Guyana News

As part of the government’s recently launched “Operation COVI-CURB,” which has been to initiated to ensure compliance with the measures to stem the transmission of COVID-19, Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday carried out a mask distribution exercise in the Stabroek Market area.

Saying that his government has redirected $2.9 billion in the capital programme outside of the regional budget to be spent on developmental works in Region Six, President Irfaan Ali yesterday promised to forge ahead with plans at a rapid pace despite the economic challenges in order to ensure that the livelihoods of citizens are improved. 

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is now supplying residents of Esau and Jacob, Mahaicony, in Region Five, with potable water.

A Lance Corporal attached to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard has been arrested after he assaulted a police officer on duty at the western end of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB).

The suspect accused of wounding Police Constable Ramsingh last Monday at Guyhoc Park, in Georgetown, was on Friday charged with four offences stemming from the encounter.

Months after he escaped from custody, a juvenile attempted murder accused was yesterday recaptured by the police at Ogle, East Coast Demerara.

The Ministry of Health today reported another COVID-19 fatality. The latest fatality is a 61-year-old female from Region One (Barima-Waini) who died at her home.

APNU+AFC today said that the Chair of the PNCR Volda Lawrence has been asked to report to the police today.

Prime Minister (Ret’d) Brigadier Mark Phillips yesterday announced that his government aims to utilise gas from offshore oil wells to  generate close to 200 megawatts (MW) of power by December 2024.

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon is accusing the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government of politicising the public service through the insertion of party loyalists as Permanent Secretaries.

Two men are now dead following an early morning collision along the Chateau Margot, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road yesterday.

Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry has ordered the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to pay $10.5 million in damages for the unlawful arrest and detention of a man, his two minor sons and his brother.

The Irfaan Ali government has decided to end the public service rotation schedule that was put in in place since April due to the local COVID-19 outbreak and has directed all workers to resume to normal working hours.

A Barbadian national has been sentenced to three years in jail and fined $51.9 million after he accepted ownership for the marijuana that was found aboard a Barbadian cargo vessel at the GNIC Wharf on Wednesday.

Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO) Roxanne Myers was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $300,000 after she was arraigned at a city court on two counts of misconduct in public office.

Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chair Claudette Singh yesterday refuted claims that she has “facilitated the persecution” of Commission staff, while Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon has issued a call for her to resign.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) terminated the services of its Corporate Communications Officer, Audreyanna Thomas, with immediate effect at the end of the work day yesterday.

Local authorities have not yet received a report from the five-member team from the CARICOM Regional Security System (RSS), which recently visited to assist the Guyana Police Force (GPF) with the investigation into the murders of teenaged cousins Isiah and Joel Henry as well as Haresh Singh on the West Coast of Berbice.

The Health Ministry on Friday reported four new COVID-19 deaths, including a 28-year-old Region Two resident, which took the country’s death toll to 102.  

The Ministry of Health’s testing capacity for COVID-19 received a boost with a donation yesterday of diagnostic laboratory equipment worth $7.2 million from the Chinese embassy in Guyana.