Guyana News

For failing to file his defence on time in a libel action brought against him, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has been ordered to pay former Minister within the Ministry of Communities Annette Ferguson, the sum of $20,000,000.

According to a press release from the United States Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) a Guyanese man was detained at the John F.

A woman is now hospitalised at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) after she fell from a speeding ATV in an accident along the Pouderoyen Public Road, West Bank Demerara on Monday night.

The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) last week organized a Stakeholder Roundtable to receive feedback on its Final Report and Recommendations on the March 2020 General and Regional Elections and according to Attorney General Anil Nandlall everyone present committed to reform.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has apologised to the public for not being able to air the Senior and Junior Calypso Monarch and the Junior Soca Monarch competitions as previously announced.

The Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce held its 15th Annual General Meeting on March 24, 2021 at which a new Executive Body was elected to serve for the fiscal year 2021-2022.

A 46-year-old Linden man was yesterday brought before a city court to answer a burglary charge.

For failing to file his defence on time in a libel action brought against him, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has been ordered to pay former Minister within the Ministry of Communities Annette Ferguson, the sum of $20,000,000.

GENEVA/ZURICH  (Reuters) – Data was withheld from World Health Organization investigators who travelled to China to research the origins of the coronavirus epidemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said today.

Convicted drug-trafficker Shaheed Roger Khan on Monday said that he was the target of the recent `hit’ outside the Palm Court bar that claimed the life of gold dealer Ricardo Fagundes and he called on President Irfaan Ali to ensure the investigation is “impartial” as he demanded justice.

Ensuring proper management of Guyana’s projected oil bonanza will likely pose a great challenge given social and political pressures and the country should therefore adopt an expenditure rule, according to a February 2021 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) study.

Around 31,000 persons have so far received COVID-19 vaccines and the administration of second doses to those who were in the initial batches is expected to begin this week.

An Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD) motorcyclist died yesterday morning following a collision with a canter truck along Melanie, ECD Public Road.

Saying Guyana is “deeply concerned” over the widening development gap between rich and poor countries as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Irfaan Ali yesterday issued a call for more systems to be put in place to aid countries struggling to rebound from the effects.

Several measures are being implemented at the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) to enable maintenance work following damage to span nine, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said on Sunday.

In the aftermath of the flooding that affected hundreds of residents on Sunday due to the failure of an operator to close a sluice gate at Princes Street, Deputy Mayor Alfred Mentore yesterday said the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has the situation well in hand while adding that persons responsible would be reprimanded.

Key roads in Good Hope and Mon Repos on the East Coast of Demerara are to be repaired, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll now stands at 229 after two more fatalities were recorded yesterday.

A soldier remains hospitalised at the Linden Hospital Complex after he and another Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank were allegedly beaten and wounded by civilians on Saturday night.

With an ongoing battle between government and the opposition over the Chairmanship delaying the work of the Public Accounts Committee, the reconstitution of the Public Procurement Commis-sion (PPC) has also been stalled.