Guyana News

Major General (Ret’d) Joe Singh was on Tuesday installed as chairman of the board of the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) and heard a call from the Minister of Agriculture for the agency to be taken “to the next level”.

Deodat Ramsamooj, the city businessman who was struck down by a speeding car on December 26, and hospitalised for close to three weeks, has been discharged from the hospital.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised the police to charge three persons with murdering Isaiah and Joel Henry, the West Coast Berbice (WCB) teenagers who were brutally killed more than four months ago.

President Irfaan Ali  today announced that residents of Region 10 will soon benefit from the construction of 1000 homes.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain will ban arrivals from Brazil, other South American states and Portugal due to concerns over a new coronavirus variant, transport minister Grant Shapps said today.

A fire this morning at Little Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara has left one person dead.

The Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) yesterday signed a US$12.7M contract with an Indian company to commence the construction of an ocean-going passenger and cargo ferry for the North West District and other parts of the country.

The Guyana Government has hired a United States (US) lobbying firm to aid it in its relations with US government agencies and members of the US Congress.

A father of one died on Tuesday night following an accident on the Soesdyke/ Linden Highway.

A man was yesterday charged with raping a girl, 13, and released on $150,000 bail.

In the wake of Moraikobai in Region Five being declared a COVID-19 hotspot, a medical team is to be deployed there today but the head of the community has lamented poor communication on the virus from the authorities.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for a number of Infrastructural works around Guyana through the Central Housing and Planning Authority.

Forty-three new COVID-19 cases were yesterday reported after 195 more persons were tested for the virus.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday commissioned a $60.4 million (US $302,000) Fertilizer Testing Laboratory at the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB), according to the Department of Public Infor-mation (DPI). 

The driver involved in an accident at Yarrowkabra which claimed the life of Dayle Jordan was released on $300,000 bail after he was charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday morning continued hearing the Director of Public Prosecutions’ (DPP) appeal of a High Court ruling quashing her order that Marcus Bisram be tried for the murder of Faiyaz Narinedatt.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday said that the MB Sandaka is available as a “substitute” vessel for travel between Guyana and Suriname although a date has not yet been set for resumption of the service.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) yesterday denounced the unilateral declaration by the outgoing United States administration in designating Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism.

Shafeek Mohammed is currently facing trial for the 2016 murder of Ramkarran Mohanlall at  Annandale South, ECD.

As part of its efforts to revitalise the sugar industry, government is looking into a small-business initiative for cane farmers which will allow them to have access to small loans to invest in their farms.