Guyana News

Region Six  Chairman, David Armogan, yesterday disclosed that a total of  104 persons who were hired by the APNU+AFC government about eight months ago in the health sector have not yet received any payment.

GUYOIL has contributed $500,000 to the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph’s (GTT) Pinktober fund which is aimed at supporting and enhancing cancer care in Guyana. 

Gas lines have been installed at the Ocean View facility as construction is still underway to complete an Intensive Care Unit and retrofit the facility to house patients.

On October 13, Guyana attended yet another meeting of the Lima Group and expressed concern about the situation in Venezuela.

Leader of the Opposition Joseph Harmon has criticized the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for failing to regularly update the public on the investigations of the murders of Isaiah and Joel Henry and Haresh Singh.

Following reports about the lack of adequate drainage and irrigation by farmers during a recent visit by Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha to the Belle East/Belle West area, West Bank Demerara, Region Three, a number of canals are currently being cleared and desilted.

The indigenous communities in Guyana have received a boost in their fight against the ravages of COVID-19 with a donation of US$200,000 from the Republic of France.

The suspects involved in the shooting which claimed the life of Seon London last Saturday last are still being sought, Commander of Region 4(A) Assistant Commissioner Simon McBean has said.

Joseph Richards, the elderly pedal cyclist who was hit down on October 3rd on Mandela Avenue and Arapaima Street, Georgetown, succumbed to his injuries 10 days after and police are moving to obtain legal advice on a possible charge.

MovieTowne Guyana will this weekend launch drive-in movie nights as restrictions remain in place on the reopening of cinemas.

The Bank of Guyana (BoG) is currently in the process of making it easier for ordinary citizens to open an account at financial institutions across the country by reducing the onerous identification requirements.

From November 1st Trans Guyana Airways is launching five weekly flights to Barbados from the Ogle airport.

The CARICOM Regional Security System (RSS) team that came to aid the investigation into the murders of Berbice cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry and Haresh Singh in September has found that the Guyana Police Force is “well poised and competent” to complete the investigations, sources say.

By Readawne Henery Saying they are not “refugees,” some of the persons who are squatting at Success, on the East Coast of Demerara, have ruled out relocating to the Graham’s Hall Primary School, which is being prepared by the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to temporarily house them.

A fire, suspected to be an act of arson, last night destroyed a section of the Midtown hotel, restaurant and bar located at Middle Street, Georgetown.

Chief Investment Officer Peter Ramsaroop says Guyana’s lead agency in the steering investments is being revamped to cut bureaucratic red tape.

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

Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday said that all the Bills and Orders in respect of tax measures which were part of the National Budget for the year 2020 have been assented to by President Irfaan Ali and duly published in the Official Gazette on the 5th day of October, 2020, Nandlall said in statement that they are therefore in force and in effect from that date.

Leader of the Opposition Joseph Harmon yesterday declined to endorse the call by Prime Minister Mark Phillips for the squatters at Success to accept shelter at the Graham’s Hall Primary School.

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) yesterday announced a Guyana to New York flight on Thursday, October 22 as it begins to roll out its schedule following the reopening of the international airports here.