Guyana News

United States-based Guyanese rapper SAINt JHN won two Grammy awards at last Sunday’s 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) last Thursday accredited the first Ambassador of Kenya to CARICOM.

Businessman Michael Leonard, a city councillor for opposition coalition partner the Alliance For Change (AFC), resigned from the party last week.

Police have formally charged two security guards with the murder of a 58-year-old man, who was discovered dead in the tray of a truck which was parked on the premises of Kaieteur News, at Saffon Street last Tuesday.

Leon Waddel, the man who is accused of killing Kuru Kururu resident Answar Stoll just over four months ago, was arrested by the police on Friday.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is currently probing the discovery of a quantity of ammunition and boat engines, one of which was stolen, during a raid conducted in the Upper Berbice River area.

The Ministry of Health yesterday announced COVID-19 guidelines for the Hindu festival of Phagwah which will be celebrated on March 28.

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

After managing to elude the police for two months, the police on Friday arrested the suspect in the murder of Kuru Kururu resident, Answar Stoll.

One year after it left Guyana, the European Union Electoral Observation Mission (EU EOM) has returned in a bid to help kick start electoral reform.

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon has moved to secure the help of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to mediate the current stalemate between the Irfaan Ali government and the main parliamentary opposition APNU+AFC.

Arguing that the Court of Appeal lacks jurisdiction to hear the matter, Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall SC has filed a motion seeking to strike out the appeal filed on behalf of the main opposition APNU+AFC coalition over the dismissal of one of its two petitions challenging the March 2, 2020 elections.

Within the past three months, the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s 914 emergency hotline received a total of 197 reports, 80% of which were domestic violence (DV)-related.

Following a request by Stabroek News, the Ministry of Housing and Water has released the names of the awardees of nearly $14b worth of contracts in the housing and infrastructure sectors and a number of contractors have clinched multiple awards.

Nine firms have pre-qualified to bid to design and build the new Demerara Harbour Bridge and government is hopeful that the selection process will be concluded to allow for construction to begin in the last quarter of the year.

As government yesterday expressed optimism that the Cheddi Jagan International Airport expansion project will be completed for the December 31 deadline as works are on track, it also announced that Chinese contractor China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has already completed 90 per cent of outstanding issues it agreed to remedy last December.

Over 15,000 persons have so far been vaccinated against COVID-19, according to Health Minister Dr.

The University of Guyana (UG) last evening held the first of five convocation ceremonies for its 2019/2020 graduating class and President Irfaan Ali reiterated his government’s commitment to refashioning the tertiary institution.

Gold production at Aurora Gold Mine Inc (AGM) has been halted temporarily as the company works to improve its stockpile of ore to support continuous milling and processing activities, Director of Corporate Office, Compliance, and Government Relations Peter Benny has said.

A businessman is now dead following an accident at Loo Creek Public Road, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, on Tuesday night.