Guyana News

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday denounced President Irfaan Ali’s announcement of a two-week bonus for health care workers, saying that it was done without the full input of the union.

Designated Chair of the Public Accounts Commit-tee (PAC) David Patterson yesterday signalled his intention to request special audits of the COVID-19 relief grant programme and the single-source procurement of 44 tractors by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

A vendor was found dead yesterday at Wismar, in Linden, where his body was found behind a shack.

Uche Raymond Okoye, also known as Uche Parker, a Nigerian national who police say is part of a criminal organisation that has allegedly scammed unsuspecting Guyanese victims out of millions, was faced with four charges on Tuesday, including demanding money by menace.

With its books now audited and brought up to date, the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union’s next Annual General Meeting (AGM) should be held by March 2021, Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton announced yesterday.

The recent increase in novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Bartica is the result of residents refusing to adhere to preventative measures, according to Mayor Gifford Marshall, who says the region has since recommended the reinstatement of a 12-hour curfew and restrictions on non-essential movement.

With close to over $13 million unaccounted for by the Amalgamated Transport & General Workers Coopera-tive Credit Union, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has been asked to execute a probe of suspicious transactions at the request of the Ministry of Labour, Minister Joseph Hamilton announced yesterday.

In a ruling earlier this month, the High Court granted the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) an order for the forfeiture of over $9 million, which investigators say was seized from drug trafficking convict Kevin Gordon as proceeds from the commission of a crime.

Lasheena Morgow, the woman who fatally stabbed her brother after an attempt to rescue her sister-in-law from being abused by him, was on Thursday granted bail after being charged with manslaughter.

Georgetown Magistrate Fabayo Azore yesterday ruled that a prima facie case has made against former policemen Derwin Eastman and Jameson Williams, who are charged with the October, 2017 murder of businessman Godfrey Scipio.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 34 new COVID-19 cases as well as a significant reduction in the number of patients in the country’s COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

A two-week lockdown has been instituted at Orealla and its satellite village, Siparuta, in Region Six, after they recorded multiple cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in less than two weeks.

With only 18 active novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases remaining in St.

As it seeks to ensure that a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine can be properly stored here at the required temperatures, Ministry of Health (MoH) has invited bids for the construction of a cold storage bond at Kingston.

David Patterson yesterday confirmed that he had withdrawn his resignation from the post of Alliance for Change (AFC) General Secretary “with conditions” and will remain a parliamentarian for the opposition APNU+AFC coalition until “a suitable replacement” is found.

Citing low traffic on the competitive Guyana to Barbados route, local airline Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) has reduced its five-time-a-week operations to once a week, according to Commercial Manager, Alexandra Correia.

The Guyana Court of Appeal will on December 18th commence hearing the appeal filed by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack to challenge a High Court ruling quashing her order that Marcus Bisram be tried for the murder of Faiyaz Narinedatt.

The court proceedings against Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield and Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo have been adjourned until next month.

Less than three months after a request was made by the Guyana Association of Professional Engineers (GAPE) for an Engineering Bill to be considered by the government, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill has delivered a draft document for a Cabinet Sub-Committee’s consideration.

Police yesterday arrested a 22-year-old miner, of Block 22 Linden, after he admitted to being the owner of a bag in which just over one pound of cannabis was found during a search at Itaballi Police Checkpoint.