Guyana News

Twenty-three persons were taken into custody after the police in Region 4A (Cummings Lodge to Agricola) conducted cordon and search exercises in several areas within the division.

The PPP/C Government will be writing letters to local aircraft operators who are yet to remove VAT from hinterland-bound flights,  Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill said yesterday.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has raised $10M through its virtual Pinktober 2020 events.

The appeal filed by convicted Registrar of Deeds Azeena Baksh who was last year found guilty of paying herself just over $4.5M, is scheduled to come up before the Guyana Court of Appeal today for a case management conference (CMC).

The 2021 Budget will be read on Friday, February 12th, Minister of Finance Ashni Singh said yesterday.

A week after the region was jolted by a 5.7 quake, South Rupununi experienced a 4.6 aftershock on Sunday evening leaving residents anxious about the constant rumbling that has cracked the walls of 27 houses in Katoonarib.

The Ministry of Health today said that one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

The police say that Stephen Persaud,41,  is wanted for questioning in relation to the alleged Forgery of an Agreement of Lease on October 05, 2020.

Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn has told residents of the South Rupununi unnerved by a strong quake two Sundays ago that there is no need to relocate as such seismic activity is rare in that region.

The police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred yesterday at about 3.30 pm on Arapaima Street, East La Penitence involving a motorcycle #CK 7533 owned and ridden by Kemston Richards, a 26-year-old resident of Plum Park Sophia and two pedestrians a 15-year-old and 24-year-old Kevin Fletcher, of East La Penitence.

Promising this country’s youth that government will support their business endeavours, Minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr.

The relatives of Haresh Singh who was murdered last year took to the West Coast Berbice Public Road yesterday where they held a protest calling for justice for their loved one, as they stressed that they are tired of waiting on the police to make a breakthrough in the case.

Urging that they put aside differences to arrive at “consensual” goals, Chairman of Parliament’s Standing Committee for Constitutional Reform, Attorney General Anil Nandall SC last week told the body that they must work together if they truly need reform to key articles.

The National Assembly on Thursday affirmed the External Loans (Increasing of Limit) Order 2021 which increases Guyana’s external debt threshold from $400 billion to $650 billion.

A cement block construction business at New Annlegt, Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara, is attracting complaints from drivers and residents alike due to its inconvenient location.

The importation of goods from Florida that are not purchased directly from the manufacturers has been put on hold following a disagreement over the required certificate and Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall is currently engaging the relevant bodies in a bid to resolve the issue.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill on Wednesday declared that he wishes to see  closer collaboration between the Ministry and the University of Guyana’s Faculty of Technology simply because “development is taking place at a rapid pace” and “the opportunities must be seized now”.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 43 new COVID-19 cases. Five persons are in the COVID ICU.

An Upper Corentyne man and a Lindener were on Saturday evening injured in an accident along the Number 72 Corentyne Public Road involving three cars.

Three Corentyne residents are now patients at the Fort Wellington Public Hospital after the car they were returning home in yesterday crashed into an electricity pole and fence at Kingelly Village, West Coast Berbice Public Road.