Guyana News

Stating that the future of the economies of Guyana and Suriname  is intertwined, President Irfaan Ali has urged that advantage be taken of the synergies and complementarities to deepen integration.  

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administra-tion Board for the upgrading and construction of sea defences between Dantzig and Fairfield, Mahaicony which are estimated to cost almost $400 Million.

The trial of Jaipaul Hitlall over the murder of Cor-nelia Ida senior, Bibi Keniez whom he is also accused of raping, commenced on Tuesday before Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court in Georgetown.

Regional officials have not granted approval for a lockdown to be instituted in the indigenous community of Warapoka in Region One, Toshao Alan Henry has said.

The police in Region Ten have arrested one of two men, who allegedly robbed a Linden couple of more than $4M in cash and other valuables shortly after they arrived home on Tuesday night.

President Irfaan Ali in an address to Suriname’s National Assembly today said that the future of the economies of the two countries is intertwined and the opportunity should be seized to dismantle impediments to bilateral trade.

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

Guyana has signed a Memorandum of Under-standing (MoU) with Suriname to facilitate the joint bridging of the Corentyne River.

Prominent PNCR member and attorney, James Bond was arrested yesterday  by the police as the probe into the award of state lands at Peters Hall on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) continues.

Four men who admitted to killing businessman Rajendra Singh, who was kidnapped and later found dead in a city cemetery in 2014, were yesterday each sentenced to 11 and a half years in jail.

Saying he does not regret leaving his United Nations job to fix a “broken” Guyana Lands & Surveys Commission (GL&SC), now former Commissioner Trevor Benn is not surprised at his sacking but has decried the besmirching of his character in what he believes is an attempt to ensure that persons like him cannot find employment outside of Guyana.

The three men who shot and killed Prashad Nagar electrical engineer Saleem Azeez Abdool back in 2014, were each sentenced to 11 and a ½ years in prison after pleading to manslaughter charges before Justice Navindra Singh yesterday  afternoon.

In an effort to address overcrowding in the jails and to improve conditions, a new facility will be constructed at the Lusignan Prison and upon completion it will house approximately one thousand prisoners.

In a sign of how much money small companies that have tied down key offshore oil blocks can attract, Reuters yesterday reported that Cataleya Energy has gathered US$30m in investment from US hedge fund Elliott Management Corp.

Anna Regina’s Deputy Mayor Rudolph Williams died on Tuesday evening after reportedly being hospitalised with COVID-19.

By Dr Compton Bourne Professor Emeritus of Economics, The University of the West Indies and former President, Caribbean Development Bank When oil and gas production fields in Guyana are fully operational, the fossil energy sector is likely to be the predominant source of national economic activity through its direct contribution to foreign exchange earnings, government fiscal revenues, employment and labour incomes, and local purchases of goods and services.

Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) have detained three labourers for questioning in relation to the huge discovery of 11.5 tonnes of cocaine in a container of scrap metal in Belgium.

Guyana’s COVID-19 fatalities now stand at 147 after a new death was recorded yesterday.

The recent guideline on remdesivir issued by the World Health Organization (WHO), which has advised against the use of the COVID-19 drug to treat hospitalized patients, is still subject to review, according to head of the COVID-19 Task Force at the Georgetown Public Hospital Dr.

On Monday, November 30th,  the High Court will proceed with hearing objections raised on the service of the petitions filed by  APNU+AFC —this time on former president David Granger who is among the listed respondents.