Guyana News

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for huge supply contracts for the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport.

Eighteen new COVID-19 cases were yesterday recorded after 285 more persons were tested for the virus.

General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) Rawlston Adams last year approved the purchase of a bracelet worth nearly $900,000 for himself with money from the DHB, an investigation into the operations of the Asphalt Plant (AP)  revealed.

Guyana does not have the capability to test for any new strain of the novel coronavirus.

A United States Coast Guard (USCG) vessel – USCGC Stone, has embarked from its base in Pascagoula, Mississippi on a multi-month deployment to the South Atlantic with countering illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing, as part of its mission.

In preparation for the completion of the Tiger Creek Bridge in Region Eight, the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) on Monday advised that it would only be opened to light vehicular traffic.

A taxi driver was on Tuesday night robbed at gunpoint of his valuables by two unidentified men at Good Success, East Bank Demerara, including his car which the men drove off with while it was still occupied by a passenger.

A visiting Guyanese-born heart surgeon on Tuesday presented President Irfaan Ali with a ground-breaking medical device – Vital360 in the hope that the president can lead by example as it pertains to raising the level of health awareness.

A twenty-five-year-old barber was on Tuesday night allegedly robbed at Crane, West Coast Demerara by a man with whom he was drinking only moments before at Parika.

Customers of Central Georgetown are currently experiencing a disruption in their water supply due to a ruptured 16-inch transmission line on Church Street in Georgetown. 

General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) Rawlston Adams today declined to comment on the discovery that he approved the purchase of an over $800,000 bracelet for himself with money from the DHB.

Beepats Distributing Company today  announced that it will be entering the hotel industry with the intent of establishing a Marriott Four Point Sheraton Airport hotel and resort near to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

Cuban national, Joel Rodriguez, on Monday confessed to the murders of Tara Krishnaran and her 11-year-old daughter, Larissa Singh, of Princes Street, Lodge.

Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal yesterday disclosed at a housing drive held at the University of Guyana Tain Campus, Port Mourant, Berbice, that the ministry has so far distributed a total of 3,600 house lots in regions Three, Four and Six. 

A man was yesterday sentenced to 23 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the 2012 killing of a United States-based Guyanese man who had returned to Guyana for what he thought would be a vacation.

Edward Skeete, known as ‘Pretty Boy’, is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital nursing two gunshot wounds after he was involved in a shootout with several men in James Street, Albouystown, on Monday.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha has ordered that emergency drainage works be done in Black Bush Polder, Corentyne After a visit yesterday to the area, Mustapha explained that Johanna and Yakusari were more seriously affected by the flooding and to some extent Mibicuri.  

Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir yesterday confirmed that he and three members of his family have tested positive for COVID-19.

A two-storey North Ruimveldt house was yesterday gutted by fire which was allegedly set by an occupant of the home.

Three new COVID-19 cases were yesterday recorded after some 168 more persons were tested for the virus.