Guyana News

There were two more deaths yesterday and the Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed forty-two new COVID cases taking the total number of confirmed cases to 6,258.

Armed bandits stormed a Providence home in the middle of yesterday afternoon, tying up three persons who were in the house at the time before robbing them of their valuables.

More than two months have passed since gold mining operations were halted by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) at Campbelltown, in Region Eight and residents have grown impatient with the Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai as they say they are being denied their livelihoods.

Minister Oneidge Walrond was yesterday sworn in as a technocrat member of the National Assembly in keeping with a commitment made to the High Court by Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC.

Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony on Tuesday announced that antigen tests for COVID-19 are now officially in use across the country.

An additional three dozen children in vulnerable communities are now able to access online learning following a GTT donation. 

Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) in a release yesterday reported on a number of incidents that resulted in service interruptions in the Demerara and Berbice areas.

The Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Prison Service on Tuesday conducted a joint search at the Lusignan Prison where a number of contraband items were unearthed.

The National Assembly yesterday, by a majority vote, supported a motion which recognises the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic while pledging to support the needed resources  to bring relief to Guyana, which could possibly include a Corona Virus Immunization bill.

The Auditor General has launched a special investigation into the Sustainable Livelihood Entrepreneurial Development (SLED) following the Ministry of Social Protection’s inability to properly account for the spending of its $250 million budget.

Schlumberger Oil Field Services Guyana yesterday donated over $1.8M to the Dorothy Bailey Health Centre to assist in the painting of the building.

Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir has set December 28 for the first meeting of all Standing Committees of the House.

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

Former President David Granger has suggested that if President Irfaan Ali is truly interested in “accelerating Guyana’s development” he will engage with the Opposition Leader as required by the Constitution rather than hold lunch meetings with his predecessors.

After years of controversy encompassing three administrations, the PPP/C government and CHEC have sealed an agreement on the troubled expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri  which will see the Chinese contractor doing US$9m in additional works at its own cost.

Construction worker Terrence Alvin Jones was yesterday sentenced to 43 and a half years in jail for the murder of amateur footballer Paul Daniels in February of 2017.

Cordel Grimes, a labourer who had claimed that his friend was fatally shot when they both came under gunfire at Aurora Village, Essequibo Coast at the end of September, was on Monday charged with the murder.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) met virtually with the Chief Executive Officer and team from Eastern Airlines yesterday to address the disruption in its service which resulted in extensive delays in flights over the weekend and the carrier has pledged improvements.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh says that no fixed date has yet been set for the presentation of Budget 2021 and that a date reported by Stabroek News yesterday was simply an ‘indicative’ one on the Budget circular disseminated around two weeks ago.

A cyclist is now dead after he collided with a car along Stewartville Public Road on Monday night.