Guyana News

The city council today warned all vendors that with effect from Monday November 2, 2020, there will be no unauthorized vending in and around the City of Georgetown.

The Guyana Government today implemented changes in the COVID-19 emergency measures from November 1st which will see gyms being able to open up to 50% capacity after being locked down for months and the curfew being further eased.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) today said that as of October 30, 2020, one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

Canada today announced that its envoy here, Lilian Chatterjee has been appointed as the new High Commissioner for Barbados.

Two days before the March 2nd polls, the David Granger-led Cabinet approved the agreement for the sale of land at Ogle earmarked for an ambitious Caribbean Marketing Enterprises Inc.

(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp said yesterday it could cut its global workforce by about 15%, including deep white-collar staff reductions in the United States, as the COVID-19 pandemic batters energy demand and prices.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the rehabilitation of Hunter Street in Georgetown which it is estimated will cost over $102 million.

Controversial flaring from the Liza-1 oil well will likely continue until the end of this year as Hess – one of the partners in the offshore operations –  announced that Guyana’s maximum 120,000 barrels per day production output will not be achieved until December.

Sunita Persaud, the woman who was seriously injured after she was pinned by a tree that fell onto the shed she was under in the Success squatting area one week ago, remains hospitalised in an unconscious state.

Twenty-four new cases of COVID-19 were recorded by the Ministry of Health yesterday with 77 recoveries listed while the death toll remains at 123.

The capacity of the Diamond Water Treatment Plant on the East Bank of Demerara is expected to rise within the next month as a result of the drilling of an additional well at the facility.

Following a virtual five-hour Ministerial engagement yesterday, the G-77 and China negotiating bloc is calling on developed countries to live up to their obligation to provide climate financing to assist developing countries in realizing their ambition to grow along low carbon pathways and develop resilience. 

A Hog Island, Essequibo River businessman was on Wednesday night attacked and robbed at Vreed-en-Hoop on the West Coast of Demerara.

The Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony  is optimis-tic that the new COVID-19 emergency health measures for November could be published in the Official Gazette by today.

Police are still to arrest a suspect in the hit and run that claimed the life of Devanand Bansie along the Mon Repos Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara, almost a month and a half ago.

A burglar, who is accused of breaking into Courts Guyana Inc, located at Main and St.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in an effort to dispel confusion surrounding the tax measures outlined in the 2020 National Budget and their effective dates of implementation has issued the following information to the public to provide guidance and clarity.

A post-mortem examination conducted on the body of Kamal Wilson, the Kwebanna villager who was killed on Monday, has determined that he died due to haemorrhage and shock after multiple chop wounds.  

An Order issued earlier this month by the High Court of Guyana has  slashed the term of ExxonMobil’s Liza-I environmental permit down to five years from 20. 

The Guyana Police Force and its Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) yesterday received three files from Attorney General Anil Nandlall for the investigation of leases for several acres of prime state lands at Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara which were done without any valuation, public advertisement or Cabinet decisions.