Guyana News

The Government Analyst–Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) yesterday warned consumers about the circulation of expired Colgate toothpaste that is on sale at a significantly reduced price and one retailer has been arrested.

Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall SC has filed a suit against businessman Larry Singh to recover just under $370 million dollars which he said had been paid to Singh by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) between 2015 and 2016 for the supply of guns and ammunition.

Following complaints of repeated sexual harassment of female staff at the Department of Public Information (DPI), the agency yesterday terminated the services of one of its senior Information Technology employees.

A West Bank Demerara taxi driver was sentenced to two years in prison after he was arrested on Tuesday and charged yesterday with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Despite being optimistic about the year ahead, the aftermath of the March 2 Regional and General Elections compounded with the coronavirus pandemic have had a major detrimental impact on the manufacturing sector.

The family of Jumal Park has raised concerns over what they see as a lack of effort being made to apprehend the third suspect in the teen’s murder and are requesting a wanted bulletin be released.

Bids were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for emergency sanitising supplies and pharmaceuticals.

Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir has disallowed a motion by the opposition calling for the current Government to retain the name of the “Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs”.

Bartica Mayor, Gifford Marshall says the municipality supports the special restrictive measures imposed on Region Seven and reminded residents that they each have an individual responsibility.

Preparatory steps are underway to ensure Guyana is ready for a COVID-19 vaccine and authorities are looking at giving older persons and those with co-morbidities priority when vaccines for the virus arrive in the country.

The dredge operators who were illegally mining on Micobie lands in Region Eight are still refusing to refill the land they have excavated  to conduct mining operations, Toshao Cleveland Henry yesterday revealed.

Three miners  appeared virtually at the Port Kaituma Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with the murder of  Kevin Allam.

Yogeshwar Kumar, the man accused of murdering a 16-year-old teen of Rich-mond Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, was yesterday discharged from the hospital after having attempted to take his own life.

A Christianburg Secondary school teacher was on Tuesday robbed at gunpoint of his motorcycle by two masked men.

Twenty-six new COVID cases were recorded yesterday with fifteen of them originating from Region Ten, according to the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) dashboard.

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rapid antigen test recently procured by the Ministry of Health (MoH) will be used in hospitals around the country according to Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony.

The Chairman and Directors of the Guyana National Printers Limited (GNPL) at an Emergency Board Meeting today unanimously decided that Finance Manager of GNPL,  Shawn Victorine, proceed on leave with immediate effect to facilitate an audit of the company’s finances.

Three miners are to appear at the Port Kaituma Magistrate’s Court today charged with the murder of  Kevin Allam.

The SleepIn Hotel opened the doors of its Carnival Casino yesterday—one day after being licensed to operate by the Gaming Authority.

On January 18th acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC will deliver her ruling on whether the two election petitions filed by A Part-nership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) will be thrown out or not.