Guyana News

NICIL yesterday said that a document in circulation aimed at exculpating its former executive Colvin Heath-London who is currently under police questioning appears to be a forgery and it will report this to the authorities.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips believes there is still a role for state media in the effective communication of the PPP/C government’s developmental plans.

Guyana has recorded three new COVID-19 deaths taking the toll to 146, the Ministry of Health yesterday reported.

Chinese-owned Aurora Gold Mines (AGM) yesterday refuted reports of COVID-19 cases at its Region Seven site and its General Manager Victor Wu said Zijin Mining strives to observe and adhere to all the protocols in place.

While not going into details of the meetings between President Irfaan Ali and Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Juma Al Maktoum of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), government yesterday said that the visit was “extremely successful” and the two sides anticipate cooperation on many fronts.

Following the arrests of 116 persons, the Police Commander of Region Six, Jairam Ramlakhan yesterday stated that it is now time for action against those who transgress COVID-19 regulations.

With over 1000 COVID-19 tests completed on persons entering Guyana since airports reopened on October 12, 11 positive cases have been recorded, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony said in his daily COVID-19 update on Thursday.

The Private Sector Com-mission (PSC) yesterday blasted the COVID-19 Task Force for its singling out of the Palm Court Restaurant and Bar for continued breaches of COVID-19 restrictions.

The suspect in the death of Rockey Sawh, the 15-year-old who was allegedly accidentally shot in his head, has been released on a $100,000 station bail, Regional Commander of Region 4 ‘A’ Simon Mc Bean disclosed.

After devoting 15 years of service to the Amerindian village of Massara, Upper Takutu -Upper Essequibo, Lenny Moses is set to return as a community health worker (CHW), effectively ending an 18-month break.

Aiming for a reopening of the tourism sector in mid-December, Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA), Carla James said they are currently engaging stakeholders, Interior Lodges, Resorts and Tour Operators.

The Ministry of Education has taken control of the Yarrowkabra Secondary School construction site from which BK International was booted by the government.

The woman who was injured by a falling tree at Success squatting area on October 23rd, remains hospitalized at the George-town Public Hospital (GPH) in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs,  Anil Nandlall along with Minister of Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy, yesterday met squatters at Sarah Johanna, East Bank Demerara in another bid to resolve a land controversy there.

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

The lawyer for now detained former NICIL official, Colvin Heath-London says he has been questioned by the police for the last two days on a decision which had been taken by a now deceased former Chief Executive Officer.

NICIL is giving holders of divested Wales Estate lands up to November 27 to come forward and establish occupation, failing which it is likely that some of those plots will be reclaimed.

Several workers from Australian-owned Troy Resources and Chinese-owned Zijin Mining-Aurora Gold Mines have tested positive for COVID-19, according to Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton, who said his ministry will be investigating working conditions at both places.

The police are investigating the death of a 24-year-old man, who drowned after he allegedly jumped into the Pomeroon River while he was drunk on Friday evening.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday disclosed that an additional 88 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed, with Region Six accounting for almost 40% of them.