Guyana News

The World Bank today approved US$6 million ($1.2b) in additional financing for the Guyana COVID-19 Emergency Response Project to support affordable and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and ensure effective vaccine deployment in Guyana.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Indian Oil Corp IOC.NS, the country’s top refiner, has made its first purchase of Guyana’s Liza light sweet crude as it seeks to diversify its crude purchases, a source familiar with matter said.

Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield, Deputy Chief Election Officer Roxanne Myers and Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo were yesterday faced with two joint charges of conspiracy to defraud voters at last year’s general and regional elections.

Glaston Henry, a brother of Joel Henry, one of the two West Coast Berbice (WCB) cousins who were brutally murdered last September is among four persons charged with the murder of Haresh Singh in September last year.

While government has extended the deadline for submission of bids for the New Demerara River Bridge by two months, it is not relenting on having the project completed in two years and this position was emphasised to bidders at a pre-bid meeting on Monday.

Quincy Chase, who allegedly fatally stabbed his brother last Friday at Cummings Street, was yesterday remanded to prison on a murder charge.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC has ruled that the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) unlawfully terminated a number of agreements regarding the lease of previously shuttered estate lands.

The man accused of killing Shane Blake, who was shot in his chest at Apaiqua Landing, Middle Mazaruni River, last Tuesday, was yesterday charged with murder.

The members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament have been invited to a meeting on Friday to select a new chair following the removal of David Patterson from the post.

A 53-year-old Brazilian national, owner of the Regent Guest House, has died.

BOSTON,  (Reuters) – Activist investor Engine No. 1 spent roughly US$12.5 million to win three board seats at Exxon Mobil Corp, less than half its original budget, for the year’s biggest and most closely watched corporate contest, people familiar with the number said.

First Lady Arya Ali yesterday launched an ‘Adopt-an-Orphanage’ initiative with a view to improving the welfare of vulnerable children.

The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) yesterday said that it  is concerned at recent attempts to import food, drugs and cosmetics into Guyana, circumventing applicable Food and Drug regulations, especially regarding labeling and shelf-life/expiry dates.

The construction of the six-storey, 140-room, Courtyard Marriott Hotel at Timehri does not warrant an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced after reviewing and screening the developer’s application.

A University of Guyana student is now counting losses that include his final year project after he was robbed in the early hours of Monday at his Cummings Lodge residence.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday recorded two new COVID-19 deaths which has pushed the nation’s fatality toll to 468. 

Guyana Defence Force personnel are to benefit from army, naval and air force training courses offered by the Government of India with Lieutenant Coast Guard Derrick Johnson being the first recipient of a Naval scholarship.

The miner who died on Monday afternoon after a mining pit caved in at Black Water Backdam, Cuyuni River is yet to be identified.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony says that the public criticism and call for the suspension of the use of the Sputnik V vaccine has caused setbacks in the country’s COVID-19 inoculation programme.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has endorsed and commended the efforts of the Guyana Police Force and reaffirmed its commitment to collaborate to advance peace and security in Guyana.