Guyana News

The Caribbean Examinat-ions Council (CXC) has still not finalized the grades for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) examinations this year.

The High Court yesterday ordered the release of a 14-year-old teenager, who was taken into police custody last week following the discovery of a quantity of suspected cannabis at her West Ruimveldt home.

Guyana and Suriname yesterday signed an Open Skies pact allowing for easier travel between the neighbouring states.

COVID-19 cases in the town of Bartica, in Region Seven are continually rising as there are now about 17 more when compared to last week.

Three prison officers have been charged departmentally as an investigation continues into the discovery of a quantity of prohibited items at the Lusignan Prison last month.

Tenders were last week opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for a number of projects to be undertaken at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

Several persons yesterday morning staged a protest outside of the Crabwood Creek/Molsen Creek Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), Corentyne, Berbice, office to press for the removal of the Chairman, Teerbhawandat Arjun, and Overseer Fizul Ally.

Several farmers in Region Five on Saturday complained of being robbed of their produce in the backdams of several villages by armed persons.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has said public schools will continue using the blended approach to teaching students when they reopen in January.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) today announced the appointment of  Bharat Dindyal as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions today served a notice of appeal in the case where former GDF Chief of Staff Gary Best was freed of the charge of causing the death of cyclist Jude Bentley by dangerous driving.

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

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT)  today said that as a result of an internet outage affecting the Region, some of its customers may experience some service interruption.  

With the issuance of two new trawling licences shrouded in secrecy, APNU+AFC Member of Parliament Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday said that he will be seeking answers from the National Assembly.

With no satisfactory plan submitted by China Harbour and Engineering Company Limited (CHEC) on the troubled  US$150 million Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project,  action will be taken against the contractor if it is still in default after December 31, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill says.

In the backdrop of the five-month elections standoff earlier this year, the PPP/C government has drafted a list of electoral reforms including having an external agency conducting registration and then handing the data to GECOM near to the polls.

Residents of Pigeon Island on the East Coast of Demerara are incensed at the erecting of a plant shop on the state reserve and the dispute has now drawn in several ministers of government and the chairman of a NDC.

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

The police force is looking for the person/s who slashed a tyre on a Joint Services vehicle which responded to a report of a curfew-breaking party at Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara yesterday with more than 300 persons in attendance.

Members of the Woodley Park Women’s Cash Crop Farmers’ Group from Woodley Park, West Berbice on Saturday received a quantity of fertilizers and seeds to assist with their cultivation, according to a release from the Ministry of Agriculture.