Guyana News

After years of work, the rehabilitation and expansion of the Brickdam lockups has been finally  completed to the tune of $60M and the facility was handed over yesterday to the Guyana Police Force (GPF).

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has offered to assist Guyana with electoral reform, according to a statement yesterday from the AG’s Chambers. 

Director of Social Services, Whentworth Tanner, during a recent interview with Stabroek News, disclosed that two wards at the Palms Geriatric Home are currently being renovated as part of efforts to have the facility as “elderly friendly” as possible and up to standard.

Sentenced back in 2017 to 62 years in jail for killing his cousins—brothers Imran and Shaheed Bacchus—Abdul Budhoo in an appeal has contended that the trial judge erred in directing the jury on provocation and that the sentence imposed upon him is severe.

The Ministry of Health on Monday received medical equipment from PAHO/WHO and  India valued at $122m to aid Guyana’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall has appointed Dwight John as the Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Ten (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice) with effect from yesterday.

As part of its commitment to making a positive difference in the communities and countries in which it operates, Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL) has announced that it has become an official signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Banking.

As part of the ongoing negotiations between Government and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) regarding disaffected health workers, the union is restating that all health workers be classified as ‘Frontline Workers’ and be paid a risk allowance.

The Deeds and Commercial Registry Authority yesterday said that it has taken note of an “ill-informed, reckless and malicious post being circulated on social media which sought to convey that a large number of staff of the Registry contracted COVID-19”.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government has dismantled the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) and terminated the services of its 42 employees including its Director Dr Clive Thomas and Deputy Director Aubrey Heath-Retemyer.

Facilitating access to cheap electricity was among key issues for possible assistance when head of America’s development bank, Adam Boehler and a team of investment officials met yesterday with Guyana’s private sector.

An Albouystown teen was fatally stabbed yesterday morning after an altercation with three older boys at his workplace.

Ganga Kishna and Avishkar Bissoon were yesterday morning  freed of murder charges which alleged that they had had set fire to a Robb Street building, killing a father and his two young daughters.

The High Court has set next Thursday—October 22nd for the case management conference (CMC)  for the hearing of the election petitions filed by the main Opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) challenging the results of the March 2nd polls.

Lance Corporal Kester Bowen, the soldier seen in a now viral video assaulting a police officer at the western end of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB), pleaded guilty to three traffic charges and was fined on Monday.

Passengers subjected to a second PCR COVID-19 test after arriving in Guyana are no longer required to wait at the airport for their COVID-19 test results but are asked to isolate themselves after arriving at their final destination until they receive their results.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that Guyana has recorded an additional 44 cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Suriname’s Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin is due here today on an official visit.

A Chinese national is nursing a gunshot wound at the Georgetown Public Hospital following a robbery at the Egou Supermarket at Melanie Damishana last evening.

Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Volda Lawrence was yesterday arrested and placed on $100,000 station bail by the Criminal Investigation Department.