Guyana News

Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday said that local authorities have received no reports of a COVID-19 variant in Guyana.

The Guyana Power and Light Incorpo-rated (GPL) and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employee (NAACIE) yesterday signed an agreement for a five percent increase in wages and salaries for the year 2020. 

It has only been three weeks since the arrival of the wet season in the Rupununi but there are already reports of extensive damage to existing road infrastructure.

Kevin Adams who was being sought by the police over the killing of Samuel DeSouza, a labourer who was found dead in front of his house less than two months ago, yesterday turned himself over to the police.

The Human Services Ministry has announced that it would be seeking to help to ensure the safety of members of the Guyana Society for the Blind at their headquarters. 

The Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG) hosted a Medical Outreach for the General Public at the No.55 Village Masjid on the 16th of May, 2021.

Keevin D’Oliveira was on Monday granted bail in the sum of $80,000 on a possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking charge.

The police are working to apprehend a mechanic who allegedly shot a carpenter in his abdomen, during an argument over a game of pools.

With more than 96 households affected by flooding in Region Nine, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday said that a truck filled with relief supplies has departed for the region and is expected to arrive today.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) says that another person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

The opposition will have an input on electoral reform both in and out of Parliament, according to the ruling PPP.

The Product Compliance Department of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) ordered the destruction of 290 cases (290,000 packs) of imported cigarettes in Lethem, Region Nine for not being in compliance with tobacco regulations.

Chairman of the Georgetown City Council’s Finance Committee, Oscar Clarke yesterday presented a $2,298,952,544 budget and announced plans to institute a weekly $100 fee for the collection of garbage from city homeowners and to downsize staff.

Extensive rainfall, which has resulted in overflowing rivers, has led to the inundation of some communities, farmlands and roads in the Deep South Rupununi and parts of Lethem, in Region Nine.

Eustace Abrams, the accused in the 2016 unlawful killing of Orlando La Cruz, was yesterday sentenced to 15 years behind bars for the crime.

The High Commission of Canada yesterday held a signing ceremony for a new project that seeks to empower LGBTQ communities here.

According to the World Bank, Guyana could be a high income, oil-producing economy by 2030 but its development must include an agenda for broad-based growth and social cohesion, where all citizens receive a fair share of growth benefits.

Envoys of the  United States, the Euro-pean Union, the United King-dom and Canada   yesterday called on Guyana’s civil society and political leaders to embark on a process of engagement and change this year with the aim of decriminalising intimate same-sex relations.

The General Register Office (GRO) yesterday said that from today, it will begin the distribution of computer-generated certified copies of Birth, Deaths and Marriages which are registered in Guyana.

Superintendent Lorraine Saul, Deputy Commander of Division 4 (B), was on Friday formally read the multiple charges brought against her following the uncovering of a multimillion dollar fraud in the Guyana Police Force’s Finance Department.