Guyana News

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) expects that rehabilitation work on the severed 69kV submarine cable link between the Vreed-en-Hoop and Kingston substations will be completed by today, Bharat Harjohn, Director of Power Generation and Distribution at GPL, has said.

The Imperial House will on Christmas Eve night be airing a live reading of Scrooge – A Christmas Carol, an adaptation of the 1843 Charles Dickens classic, on their Facebook page.

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn distributed 30 helmets to motorists and cyclists last Friday as part of a campaign to promote road safety.

An 82-year-old retired priest was found dead with multiple stabs about his body at his home on Monday.

A vendor was granted bail last Thursday after she denied a charge of receiving stolen articles.

The High Commission of Canada in Guyana has launched a project to help eco-lodges in Indigenous communities to safely reopen to tourists.

After years of controversy enmeshing three administrations, the PPP/C government and CHEC have sealed an agreement for the expansion of the CJIA which will see the Chinese contractor doing US$9m more works at its own cost.

The Ministry of Health this morning confirmed that as of yesterday, December 21st, 2020, one more person who tested positive for COVID-19 has died, taking the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 160.

Police say they are investigating the murder of George Chuck-A-Sang, age 82 years a retired priest of Vlissengen Road, Lodge which occurred between 12/18/2020 about 08:00hrs and 12/21/2020 about 15:00hrs at the said address.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has expressed concern over the Ministry of Agriculture’s recent approval of two trawler licences for the Atlantic seabob trade, which its local office here has said could lead to overfishing, the loss of trade certification  and collapse of the industry.

The Government of Guyana last night said that it does not share the reservations of Dr.

Guyana’s budget for fiscal year 2021 will be presented on Friday, February 5th, sources close to the process say.

A motorcyclist succumbed on Sunday evening at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after he collided head-on with another motorcycle which then slammed into the front of a car leaving the rider critically injured. 

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is on track to have Local Government Elections (LGE) held at the end of 2021 when it is legally due.

A woman’s grief turned to anger on Sunday when she went to a city funeral home to dress her father’s corpse for his funeral service and found that her family had been given the wrong body. 

Forty-six new COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday with the majority of them  in Region Four.

The Ministry of Housing and Water has received 12 Expressions of Interest (EoI) after publicly advertising in the hope of raising US$250m ($50b) to support its housing development plans.

The U.S. Embassy yesterday announced the 2021 cohort from Guyana for the U.S.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) has placed 66 children with foster families this year, in keeping with its goal to reduce the number of children in institutionalised care. 

The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) yesterday said that customers sending letters and parcels to London, England are asked to note that all mails to this destination have been suspended until further notice.