Guyana News

Former NICIL acting Chief Executive Officer Colvin Heath-London was released from police custody on Tuesday over a lands probe even as further doubts have been cast on documents that are intended to put him in the clear.

Guyana’s 146th COVID-19 fatality, the 69-year-old Deputy Mayor of Anna Regina spent approximately nine days in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit before succumbing to the virus.

The police have been  directed to conduct further investigations into the killing of teenager Rockey Sawh, who was allegedly accidentally shot by his friend during a sleepover in Kitty more than a week ago.

Guyana’s COVID-19 fatalities have now increased to 147 as two new deaths were officially reported yesterday.

Chaos broke out at the Stabroek Market area last evening as the police attempted to arrest an individual and were allegedly attacked by bystanders.

Heavy rainfall in Region Eight continues to delay the re-construction of the bridge at Tiger Creek which collapsed more than three weeks ago.

Stating that the future of the economies of Guyana and Suriname  is intertwined, President Irfaan Ali has urged that advantage be taken of the synergies and complementarities to deepen integration.  

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administra-tion Board for the upgrading and construction of sea defences between Dantzig and Fairfield, Mahaicony which are estimated to cost almost $400 Million.

The trial of Jaipaul Hitlall over the murder of Cor-nelia Ida senior, Bibi Keniez whom he is also accused of raping, commenced on Tuesday before Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court in Georgetown.

Regional officials have not granted approval for a lockdown to be instituted in the indigenous community of Warapoka in Region One, Toshao Alan Henry has said.

The police in Region Ten have arrested one of two men, who allegedly robbed a Linden couple of more than $4M in cash and other valuables shortly after they arrived home on Tuesday night.

President Irfaan Ali in an address to Suriname’s National Assembly today said that the future of the economies of the two countries is intertwined and the opportunity should be seized to dismantle impediments to bilateral trade.

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

Guyana has signed a Memorandum of Under-standing (MoU) with Suriname to facilitate the joint bridging of the Corentyne River.

Prominent PNCR member and attorney, James Bond was arrested yesterday  by the police as the probe into the award of state lands at Peters Hall on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) continues.

Four men who admitted to killing businessman Rajendra Singh, who was kidnapped and later found dead in a city cemetery in 2014, were yesterday each sentenced to 11 and a half years in jail.

Saying he does not regret leaving his United Nations job to fix a “broken” Guyana Lands & Surveys Commission (GL&SC), now former Commissioner Trevor Benn is not surprised at his sacking but has decried the besmirching of his character in what he believes is an attempt to ensure that persons like him cannot find employment outside of Guyana.

The three men who shot and killed Prashad Nagar electrical engineer Saleem Azeez Abdool back in 2014, were each sentenced to 11 and a ½ years in prison after pleading to manslaughter charges before Justice Navindra Singh yesterday  afternoon.

In an effort to address overcrowding in the jails and to improve conditions, a new facility will be constructed at the Lusignan Prison and upon completion it will house approximately one thousand prisoners.

In a sign of how much money small companies that have tied down key offshore oil blocks can attract, Reuters yesterday reported that Cataleya Energy has gathered US$30m in investment from US hedge fund Elliott Management Corp.