Guyana News

India’s donation of 80,000 COVISHIELD vaccines arrived this morning at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

To allow small businesses access to 20% of government procurement, the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) has implemented a 5% margin of preference to those businesses that qualify under law.

Declaring the approval last year of two new trawler licences in the seabob operation as an “act of corruption” under the Ministry of Agriculture, Chairman of A New and United Guyana (ANUG), Timothy Jonas says every effort should have already been made to correct the transgression given its implications for the trade.

The United Nations Population Fund in collaboration with the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security (MoHSSS) yesterday launched a Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Service Guide App that will enable persons to access help and support.

The sod was turned yesterday for the construction of a US$15 million Aiden Hotel, the country’s first franchise “boutique” hotel, which is expected to provide jobs for 150 local workers during the construction phase and no less than 50 others once operations begin.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is accusing local fuel importers of abusing excise tax exemptions to skirt tax obligations.

Minister of Human Service and Social Security Dr. Vindhya Persaud yesterday stated that her ministry will stand by the findings of the investigations into alleged assault on opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Tabitha Sarabo-Halley.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) received a total of 1,662 domestic violence reports and investigations led to 894 persons being charged and placed before the courts.

The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed another COVID-19 death, taking the country’s death toll to 201 since the first case was confirmed almost a year ago.

By Stanley Greaves Bobby Fernandes was a multifaceted person whose fundamental charac-teristics were witnessed, enjoyed and appreciated by all who came into contact with him regardless of their station in life.

By Major General Joseph G Singh Editor’s Note: The following is an edited and abbreviated version of the Tribute given at the Funeral Service for Robert John (Bobby) Fernandes, which was held on March 1st.

Several camps and a shop that were found to be operating on the fringes of the Iwokrama forest were removed during the past week as the Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development has moved to step up monitoring and enforcement to guard against illegal mining incursions.

Four Orealla residents were forced to swim to shore on Friday evening after a barge crashed into their boat, causing them to capsize.

The police are on the hunt for two bandits who allegedly attacked the proprietor of an East Coast Demerara (ECD) supermarket and robbed him of $500,000 cash.

A post-mortem examination conducted on Tikaram Sukhdas, a handyman who collapsed and died shortly after he was punched, revealed his cause of death as brain haemorrhage and blunt trauma to the head.

Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM David Comissiong has welcomed the recent decision by Heads of Government to urgently establish a small expert group to inquire into the situation on the ground in Haiti and to report on its findings, saying it would enable the regional body to help craft a solution to the ongoing crisis there.

Raoul Melville, the Bagotstown taxi-driver whose body was discovered in his home last Thursday, suffered multiple blunt trauma to the head, which led to his death, an autopsy has found.

The Ministry of Health today said that another person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

President Irfaan Ali today took part in the sod turning at Robb and Oronoque streets where a new Boutique Hotel under the name – Aiden Hotel – will be built.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) today urged Nurses and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) to end the industrial action at the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) which was sparked by remarks  by  its Chief Executive Officer, Rudy Small.