Guyana News

Former police sergeant Shawn Sandy, was on Tuesday acquitted of the 2016 unlawful killing of his employer—dredge owner Feroze Khan—after the judge conducting his trial upheld a no-case submission.

Over 180,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered and approximately 40 per cent of Region Six’s adult population has been given the first dose as the inoculation programme continues nationwide.

Suspicions that one of the COVID-19 variants from Brazil is circulating in Guyana is increasing especially considering that a busload of Brazilians who entered the country illegally were recently intercepted in Linden. 

The long-serving Chief of Protocol at the Office of the President, Eshwar Vevakanand Persaud, has passed at the age of 82.

The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed that two men from Region Four who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.

Even as the Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar has ordered BK International Incorporated to repair a damaged reef at the No 63 Beach, Corentyne, Berbice, the company claims that it has acted within the law and reports of its involvement in an illegal act are incorrect.

Kester Lewis, the accused in the killing of David Barclay, who succumbed after being dragged by a car on D’Urban Street, Georgetown last December, was yesterday committed to stand trial at the High Court.

The attorney for former acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Colvin Heath-London, who is accused of conspiring to defraud the state through the unsanctioned disposal of land at Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara, has requested that a Preliminary Inquiry (PI) be conducted into the charges against him.

Following a traumatic encounter with a would-be mugger during a morning stroll on Wednesday, the Co-founder and Coordinator of conservation group, Seawalls and Beyond, Dwayne Hackett, is encouraging persons to be careful when at the Kingston\Kitty Seawall.

Key agencies tasked with the protection of mangroves continue to remain silent on the recent destruction of a vast amount of the natural sea defence by TriStar Incorporated, which is currently constructing a shore base storage facility at Versailles/Malgre Tout, West Bank Demerara.

Mayor of Georgetown Ubraj Narine has accused the Ministry of Local Government of seeking to micromanage the Georgetown City Council after it asked that status reports, including information on finances, be submitted on a monthly basis. 

Sixty residents of Baramita, Region One (Barima/Waini), who participated in short courses under the Women’s Innovation and Investment Network (WIIN) programme by the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, were presented their certificates last Tuesday, according to a statement from the ministry yesterday.

Five construction workers were held at gunpoint and robbed on Tuesday held while sheltering from the rain in a container at “A” Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown.

In light of the absence of several city councillors, a scheduled Georgetown Mayor and City Council budget presentation was postponed on Tuesday.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today said that the Environmental Permit for the Liza 1 Development Project, Offshore Guyana, was recalled and modified to include specific regulatory requirements for flaring of associated gas offshore Guyana, in accordance with the EPA’s legislation.

Long-serving Chief of Protocol at the Office of the President, Vic Persaud has passed away.

The Ministry of Health today said that another person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

Magistrate Alisha George today ruled that three men accused of murdering a moneychanger and his daughter in 2019 will have to lead a defence while another was freed.

Leader of the Opposition Joseph Harmon and the three parties holding a list joinder seat in Parliament have criticised the destruction of the mangrove forest at Malgre Tout/Versailles on the West Bank of Demerara by a shore base investor.

On October 26th of last year, High Court Judge Nareshwar Harnanan had given Pritipaul Singh Investments (PSI) three months to completely vacate the piece of waterfront Providence land which Demerara Contractors and Engineers Limited (DCEL) said had always been legally theirs.