Guyana News

After 20 years as head of the National Agricultural Research & Extension Institute (NAREI), Dr Oudho Homenauth received what he described as an “immediate dismissal” from Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture Madanlall Ramraj on March 8.

With two COVID-19 vaccination sites functioning in Georgetown, hundreds of persons came forward yesterday to be inoculated, with one simply saying “I just want to be safe,” and after receiving their doses at State House, President Irfaan Ali and First Lady Arya Ali have urged all those eligible to come forward and take their shots.

A suspect was yesterday arrested over the murder of 10-year-old Anthony Cort, who was shot dead by a bandit during a robbery in Sophia on Thursday.

There is currently a countrywide cement and stone shortage which government attributes to an infrastructural and construction boom that has seen high demand for the items since it took office last year, coupled the gradual reopening of the economy which saw a slowdown due to COVID-19.

The opposition APNU+AFC has submitted a motion to the Clerk of the National Assembly calling for Minister of Public Affairs Kwame McCoy to be suspended from the Assembly for six months over the recent allegations that he physically assaulted opposition parliamentarian Tabitha Sarabo-Halley and his conduct towards other opposition members.

After being held for two days in police custody, former Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) Trevor Benn was charged on Friday with misconduct in public office over the lease of land at Ogle.

The continued delay in appointing a substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice is evidence of the need for a new selection process that would remove politics and politicians from the process, according to Guyana Bar Association (GBA) President Teni Housty.

Former President Donald Ramotar has been awarded $20 million in damages after winning a defamation suit against the Kaieteur News, Kaieteur Radio, its Publisher Glenn Lall and former Editor Adam Harris.

As Guyana works to revive its tourism sector, Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) Carla James yesterday said the country is well positioned to accommodate travel and tourism activities under the new norms of COVID-19.

Government Project Engineer, Brigadier Gary Beaton MSM, on Friday retired from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) after over 34 years of service.

The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed 76 more COVID-19 cases from the latest available test results.

Health authorities are currently making arrangements have Members of Parliament (MPs) vaccinated in the new week, according to health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) yesterday said that teachers can opt out of receiving COVID-19 vaccines, as it anticipates the availability of immunization for teachers.

Over 400,000 persons have so far been medicated as the Ministry of Health’s Filaria elimination campaign continues across the country.

Police in Region Six are investigating the death of an overseas-based Guyanese, who was found dead in the wee hours of Thursday morning at Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice.

With the construction of its terminal building and hangar facility nearing completion, Jags Aviation, a domestic charter service, has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for environmental authorisation for the project.

Anyone found culpable of any “illegality” at the conclusion of the ongoing audit into the disappearance of $300 million from the Guyana Police Force’s Finance Department will face the full force of the law.

A man was yesterday sentenced to 18 months behind bars after he admitted to stealing another man’s car and driving it into a drain.

A Mabaruma man is now in hospital after he was stabbed five times by a man whom he alleges disrespected his girlfriend.

The Guyana Police Force has informed that three persons have been arrested following a search conducted at two Parika homes, one of which housed a gun.