Guyana News

Three persons: Antonia Henry, 87, her daughter Melina Emmanuel, 40, and her granddaughter, Akese Jerome, 8, were killed on Sunday night after a speeding driver lost control of his car and plowed into them and others sitting on the curbside of a road at Kairuni, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

On Thursday—May 27th—acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC will rule on whether Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield will be added as a party to the proceedings in which the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Commissioner of Police have requested the Statements of Poll (SoPs) and Statements of Recount (SoRs) from the March 2nd, 2020 elections for use in criminal cases against the CEO and others.

Guyana yesterday received five ultra-cold storage freezers from the United States Embassy to increase the country’s capacity to store COVID-19 vaccines.

Ex-soldier Jermaine Jefford now awaits sentencing after a jury convicted him yesterday afternoon for the 2016 murder of Laing Avenue taxi driver Orin David.

While floodwater is receding from some Rupununi communities, Region Nine Chairman Bryan Allicock yesterday reported that water levels in at least two North Rupununi villages are rising.

Richard Austin Shamlin and Ian Charles Jones, the Directors of Superior Concrete who had verbally abused Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal and his team when they carried out a surprise visit to their operation site, will not be allowed back in Guyana to conduct business, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has announced.

Guyana’s COVID-19 deaths yesterday increased to 361 as two more persons who tested positive succumbed.

As they continue their quest for justice, family members of Peter Headley, the robbery accused who was fatally shot by a policeman more than a week ago held a protest outside of the office of Commis-sioner of Police (ag) Nigel Hoppie yesterday.

With over 1,000 receiving vaccines during last Saturday’s vaccination drive-thru event at the National Stadium, another has already been planned for tomorrow.

The ruling in the case challenging the promotion of police officers who have disciplinary matters pending against them, has been given a new tentative date—June 18th.

Australian miner, Troy Resources Limited says that the start of Guyana’s first underground gold mining project could commence in October and Chief Executive Officer Ken Nilsson assured that the company is not shutting down operations here.

Alex Matthias was last Thursday sentenced to 15 years behind bars for the 2018 Old Year’s Day stabbing death of 23-year-old Vilvoorden, Essequibo Coast labourer Kevin Bettencourt.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security (MoHSSS) is currently exploring ways in which the Social Work programmes and possibly the Sociology programme offered by the University of Guyana (UG) could be made more applicable to the needs of the ministry’s social workers.

While lauding the investment of the offshore developer Tristar Incorporated at West Demerara, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo last Friday emphasised that investors must respect laws and policies governing the environment and all other areas.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today expressed concern about plans by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) to maintain the upcoming exams schedule in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic and the dislocations caused.

The Ministry of Health today said that two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Three persons died last night after a speeding car plowed into a group of persons who had gathered at the side of the road at Kairuni on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

A recent forensic audit of the state-owned Guyana Oil Company (Guyoil) has revealed that nearly $1b in fuel was siphoned off in a racket involving the company and the Guyana Defence Force where the fuel would be picked up and then transferred to third parties and charges are likely soon, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo says.

Two men died and another was seriously injured after the car they were in crashed along the Timehri Public Road on Saturday night.

For the half year ended March 31st, 2021, Banks DIH registered unaudited profit after taxation of $2.275b compared to $1.982b in 2020, a rise of $293m or 14.8%.