Guyana News

The Ministry of Health will be receiving a donation of 20,000 COVID-19 Sinopharm vaccines from the Government of the People’s Republic China tomorrow, at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation.

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

Only days after recommendations by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that this country should urgently look at reforming the Deeds Registry Act to protect homeowners and buyers from fraud, Attorney General Anil Nandlall says plans are in motion to formulate the necessary amendments.

A West Coast Berbice (WCB) pastor died after he was struck down yesterday afternoon by a speeding minibus along the Number 29 Village Public Road, WCB.

A protocol for the 80,000 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines scheduled to arrive here from India this week will see remaining frontline workers being inoculated and the pension collection data bank of the National Insurance Scheme and the Ministry of Social Protection, among other measures being used to identify persons in high risk groups Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony yesterday told Stabroek News that with nearly all of the 3,000 vaccines donated by Barbados already administered to healthcare front line workers, 3,000 doses from the imminent shipment will be reserved to complete their double-dose treatment.

Guyana’s wait for updated petroleum legislation is likely to be extended even further as Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC yesterday announced that the crafting of a legislative agenda will be done through a consultancy now being advertised, even as offshore production continues and government boasts of the 14 multinational companies working here.

A Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice mother yesterday said she had to deliver her premature baby on a bed in a ward at the New Amsterdam Hospital in January and she decried the treatment she experienced.

An eighteen-month-old child has been hospitalised with a fractured skull after she was knocked down by her father yesterday morning while he was reversing his car.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an Alberttown man after being hit in his head by an individual who was consuming alcohol.

A fifty-three-year-old suspect has been arrested after he was found in possession of a motorcycle mirror belonging to a man who was robbed of his motorcycle on Saturday night after being waylaid at a Vlissengen Road stoplight.

Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat on Friday boasted of the projected 6.1% growth of the non-oil sectors in this year’s budget and said it will protect the country from the bane of new producers – the Dutch disease.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) says it is extremely concerned about recent developments in the banking sector where sworn affidavits submitted by clients to banks have been refused.

Dubbing the 2021 budget as a template for development under the PPP/C led administration, Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar in his budget presentation said the people will see transformational development from this budget.

The Guyana Water Inc says that the community of Kaikan, Region 7, will soon move from having 20 percent to 100 percent access to potable water.

A twenty-four-year-old man is listed as critical at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was stabbed about his body by an eighteen-year-old following a misunderstanding.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that there were 35 new cases of COVID-19.

A Moblissa farmer is currently hospitalized after he was wounded on Friday night by unknown persons while he was under the influence of alcohol.

Former Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran has called on the current holder of the office, Manzoor Nadir to put to a stop to the vulgarity that has been in evidence among MPs during the ongoing budget debate.

Today, between 05:00 hours and 09:00 hours, the police say that ranks of Regional Division 4A conducted a cordon and search in the following areas; 1.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has said contracts worth a total of almost $12 billion,  including some $2.1 billion of which was single-sourced, were awarded between September and December last year but the names of the awardees are still to be released, for which it claims the procurement board is responsible.