Guyana News

Well-known broadcaster Eshri Singh has passed away at the age of 89 in New York, according to his daughter, Tanuja Raghoo.

A Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility defeats local content efforts when compared to bringing pipelines to shore, according to former government Petroleum Advisor Jan Mangal, who favours the latter option for Guyana.

With Region Four accounting for the majority of continuing COVID-19 infections and deaths to date, Chairman Daniel Seeram believes that more stringent measures, including a lockdown, should be put in place to combat the spread of the virus but he says several appeals to the COVID-19 Task Force to take action have so far been in vain.

Four more COVID-19 deaths were confirmed by the Ministry of Health (MoH) on Saturday, increasing the country’s death toll from the virus to 281 and making April the deadliest month of the outbreak here.

The Diamond Hospital was yesterday re-commissioned by the Ministry of Health to fully serve residents living on the East Bank Demerara after over GY$200 million in upgrades undertaken under the ‘Smart Health Care Facilities in the Caribbean’ project.

Hurt, angry and disappointed, Nelroy McRae is appealing to President Irfaan Ali to look into what happened to his wife, Padminie McRae, who had one of her legs amputated following an accident during her hospitalisation at the Infectious Disease Hospital and to ensure that she gets help.

Four months after the Beterverwagting/Triumph Neighborhood Democratic Council (NDC) granted businessman Afraz Mohamed permission to build and operate a vendors’ arcade on Company Path, Triumph, the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) has approached the High Court to have developer expelled from what it claims is state land.

Among the country’s top performers at last year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations are twin brothers, who achieved identical results.

President Irfaan Ali on Friday said that significant effort is being made to improve local security and reduce crime.

The Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has been presented with a report on the feasibility of holding its overdue 21st Biennial Delegates’ Congress in “some form” but is still to make a decision.

Leader of the Opposition Joseph Harmon on Thursday disclosed that he has not been contacted by President Irfaan Ali to consult on reconstituting the Integrity Commission.

George Talbot has been accredited as Guyana’s new ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

Lenroy Michael Forde, who was wanted in connection with the murder of a youth who was shot and killed in Charlestown while on his way home last week, has been arrested.

A Venezuelan soldier is currently nursing gunshot wounds at the Mabaruma Hospital after being shot twice following an altercation with two of his countrymen at Imbotero, in Region One, within the vicinity of the Guyana/Venezuela border.

The boat and engine that were stolen from the Toshao of Chinese Landing, in Region One, have been recovered at Bartica, where two residents were arrested in connection with the crime.

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

Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels has been notified that he will not be returning to that position following the end of his leave.

With the Audit Office preparing to investigate suspected procurement abuses at the state-owned Guyoil, resigned General Manager Trevor Bassoo on Friday distanced himself from a new claim that he had been negotiating with firm Aaron’s Royality Inc.

The Ministry of Education yesterday announced that two Queen’s College students are the top performers at the 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) assessments.

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Friday reported that more than 115,000 persons have received their first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine in Guyana, even as a high of 214 new infections were confirmed.