Guyana News

Chief Executive Officer (GWI) of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) Shaik Baksh has defended the company’s decision to terminate the services of more than 150 employees, one day after his predecessor called for a reconsideration of the move.

After more than three months since its last sitting, the National Assembly is slated to reconvene on June 10, while the government has served notice of a motion to remove APNU+AFC member David Patterson from chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

Three of the men who allegedly murdered moneychanger Aaron Latchman and his daughter Arianna were on Friday committed to stand trial for the crime.

Ten contracts, worth over $650.5 million for community infrastructure and solid waste disposal projects under the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, were signed yesterday.

Three new COVID-19 deaths were reported on Friday, taking Guyana’s death toll to 403.

Flooding caused by heavy rain has made travel to some of the most remote and hard-hit communities in Region Seven impossible, leaving the majority of those affected to fend for themselves.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips has asked all five members of the Police Service Commission (PSC) to “show cause” why an investigation towards their removal should not be set in motion as a result of them joining a lawsuit mounted by an opposition parliamentarian over budgets of constitutional bodies.

With repairs to components of the Liza Destiny oil platform flash gas compressor now completed, ExxonMobil’s affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) on Friday said that reinstallation and start-up of the compressor should be done by mid-June.

Vikash Ramkissoon and Sarah Browne, whose appointments as Parliamentary Secretaries were recently nullified by the Chief Justice, have asked the Court of Appeal to stay that ruling until it has fully determined their appeal.

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG), the largest trade union umbrella body, on Friday voiced its concern over some companies making employment opportunities contingent on recruits being vaccinated against COVID-19.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) Shaik Baksh on Friday said that a forensic audit is currently ongoing into the “reckless spending” by the utility company over the preceding five years and that the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has been informed of financial irregularities that were uncovered.

Just around half of Region Six’s adult population has received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination, according to Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony, who says Region Eight and Region Ten continue to lag behind in their vaccination uptake numbers.

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Friday urged persons who are due to receive their second dose of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to get their shots.

Representatives of the United Nations (UN) offices in Guyana on Friday engaged a technical team from the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to better understand the flood situation and explore possible areas of cooperation.

By Nikita Blair Last month, the CARICOM Secretariat participated in observing World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, under the theme ‘Accelerating Digital Transformation in Challenging Times.

Three more women have succumbed to COVID-19 pushing the death toll to 403.

Parliament is to meet on June 10th and notice has been served of a motion for the removal of APNU+AFC MP David Patterson as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee.

The Central Fire Station (CFS) could be relocated somewhere near D’Urban Park.

In the company of his lawyers, Marcus Brian Bisram, who is expected to be charged again with murder, presented himself this morning at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Renita Singh.

Farmlands and homes in the Pomeroon River (Region Two) remain  inundated after persistent rainfall and farmers are now worried they will not be able to profit from the current crop.