Guyana News

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) has seized a large amount of cannabis believed to be trafficked from Venezuela at a house at Dartmouth, Essequibo Coast A release today from CANU said the cannabis was found at 221 Clarke Street, Dartmouth Essequibo Coast.

Minister of Public Works,  Juan Edghill is again urging contractors to adhere to inscribed deadlines, saying that he is dissatisfied with the pace of work on the hinterland road projects for Region 10, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) today called on the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice of Appeal (R’td) Claudette Singh to “speak out and speak plainly” about action being taken to rectify all that has gone wrong with the commission and to do so quickly.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) yesterday ruled that it has jurisdiction to determine the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award on the frontier between Guyana and Venezuela in what is seen as a major victory for this country in its bid to definitively settle a decades-old controversy.

Guyana crossed a major hurdle yesterday when the International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced it would adjudicate the border controversy with Venezuela but it is likely to take as much as nine years before the matter is finally settled, according to Guyana’s co-agent in the case, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday welcomed the ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that it has jurisdiction to hear Guyana’s case seeking the validation of the 1899 arbitral award establishing the boundary with Venezuela, calling it a victory that demonstrates what can be achieved through unity.

Although the 26 Haitian nationals who were detained for weeks at the state-run Hugo Chavez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration have left Guyana, acting Chief Justice Roxane George yesterday denied a request by Attorney General Anil Nandlall to dismiss the pending application filed on their behalf over the alleged violation of their fundamental rights by the state. 

The Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) has received over 2,700 abuse reports between January and October this year and biological and step parents were found to be the perpetrators in 85% of cases.

A Corentyne fisherman was yesterday sentenced to eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the High Court in Berbice. 

Thirty-four new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Friday. According to the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 dashboard, the 34 new cases increased Guyana’s total number of positive confirmed cases to 6,076.

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday said the police would advise him on whether additional help is needed in the investigations into the murders West Coast Berbice (WCB) teenagers Isaiah and Joel Henry and Haresh Singh.

Alliance For Change (AFC) executive Valerie Garrido-Lowe yesterday called on the Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, to ensure that persons who worked temporarily at the Kumaka District Hospital (KDH) during the period that the Moruca sub-district was a COVID-19 hotspot are paid for the work that they had done.

A post-mortem examination conducted on the body of Leonard Singh, the seaman who was struck down along the Annandale Public Road on November 10th, revealed that he succumbed due to multiple injuries.

Roscoe McIntyre, the man accused of setting fire to the Arakaka Police Outpost, was on Thursday charged with the crime.

By Readawne Henery City Engineer Colvern Venture on Thursday said his Department is being hindered in the performance of its duties by the inability of the city’s Finance Department to procure needed material, which has been stalling critical works.

‘Hola Guyana,’ the sole Spanish/Latin radio programme on the local airwaves, on Wednesday marked a year since it first aired in Guyana.

Recording artiste and spoken word poet Leeanna Allen earlier this week released her latest single.

Members of the National Commission for the Family were installed on Thursday and Minister of Human Services Dr Vindhya Persaud has urged that they recommend impactful policies which will improve the quality of family life in the Guyanese society through the promotion of stable cohesive campaigns.

The Ministry of Labour’s Central Recruitment and Manpower Agency (CRMA) on Tuesday held an awards ceremony for companies that have played a part in making employment opportunities available for citizens.

After a gap of nearly three months, there will be a sitting of the National Assembly on December 23rd, when a motion on the coronavirus pandemic will be debated and several new bills introduced.