Guyana News

The new National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Board held its first meeting on Monday and Finance Minister Dr.

Eighteen years after his death, former President Desmond Hoyte has been hailed as a “Champion of Change” by the current leader of his party, former President David Granger.

Guyana yesterday recorded a new COVID-19 fatality along with a number of new cases of which more than half were recorded in Region Ten.

A Corentyne labourer will be spending the next two Christmases in jail after admitting to break and enter and larceny.

The Auditor General’s report will be laid in the House today during the 14th sitting of the National Assembly while the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) still hasn’t been convened.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has opened two new stores – at Parika, East Bank Essequibo and Grove, East Bank Demerara – and Minister of Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond has hailed the move as an indicator of confidence in the economy.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) expects that rehabilitation work on the severed 69kV submarine cable link between the Vreed-en-Hoop and Kingston substations will be completed by today, Bharat Harjohn, Director of Power Generation and Distribution at GPL, has said.

The Imperial House will on Christmas Eve night be airing a live reading of Scrooge – A Christmas Carol, an adaptation of the 1843 Charles Dickens classic, on their Facebook page.

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn distributed 30 helmets to motorists and cyclists last Friday as part of a campaign to promote road safety.

An 82-year-old retired priest was found dead with multiple stabs about his body at his home on Monday.

A vendor was granted bail last Thursday after she denied a charge of receiving stolen articles.

The High Commission of Canada in Guyana has launched a project to help eco-lodges in Indigenous communities to safely reopen to tourists.

After years of controversy enmeshing three administrations, the PPP/C government and CHEC have sealed an agreement for the expansion of the CJIA which will see the Chinese contractor doing US$9m more works at its own cost.

The Ministry of Health this morning confirmed that as of yesterday, December 21st, 2020, one more person who tested positive for COVID-19 has died, taking the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 160.

Police say they are investigating the murder of George Chuck-A-Sang, age 82 years a retired priest of Vlissengen Road, Lodge which occurred between 12/18/2020 about 08:00hrs and 12/21/2020 about 15:00hrs at the said address.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has expressed concern over the Ministry of Agriculture’s recent approval of two trawler licences for the Atlantic seabob trade, which its local office here has said could lead to overfishing, the loss of trade certification  and collapse of the industry.

The Government of Guyana last night said that it does not share the reservations of Dr.

Guyana’s budget for fiscal year 2021 will be presented on Friday, February 5th, sources close to the process say.

A motorcyclist succumbed on Sunday evening at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after he collided head-on with another motorcycle which then slammed into the front of a car leaving the rider critically injured. 

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is on track to have Local Government Elections (LGE) held at the end of 2021 when it is legally due.