Guyana News

Advancing that his attorney poorly represented him at a trial which he also contends was unfair, Abishai Caesar who has been sentenced to death for the 2012 murders of Anna Catherina businesswoman Jennifer Persaud and her two sons has filed an appeal.

Albert Perreira, the Berbice policeman who died after collapsing on Tuesday morning moments after complaining of shortness of breath, died due to a cerebral edema compounded by hypertension, according to an autopsy that was conducted on Friday.

The Regional Chairman of Region Six David Armogan on Thursday announced that the government in collaboration with the Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG) is completing a new mortuary in the compound of the National Psychiatric Hospital.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a US$34.1 million Biodiversity Mainstreaming project that is expected to improve the environmental management of small-scale gold mining in Guyana.

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony announced on Wednesday that Guyana has signalled its interest in making use of software developed in India to keep track of the COVID-19 vaccination data.

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs and the Ministry of Labour on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Agreement for a project to train hinterland youths.

Digicel’s prepaid customers will have the chance of winning three new Toyota Rush SUVs that are up for grabs in the company’s latest promotion.

Sentenced before for theft, a Kitty youth was on Friday refused bail after being slapped with three new robbery charges.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill has ordered that two recent hinterland aircraft accidents be investigated by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), the Department of Public Information (DPI) said today.

ExxonMobil today said that it is seeking parking facilities for 40 to 50 vehicles in Georgetown.

Member of Parliament Annette Ferguson was a short while ago released on her own recognizance after facing a cybercrime charge.

A 16-year-old COVID-19 patient, who was admitted in the Infectious Disease Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Liliendaal, has died.

A row within the PNCR burst into the open yesterday with several central executive members insisting that its long-awaited congress will be held before the end of year and accusing party leader David Granger of acting as a “one-man” show.

Commissioner of Police (ag) Nigel Hoppie yesterday reported that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has recorded a decline in murders and road deaths as of the end of June this year, compared to the same period last year.

Rawle Lamaison, the man who allegedly stabbed his mother’s tenant to death in the wee hours of Monday morning, was yesterday charged with murder.

Regional Chairman, David Armogan yesterday reported that Region Six received 500 of the second doses of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine from the recent shipment and this has already been exhausted.

With the pipelines that form part of the massive proposed US$900 million gas-to-energy project having the capability to transport up to 120 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) of gas from Liza Phase 1 and Liza Phase 2 FPSOs, studies are being done to consider alternative uses of the natural gas.

The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) says it is facing an “arduous” task in collecting broadcast licence fees and has issued a list of twenty-six broadcasters who it says have  failed to make this payment.

The Cheddi Jagan Dental School is expected to benefit from the construction of a $24.1 million operating theatre as part of ongoing upgrades to the facility.

Twenty-nine ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) are presently before the courts on various charges after they were found in breach of the force’s Code of Conduct and Standing Orders.