Guyana News

A group of fishers from the Essequibo Coast were on Wednesday robbed of more than $100,000 in  fish and other valuables by six pirates on the Waini River in Region One.

The brother of Winston Blackette, the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) patient who was found dead in front of city store, believes the man was likely heading home when he collapsed and died after taking his leave from the hospital.

Relatives of a Crabwood Creek woman, who was recently reported missing, are now seeking the public’s help to find her as they say police have not made any efforts to assist.

A fire at Coldingen, determined to be the result of arson, destroyed a home yesterday, according to the Guyana Fire Service (GFS).

Residents of Central Georgetown are expected to experience a nine-hour interruption in water supply on Wednesday, March 17 from 1 pm.

President Irfaan Ali today said that Guyana should receive 5,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik 5 COVID-19 vaccine next Thursday.

Last night and early this morning, between 22:00 hrs and 03:30 hrs, Ranks from the National Covid Task Force, Guyana Defence Force and the Guyana Police Force conducted an Operation in Regional Division 4A.

The U.S. Embassy and the Ministry of Health of Guyana yesterday announced an additional US$1.5 million ($300m) of support to combat HIV in Guyana, courtesy of the U.S.

A fire has gutted the upper flat of a two-storey house at Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara.

After 20 years as head of the National Agricultural Research & Extension Institute (NAREI), Dr Oudho Homenauth received what he described as an “immediate dismissal” from Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture Madanlall Ramraj on March 8.

With two COVID-19 vaccination sites functioning in Georgetown, hundreds of persons came forward yesterday to be inoculated, with one simply saying “I just want to be safe,” and after receiving their doses at State House, President Irfaan Ali and First Lady Arya Ali have urged all those eligible to come forward and take their shots.

A suspect was yesterday arrested over the murder of 10-year-old Anthony Cort, who was shot dead by a bandit during a robbery in Sophia on Thursday.

There is currently a countrywide cement and stone shortage which government attributes to an infrastructural and construction boom that has seen high demand for the items since it took office last year, coupled the gradual reopening of the economy which saw a slowdown due to COVID-19.

The opposition APNU+AFC has submitted a motion to the Clerk of the National Assembly calling for Minister of Public Affairs Kwame McCoy to be suspended from the Assembly for six months over the recent allegations that he physically assaulted opposition parliamentarian Tabitha Sarabo-Halley and his conduct towards other opposition members.

After being held for two days in police custody, former Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) Trevor Benn was charged on Friday with misconduct in public office over the lease of land at Ogle.

The continued delay in appointing a substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice is evidence of the need for a new selection process that would remove politics and politicians from the process, according to Guyana Bar Association (GBA) President Teni Housty.

Former President Donald Ramotar has been awarded $20 million in damages after winning a defamation suit against the Kaieteur News, Kaieteur Radio, its Publisher Glenn Lall and former Editor Adam Harris.

As Guyana works to revive its tourism sector, Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) Carla James yesterday said the country is well positioned to accommodate travel and tourism activities under the new norms of COVID-19.

Government Project Engineer, Brigadier Gary Beaton MSM, on Friday retired from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) after over 34 years of service.

The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed 76 more COVID-19 cases from the latest available test results.