Guyana News

With President Irfaan Ali’s announcement of a plan to build 1,000 homes in Region 10, Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Friday said that the main opposition coalition APNU+AFC will hold the government accountable for delivering on the promise.

Special Education Needs (SEN) Officers of the Ministry of Education (MoE) have been challenged to update their methods especially in response to the changes that have resulted due to COVID-19.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security on Thursday launched its ‘Young Influencers’ programme to prepare youths to make a difference within their communities and among their peers.

Construction is soon to be completed on a $12 million COVID-19 isolation facility at the Suddie Public Hospital, Region Two Regional Health Officer Dr Ranjeev Singh has said Singh told the Department of Public Information (DPI) in an interview last week that the 20-room facility would allow more positive cases to be confined, further reducing the risk of transmission while enabling the hospital to resume its normal functions.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is moving to ensure Guyana’s disaster recovery capacity is enhanced at all levels, according to Director-General Lt Col Kester Craig, who has said a National Disaster Recovery Policy is being developed.

An investigation has been launched into the operations of a private school in Region Four following a complaint by a parent, including allegations that COVID protocols are not being followed and the cover-up of the discovery of narcotic drugs in the possession of students.

Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat has urged workers in the logging and mining industry to assist the government to deter illegal activities within the sectors.

The police are investigating the death of a 20-year-old Region One woman, who is suspected to have drowned in a river.

A 28-year-old gold miner was allegedly robbed at gunpoint yesterday morning by two men in Region One.

The police are investigating the reported drowning of a 31-year-old Linden resident, whose body was discovered in an old mining pit at Banana Landing Backdam, Middle Mazaruni River last Thursday.

Police have arrested three men who allegedly damaged a construction worker’s car following a scuffle at a gas station at Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara (WCD) on Friday night.

Police on Friday arrested a 43-year-old man following the discovery of an unlicensed firearm on the verandah of his Chateau Margot, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home.

Tenders were opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board last Wednesday for a number of infrastructural works in Berbice through the Central Housing & Planning Authority (CH&PA), which are estimated at a total of over $1.5 billion.

Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton has announced plans to set up a labour office at Kwakwani and to appoint a Board of Industrial Training (BIT) officer to ensure training and labour needs in the Region Ten community are met.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Friday reported that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has begun a probe of ExxonMobil after an employee alleged that the oil company overvalued one of its key assets in the Permian Basin.

Attorney Llewelyn John SC passed away today at the age of 96.

Forty-six new COVID-19 cases were reported today by the Ministry of Health in its daily dashboard.

In an intensifying battle, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS) has advised Cricket West Indies (CWI) that the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is “illegitimate” and that it has been banned from the National Stadium at Providence.

By Readawne Henery The three men who are accused of killing Berbice cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry were yesterday charged with the teens’ murders.

The COVID-19 variant that was recently discovered in Brazil can result in a rapid increase of cases in Guyana so with the aim of ensuring that this does not happen, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said that the land borders will remain closed.