Guyana News

Former Minister of Finance Winston Jordan was questioned on Tuesday by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) in relation to the ongoing probe into the award of state lands at Peters Hall, East Bank of Demerara (EBD), an engagement which he said appears to have been aimed at seeking clarifications.

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW), Vladim Persaud, yesterday said that he has recommended to the Attorney General that all contractors who have outstanding debts to the state and have not completed infrastructural projects be debarred from bidding for future contracts.

Four flash drives and a quantity of Ensure milk have been reported missing from the Police/Public Service Commission Secretariat sometime between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning.

Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal yesterday said that his ministry intends to invest a minimum of $2 billion in infrastructure and the expansion of water delivery in Region Six this year.

Advancing claims of bias, former Attorney General Basil Williams wants High Court judge Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to recuse herself from hearing a libel action his successor Anil Nandlall SC had filed against him.

The People’s National Congress Reform has expressed condolences on the death today of renowned civil engineer Philip Anderson Desmond Allsopp.

Former Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson today said that the practice of giving memorabilia and gifts to Ministers is not new and that Ministers from both sides of the political divide have been presented with such.

Even as Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson continues to deny ever receiving jewellery presents over the years from the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) and Asphalt Plant, a preliminary review of other agencies covered by his then ministry reveals numerous purchases for him and his then junior minister Annette Ferguson.

Attorney General  and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall SC has filed a more than $700 million lawsuit against NAFICO and building contractor, BK International which he says has failed to complete construction of the Yarrowkabra Secondary School.

Guyana last evening received a field hospital from Qatar which is expected to be set up in the compound of the West Demerara Regional Hospital.

Relatives of Haresh Singh, the West Coast Berbice (WCB) teenager who was murdered days after Isaiah and Joel Henry in what is believed to be a reprisal killing, feel as though his case is being neglected.

Air Services Limited (ASL) and a number of other small domestic flight operators who have opposed the renaming of the Ogle Airport to the Eugene F Correia International Airport (EFCIA), continue to be aggrieved by the move on which they say they were not consulted.

Recently installed drainage pumps from India are to be fully functional next month after New Delhi flew in two engineers to address issues that had arisen.

A twenty-four-year-old robbery suspect who escaped from the police on Monday during a shooting incident was yesterday morning captured by police at the Woodlands Hospital where he had gone to seek medical attention for a gunshot wound he had sustained during the incident.

Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday  stated that Guyana’s main focus for procuring COVID-19 vaccines is through the COVAX facility.

Nineteen new COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday after 165 more persons were tested.

A police constable was yesterday charged with Breach of Restriction on Social Activity after he was accused of hosting a private party.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the construction of a community facility in the Sophia area.

A Brazilian national died after he lost control of an ATV at Oku Trail Mazaruni on Monday.

The badly decomposed body of an East Coast Demerara man who went missing in the Canje Creek on Friday has  been recovered.