Guyana News

Cardinal Investments Inc yesterday said that it has executed final agreements with Marriott International for a 140-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Guyana. 

Guyanese company Atlantic Ventures Incorporated (AVI) has partnered with an Indian investment and development company to launch a US$35 million undertaking which will see the opening of “the Caribbean’s first Marine and Off-Shore Training Institute”.

Approximately 13,000 persons have been vaccinated since Guyana began its COVID-19 inoculation programme some weeks ago.

Ivor Laud was yesterday handed a combined sentence of 47 years in prison for raping an eight-year-girl back in 2015, whom he again sexually assaulted two years later.

Two more COVID-19 fatalities along with 120 more cases of the virus were yesterday recorded.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cevons Waste Management, Morse Archer was yesterday summoned by the police for questioning in relation to the purchase of a portion of land at Mandela Avenue from the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC).

As the details of the contract signed by her daughter-in-law for a diplomatic posting in Canada went public, former Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Audrey Waddell was yesterday sent on immediate leave until her contract expires in May.

According to a release from the Indian High Commission, the President of India conveyed his good wishes to the new envoy on his appointment and thanked the Government of Guyana for supporting India’s candidature for the non-permanent seat of the UN Security Council for the term 2021-22.

The persons who were in contact with the three patients who tested positive for COVID-19 in Sand Creek, Region Nine, have tested negative for the virus.

Nine companies have been shortlisted and will be invited within the coming weeks to submit proposals for the building of the New Demerara River Crossing, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday confirmed.

The Management of Woodlands Limited yesterday said it had found “no failure” by its staff in their care of Tamera Leslie, the young woman whom it said had a “miscarriage” on Monday evening at the hospital.

Thirty-five-year-old Linden resident Clevon Forde now faces a retrial after a jury was unable to arrive at a verdict on a charge against him for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl back in 2014.

Sugar workers are to receive a boost with the payment of weekly production incentives following a gap of two years.

It has been more than two weeks since Minister of Public Affairs Kwame McCoy was accused of assaulting APNU+AFC Member of Parliament (MP) Tabitha Sarabo-Halley and to date no progress has been reported in the investigation.

Two minors under the age of 16 are said to be pregnant after they were allegedly raped last year in separate cases.

A post-mortem examination conducted on the remains of Troy Wiggins, the guard who was found dead at his David Street, Kitty work site, has revealed that he died due to blunt trauma to the head, which led to swelling in the brain.

A man who is accused of break and enter and larceny, was on Wednesday remanded to prison after the court heard that similar charges have been brought against him since the start of the year.

Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony on Tuesday said that the government was pleased to have been able to donate COVID-19 vaccines to Barbados while stating that the ministry is grateful for its collaborations with other governments.

A man who is accused of break and enter and larceny, was on Wednesday remanded to prison after the court heard that similar charges have been brought against him since the start of the year.

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