Guyana News

Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony has announced that 60,000 more doses of the Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine are expected in Guyana next week.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday announced that four women who were infected with COVID-19 have died.

The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday upheld the conviction of Rupert Browne for the 2011 murder of his common-law wife, Seema Singh, but set aside the death sentence imposed upon him.

President Irfaan Ali has offered his “unreserved regret” to those offended by a suggestion in his Arrival Day statement that Africans were among the groups that came to Guyana seeking improvement.

APNU+AFC Members of Parliament (MPs) Annette Ferguson and Christopher Jones were among a group of persons who were charged on Friday with taking part in a recent illegal procession.

With $33 million still to be paid to BK International for the construction of the sluice at Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara, the Ministry of Agriculture is seeking legal advice on whether a portion of the sum can be used to compensate residents who suffered from flash flooding late April.

General Secretary Amna Ally yesterday said she would not be giving an update on whether the party’s executive has taken a decision on the holding of its delayed the 21st Biennial Delegates’ Congress.

Despite performing below standard for yet another year, the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) has escaped penalty since according to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) the company has made “stellar efforts” during a challenging period.

Riverine communities Moraikobai, Orealla, and Siparuta over the weekend voted in two new toshaos to head their new village councils.

Rondell Richards, who was wanted for fatally stabbing another man after a row over a phone, has been charged with murder and remanded to prison.

The police are seeking the assistance of the police in locating a second suspect in the murder of Swan, Soesdyke/ Linden Highway resident Roy Ross, who was killed last month.

One of three suspects in the robbery of a Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) supermarket is currently hospitalised under police guard at a city hospital after he was found lying on a road in the area shortly after the crime was reported.

 (Trinidad Express) The Police Service is mourning the loss of one of its members who has died from the Covid-19 coronavirus.

A remanded prisoner is currently a patient at a city hospital after he was reportedly chopped to his head by two of his fellow inmates on Wednesday night at the Lusignan Prison.

Guyana is listed to receive 38,400 AstraZeneca shots on Monday from the COVAX facility.

A $175m (US$832,883)  contract was signed today for the expansion of the North West Secondary School Practical Instruction Department (PID) in Region One.

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

Based on its unaudited financial statements for the half year which ended on March 31, 2021, Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) has registered profit after taxation of $1.312b compared to $871m for the corresponding period in the previous year.

Members of Parliament Annette Ferguson and Christopher Jones were among a group of persons who were charged this morning with taking part in an illegal procession.

Due to incidents of COVID-19, the Management of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) today said that it has made a decision to temporarily close its Head Office located at Brickdam and Winterplace, Georgetown.