Ministry of Housing distributed a total of 6,780 house lots in areas in regions Four, Five and Six.

No feasibility study was conducted for the new road link from Diamond to Eccles, East Bank Demerara, Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal has told the National Assembly.

Lennox Wayne, called ‘Two Colours,’ will have to face a second retrial after a jury was on Friday unable to arrive at a verdict in the case against him for the fatal 2014 shooting of Lusignan beautician Ashmini Harriram.

An 83-year-old woman was found dead in her home at Smythfield, New Amsterdam on Thursday.

A man was on Thursday morning found dead at his Foulis, East Coast Demerara residence.

Hosia Ageday, the man accused of killing his mother on Tuesday at her Kara Kara, Linden residence, died yesterday after complaining of feeling unwell.

Over 10,000 students around the country participated in the Grade Six mock exams on Wednes-day.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday took the Regional Health Officer for Region Six Vishalya Sharma to task after residents in Johanna complained of a shortage of drugs at various health institutions in the region.

The owner of an auto body shop was yesterday charged with breaching the Environmental Protection Act by continuing to operate even though he was prohibited from doing so.

Jane Miller OBE has been appointed British High Commissioner to Guyana and Non-Resident Ambas-sador to the Republic of Suriname.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of June 10, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) today welcomed announcements yesterday by the PPP/C government that the record on the assassination of the WPA leader and historian Dr Walter Rodney will be corrected and that a series of steps will be taken to honour his legacy.