Guyana News

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.

In efforts to eradicate Lymphatic Filariasis in Guyana, the Ministry of Health on Saturday extended the ongoing Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign to regions one and five.

A ruling handed down by Justice Nareshwar Harnanan on Friday confirmed that Minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr.

A donation and grant policy was yesterday adopted by the Georgetown Mayor and City Council following a majority vote in favour.

Six persons are now in custody after the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) unearthed cocaine in salted fish intended for export to Miami, USA.

The police are probing a murder yesterday between 21:00 and 21:30 hrs at Victory Valley, Linden.

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

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is preparing for talks to retrieve nearly $3B from companies alleged to have avoided taxes in a fuel duty exemption scheme, a charge that SOL Guyana Inc (Sol) firmly denied yesterday.

The government has filed court action to have lands sold to Car Care Enterprise owner Wilfred Brandford repossessed and former Lands and Surveys Com-missioner Trevor Benn and former Ministry of Finance Valuator Julian Barrington were also sued in excess of $100M each for their roles in the transaction.

Recognising that COVID-19 guidelines were not being observed at a T20 softball competition at the Everest Cricket Club yesterday, President Irfaan Ali chided organisers and representatives of the club.

India’s donation of 80,000 COVISHIELD vaccines arrived yesterday morning at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri and Prime Minister Mark Phillips expressed gratitude on behalf of Guyana.

One week ago, Angelha Dhuman, a 28-year-old single mother of three and a domestic violence survivor, moved from working at a restaurant to opening her own at Bloomfield Village, Corentyne, Berbice.

The relatives of Vanessa Lewis-Sahadeo on Saturday filed a report at the New Amsterdam Police Station about the woman’s cellular phone and other articles that they say the New Amsterdam Hospital and health authorities have failed to hand over to them following the death of the woman and her baby.