Guyana News

Several employees of Australian-owed mining company Troy Resources Guyana Inc (TRGI) have tested positive for COVID-19, the company disclosed yesterday, while announcing plans for mass testing at its Karouni work site.

Around 27 of 17,000 clients yesterday received their invested capital from the Accelerated Capital Firm Inc (ACFI), as the company which has been at the centre of what is being described as a huge Ponzi scheme yesterday began the repayment process, as promised.

The Ministry of Tourism, Indus-try and Commerce yesterday said it was forced to call the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to remove former Permanent Secretary (PS) Karen Van Sluytman-Corbin after she refused to accept her recent reassignment and vacate her former office, all of which she has disputed.

A man died  on Sunday after he lost control of his motorcycle and fell onto the road in the vicinity of Demerara Distillers Limited at Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

Gov’t falls after APNU+AFC MP Charrandass Persaud votes yes to no confidence motion (December 21, 2018) A high-stakes gambit by the PPP/C paid off tonight when APNU+AFC MP Charrandass Persaud voted for the opposition motion of no-confidence meaning that fresh general elections will have to be held in three months.

People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Chairperson Volda Lawrence is scheduled to report to the police today in connection with the ongoing investigation surrounding the events of the March 2nd General and Regional elections.

When the trial of Allan Sim for the murder of hospital ambulance dispatcher Melissa Skeete continued yesterday, the court heard from police investigators that the accused had said that he stabbed the woman using a surgical blade with which she first attacked him.

An Essequibo Coast family is now in mourning after a trip to a beach ended in a drowning on Sunday.

Nicholas Williams, the man accused of killing his former partner last Tuesday morning, was on Friday charged with her murder.

Odel Roberts is likely to know his fate tomorrow after a jury deliberates on the case against him for the 2015 murder of Sophia businessman Shawn Anys who police say was shot and killed by bandits.

The trial of Les Charles Critchlow for the 2016 murder of his brother-in-law Terrence Adams is set to commence next Monday at 9am at the High Court in Georgetown.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) yesterday apologized after inappropriate content was aired on the Guyana Learning Channel.

A fire erupted on Charlotte Street, Georgetown tonight and two houses have been engulfed.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand today warned Courtney Benn Contracting Services Ltd that “tough action” will be taken if the long-stalled rebuilding of the St Rose’s High School does not move forward.

The Head of America’s development bank, Adam Boehler is leading an investment mission to Guyana beginning tomorrow.

The country’s two international airports yesterday said they were ready to begin receiving passengers from today and the EFCIA said it expected its first flight from Caribbean Airlines (CAL) around October 19th.

On its long-held promise to address the decriminalisation of small amounts of marijuana here, the PPP/C government will soon begin public countrywide consultations on the matter, Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday said.

Barbados developer and the principal behind that country’s US$175 million revamped Hyatt Ziva Barbados Resort and The Village at Coverly Housing Project, Mark Maloney has expressed interest in housing investments in Guyana and last week met with President Irfaan Ali to discuss possible projects, sources say.

Internationally-renowned real estate company, Century 21 is now offering its services in Guyana.

With international airports reopening today, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is currently in the final stages of reviewing an application to operate in Guyana by Turks and Caicos-based interCaribbean Airways and a recommendation will soon be put forward to the Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill.