Guyana News

Health authorities are currently making arrangements have Members of Parliament (MPs) vaccinated in the new week, according to health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) yesterday said that teachers can opt out of receiving COVID-19 vaccines, as it anticipates the availability of immunization for teachers.

Over 400,000 persons have so far been medicated as the Ministry of Health’s Filaria elimination campaign continues across the country.

Police in Region Six are investigating the death of an overseas-based Guyanese, who was found dead in the wee hours of Thursday morning at Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice.

With the construction of its terminal building and hangar facility nearing completion, Jags Aviation, a domestic charter service, has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for environmental authorisation for the project.

Anyone found culpable of any “illegality” at the conclusion of the ongoing audit into the disappearance of $300 million from the Guyana Police Force’s Finance Department will face the full force of the law.

A man was yesterday sentenced to 18 months behind bars after he admitted to stealing another man’s car and driving it into a drain.

A Mabaruma man is now in hospital after he was stabbed five times by a man whom he alleges disrespected his girlfriend.

The Guyana Police Force has informed that three persons have been arrested following a search conducted at two Parika homes, one of which housed a gun.

A high-level team from the Joint Services on Thursday visited Region One (Barima-Waini) during which a number of issues were discussed with residents of Baramita, North West District.

A security officer was robbed at gunpoint of his gun and cellphone while on duty at a Lusignan, East Coast Demerara supermarket on Tuesday night.

Deonarine Sookram, owner of the tug and barge that crashed into the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation in December last year, resulting in damage, has settled his debt to the bridge company for repairs.

The Ministry of Finance on Friday afternoon handed over five all-terrain-vehicles (ATVs) to the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs to improve accessibility in the hinterland regions, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Minister of Public Works,  Juan Edghill, today officially commissioned the $185 million runway at the Lethem Aerodrome, Region Nine.

Ogle Airport Inc (OAI) today said that its aviation consultant William Ramayah Sanassee of Success, East Coast Demerara has passed away at the age of 62.

President Irfaan Ali has received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and is urging all Guyanese to do the same.

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

Rafeek Khan, Managing Director of Woods Direct, has been elected unopposed as President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association.

A boy is now dead after being shot by one of two bandits who invaded his neighbour’s home where he and his mother were visiting yesterday.

Melroy Doris now awaits sentencing following a guilty plea to manslaughter for the 2014 killing of Lusignan beautician Ashmini Harriram.