Guyana News

A labourer was yesterday remanded after denying that he broke into the Critchlow Labour College (CLC) and stole valuables amounting to over $1 million.

A sweets vendor and two others were yesterday read wounding and assault charges.

The trial of Rayan Carter who is accused of the 2018 murder of former Kaneville machine operator, Ishwar Ramanah, is currently underway before Justice Navindra Singh and a jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

Sexual and gender-based violence and domestic violence against women and girls continue to be a major challenge for CARICOM Member States.

Another COVID-19 fatality was yesterday recorded, which increased the country’s total number of deaths to 210. 

President of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Patrick Yarde yesterday reaffirmed the union’s support for the nurses attached to the Linden Hospital Complex who have been calling for the removal of Chief Executive Officer, Rudy Small.

Former Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Audrey Waddell today dismissed reports that she has been terminated from the ministry for creating a position at Guyana’s Ottawa mission for her daughter-in-law, saying that her contract comes to an end in May.

One week after he was arrested and subsequently charged in relation to the leasing of several acres of land at Ogle, former Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC), Trevor Benn is being questioned in relation to two other matters.

The Lusignan Prison this morning at 7.10  experienced an escape from custody.

Nearly 200 contracts worth a whopping $14b were signed yesterday by the government as its plan to provide 50,000 house lots for citizens over five years moves ahead.

The National Assembly might soon be called on to resolve the stalemate which persists at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in relation to the Chairmanship of APNU+AFC MP David Patterson.

Phillip Jhagroo, the murder accused who was one of three inmates who fled the Lusignan Prison last year, was recaptured yesterday.

The village council of Sand Creek in Region Nine has imposed a two-week lockdown on the community after three cases of COVID-19 were recently confirmed.

First Lady, Arya Ali has embarked on an initiative to fight period poverty and end the stigma associated with menstruation and $6m was raised at a tea this week.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has made no decisions about the certifying of an Official List of Electors for Local Government Elections due by the end of this year even as by-elections in two Local Government Areas (LGA) have become necessary.

Fifty-one new COVID-19 cases were on Tuesday recorded even as another  fatality was also reported.

The  European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission (EOM) which was here for the March 2nd 2020 general elections is due shortly for discussions with stakeholders on reform recommendations that it had made in its final report.

A guard was found dead under a shed at what is popularly known as the “Drum Yard” on David Street, Kitty.

In an effort to boost the rice industry in Region Two, Government is mulling a 35 per cent reduction in ferry costs for millers, among other initiatives, on the condition that savings realised must be passed on to the farmers who yesterday complained about paddy grading and prices.

Chairman of the Giftland Group of Companies Roy Beepat has asked that the National COVID-19 Task Force reconsider the requirement that HEPA filters be used for air purification in order for indoor cinemas to be reopened.