Guyana News

Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, on Tuesday said that the recent land distribution exercise was intended to commence the reduction of the backlog of applications noting that the persons that were issued with house lots were required to have had applications in the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) database.

Eight persons including a twenty-three-year-old labourer were on Saturday midday arrested by police following a raid at Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara.

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

Police ranks from Berbice under the command of two officers of the Narcotics Branch yesterday between 5 am and 6.30 pm, conducted a narcotics eradication exercise at De Veldt Savannah, Upper Berbice River where they destroyed an estimated 101 million dollars in suspected cannabis.

A 44-year-old man of Lot 2606 Parfait Harmonie who was admitted to the Lusignan Prison on Friday was found dead in his bed today.

President Irfaan Ali has rejected the most recent declaration by Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro which once again falsely claims Essequibo as part of his country’s territory.

A simple soil turning ceremony was yesterday held for the construction of a $327 million asphaltic concrete road at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice, which Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha said is one of six farm-to-market roads to be built this year.

A Massy Stores Guyana manager died after a collision on Friday night along the Yarrowkabra Public Road, Soesdyke-Linden Highway. 

Shortly after finding out that her teenage son’s kidneys had failed, Nadie Budwah learned that he would need a transplant in order to survive.

Majeed Hussain, a People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Central Committee member, died yesterday morning and he was hailed for both his leadership and the role he played in the fight for democracy during last year’s elections crisis.

A dead body of a pensioner was yesterday found floating in a trench at Hampton Court, Essequibo Coast.

The Ministry of Housing and Water through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has invited bids for housing projects for regions located on the coastland.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill has called on China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to adhere to its timeline for the completion of outstanding works on the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA).

The Auditor General has highlighted in his most recent report several regional economic projects which were so poorly managed that in one case it cost the Regional Administration $92 million.

Residents of Georgetown will start receiving their COVID-19 relief cash grant before month-end, according to Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall will soon be tabling an amendment to the Births and Registration Act which will prevent Magistrates from ordering alterations to birth and death certificates without first allowing the General Registrar to defend the official record.

The Ministry of Health last evening confirmed 31 new COVID-19 cases from its latest batch of test results.

Dennis Francis Corlette, a prominent figure in Customs and Excise Department in the 1960s and 1970s, passed away at the age of 95 on December 30, 2020. 

A Herstelling man is now dead after he rode into a minibus along the Herstelling Public Road, East Bank Demerara, on Friday afternoon.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall has signaled that central government would be moving to restore the historic City Hall building.