Guyana News

Several retired officers of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) including the Chair-man of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Paul Slowe are expected to be charged today in relation to a multi-million dollar fraud investigation.

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has named Zane Ramotar of Queen’s College as the top performer at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) at the regional level and he has also won two awards.

Guyana’s death toll as a result of the novel coronavirus now stands at 349 after four men died.

Guyana has secured four awards and the top performer position at the regional level for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand announced yesterday.

The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday signed contracts for the execution of works across the country and the supply of several pieces of machinery including a $497m cutter head dredge Six agencies signed a total of 16 contracts, a release from the ministry said S.

Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police and Chair-man of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Paul Slowe has been accused of sexually assaulting a female member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) back in 2019.

Seasonal flooding is not unusual in the Rupununi but the COVID-19 pandemic has added a new layer of complication as cases continue to rise in Indigenous communities.

A 43-year-old labourer was remanded to prison on Tuesday after he was charged with  murdering Essequibo resident, Kurt Stephney who succumbed last week more than a week after he was struck in his head.

Two pastors were yesterday afternoon robbed at gunpoint by two suspects on a motorcycle on Sheriff Street, Georgetown, while they were heading to a supermarket.

By the end of this year Guyana could have approximately US$500 million in its Natural Resource Fund (NRF), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has stated in its first quarterly report for 2021.

Besides interrupting residents’ lives, flooding caused by torrential rainfall in Region Ten is affecting the region’s agricultural sector with many reporting loss of crops and poultry, Chairman Deron Adams has said.

Members of the Guyanese diaspora will have the opportunity this weekend to engage with senior functionaries on ways to contribute to Guyana’s development at the PPP/C government’s inaugural diaspora conference.

Fishermen working from the Rosignol wharf are calling for President Irfaan Ali’s intervention in ensuring that immediate repairs are carried out on it, since they are claiming that the interim management team which was set up in 2019 has failed to do anything and it is currently in a poor state.

A 51-year-old taxi driver was yesterday afternoon carjacked by three suspects in Festival City, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, one of whom boarded his taxi as a passenger.

Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony yesterday stated that the Ministry of Health is considering extending the operating hours for vaccination sites in Georgetown.

Four Indian companies have been pre-qualified by the Government of India to tender for the construction of the Ogle to Eccles four-lane highway funded by the India’s Exim Bank, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill recently announced.

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.

Four men including a 37-year-old have succumbed to COVID-19. The Ministry of Health today said that the latest deaths take the COVID fatality figure to 349.

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

Cuban national Lopez Cardenas  Yoesmarita, 40,  was stabbed to death this morning on Charlotte Street.