Guyana News

For consumers fearing confrontations with sellers’ agents trying to force their way into their homes to seize goods bought on hire purchase, relief is on the horizon.

The Giftland Mall is recovering well from the impact of COVID-19.

The Ministry of Education yesterday began the distribution of vouchers for school uniforms and supplies in Region Six, where 22,000 students are expected to benefit at a cost of about $90 million.  

President Irfaan Ali on Friday said children’s rights are a priority for his administration as Guyana joined in the observation of World Children’s Day, which is UNICEF’s global day of action for children.

The families of two of the three children who died in 2019 at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), after medication was incorrectly administered to them, have accepted compensation from the hospital, while the other is pressing ahead with legal action.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has reminded licensed firearm holders that safeguarding their weapons when not in use is a priority, while warning that those found in breach of any firearm safety rules would have their weapons revoked.

The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) has issued a final warning to the Palm Court Restaurant and Bar over its continued breaching of COVID-19 restrictions and says the business could face sanctions, including the revocation of its licences.

Prime Minister, Mark Phillips on Friday commissioned a 900-kilowatt generator at Kwakwani, which is expected to lead to the Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice community having 24-hour electricity.

A Sophia couple was arrested on Friday night after ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) unearthed a quantity of suspected prohibited drugs during a raid of their house.

Three more prisoners including two murder accused have escaped from the Lusignan prison.

Prime Minister, Mark Phillips yesterday commissioned a 900-kilowatt generator set at Kwakwani Utilities Incorporated—which will lead to the Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice community having 24-hour electricity.

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) ranks yesterday conducted a raid at a two-bedroom house located at 804 C’ Field Sophia and uncovered suspected amphetamines, met-amphetamines and ganja in a bedroom.

Colvin Heath-London, the former acting Chief Executive Officer of state holding company NICIL, was taken into police custody yesterday over controversial land deals at Peters Hall and investigators now have a statement on the role played by attorney James Bond in the lucrative flipping of several plots.

The police are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of well-known doctor and lecturer Wesley Torrington, whose partially decomposed body was discovered in his Roxanne Burnham Gardens, South Georgetown home yesterday morning.

A taxi driver was yesterday charged with the murder of Bibi Nasmonisha Ramjit, the elderly woman who was found dead at her La Grange, West Bank Demerara home last month, while an arrest warrant was issued for the alleged mastermind behind the crime, who managed to escape from police after being handed over by Surinamese authorities on Wednesday.

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond yesterday said she has done “nothing illegal” and will continue right to sit in the National Assembly since she did “all that is within her power” to renounce her American citizenship before she was sworn in as a Member of Parliament (MP).

The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) and the Ministry of Health on Friday seized more than 700 pounds of meat products imported from Brazil after a raid at the Casa Mato Grosso Supermarket on Robb Street, in Georgetown.

Guyana’s total number of COVID-19 cases has now surpassed the 5,000 mark, just over eight months since the confirmation of the first local case.

The main opposition APNU+AFC yesterday accused the governing People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) administration of “trying to stifle the National Assembly” by failing to set a legislative agenda and holding sittings.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall says the government remains willing and prepared to do “everything lawfully possible” to ensure that persons who invested with suspected Ponzi scheme operator, Accelerated Capital Firm Inc (ACFI), are refunded their money.