Guyana News

While welcoming the efforts underway to revive the sugar industry, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has said the government’s move to recapitalise the industry should be matched by an appropriate investment in the work force.

With 17 Grade Is and 3 Grade IIs, Reyah Khemraj, of JC Chandisingh Secondary School, topped Region Six at last year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations and placed fifth place in the country.

A moneychanger was shot yesterday when he was attacked by two men on America Street, in Georgetown.

Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Khemraj Ramjattan on Friday maintained that Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon’s response to the dismissal of the second elections petition filed by APNU+AFC was not an attack on the judiciary.

A family of three lost their Tuschen New Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo home in a fire of unknown origin last evening.

A woman accused of wounding was granted bail on Friday after claiming self defence.

The Government of Guyana this afternoon commissioned over $400M in screening equipment at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

As COVID-19 continues to spread here, the Ministry of Health today announced that 121 new cases were recorded and 17 persons are in the ICU.

Exxon Mobil Corporation yesterday announced estimated first quarter 2021 earnings of US$2.7 billion, or US$0.64 per share assuming dilution, compared with a loss of US$610 million in the first quarter of 2020, according to Businesswire.

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

Former Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson on Friday said that there was a clear conflict of interest at Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Board as two luxury vehicles had been purchased from a company managed by one of their members.

The Ministry of Health announced that as of Thursday another person who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus died, taking the death toll for the month to 65 even as 177 new infections were confirmed.

The partially decomposed body of Shonnette Dover, the Linden woman who was reported missing four weeks ago, was on Friday morning found buried in a shallow grave in the backyard of her boyfriend, who is now wanted by police for allegedly shooting and killing her.

The man who was hit down and killed while begging at a city stoplight on Thursday has been identified as an 88-year-old pensioner, who witnesses claim was pushed by a passenger seated in a car.

Following a month that saw record COVID-19 deaths and infections here, the government has extended the COVID-19 Emergency Measures, including the national 10pm to 4am curfew, while allowing for the limited opening of casinos and betting shops.

After initially saying that persons who have recovered from COVID-19 should wait before getting vaccinated, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Friday said that there is no harm in them getting immunised as soon as possible.

Chief Operating Officer of Hess Corporation Greg Hill on Wednesday revealed that the flash gas compressor system from the Liza Destiny oil platform is currently undergoing repairs in Houston, Texas, USA.

With the overall work of the Liza Phase 2 project 90 per cent completed, the Liza Unity Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) oil platform is set to sail for Guyana in mid-2021.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) yesterday called for a “full and unfettered” investigation by the Guyana Police Force into the fuel procurement scandal at the Guyana Oil Company (Guyoil).

A motorcyclist who was ordered to publicly apologise after assaulting two police officers on Thursday found himself the victim of an apparent retaliatory attack by one of the ranks.