Guyana News

Japan is to assist Guyana and three other CARICOM countries with the treatment of COVID-19 infected patients.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced a new procedure for the examination of exports and scanning.

Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony has said health authorities are likely to administer COVID-19 vaccines in four phases.

Six persons including a shipper were arrested yesterday morning following the discovery of 3.304 kilograms of suspected cocaine hidden in salted fish at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

ExxonMobil yesterday said that teams are finalizing the logistics for the departure of the flash gas compressor and silencers for the Liza-1 platform from Germany to Guyana this week.

The Trinidad and Tobago-based Francis Lau Boyce Construction Inc. (FLB) was officially launched yesterday at a ceremony at its Georgetown office.

Two Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) estates are celebrating after surpassing their weekly sugar production target for the first time in months.

The COVID-19 death toll in Guyana now stands at 203 as two more fatalities were recorded yesterday.

Trinidad-headquartered Ramps Logistics has launched a new direct service from Miami, USA to Guyana for those shipping less than a container.

The wife of goldsmith Vijay Jaigobin, the man who died after crashing his vehicle into a culvert and toppling into a nearby trench at the Berbice Bridge Entrance last Thursday, succumbed yesterday to the injuries she suffered in the accident.

An Albouystown man is now dead after he was run over by a truck at the junction of Houston Public Road and Mandela Avenue yesterday morning.

A 47-year-old Linden resident was on Saturday night discovered dead in front his house shortly after he was involved in a confrontation with two females and an autopsy yesterday showed that he died as a result of hypotension and gastritis.

A vendor was yesterday released on bail after being charged with assaulting a lawman, property damage and use of threatening and abusive language even as her lawyer says the police assaulted her Vanessa Gonsalves, 38, of Lot 45 Princes Street, was yesterday charged with assaulting a police officer along with three other charges when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Stricter protocols for the COVID-19 vaccination campaign are expected to be in place so as to prevent persons from “jumping the queue”.

Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO) Roxanne Myers has filed a $70 million lawsuit against the Kaieteur News for what she says are libelous statements it published against her in January of this year.

The next meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) could be this week.

Multiple power outages over the weekend along the East Bank of Demerara were caused by excavation works done by a private citizen, Junior Works Minister Deodat Indar disclosed during a site visit yesterday.

Nurses and other staff members of the Linden Hospital Complex are continuing industrial action over remarks made by its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and despite the Ministry of Health warning that negotiations relative to the situation will not commence until they stand down.

As the world observed International Women’s Day yesterday, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) presented a cheque of $720,000 from its Pinktober funds to the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA).

Schools will remain closed to face-to-face learning this month and while the Education Ministry is eying the possible resumption of in-school learning after the Easter Holiday, the decision would ultimately rest on further advice from the Ministry of Health on the success of its ongoing COVID-19 immunisation campaign.